Spindle Hill Farm

This is the farmstay you imagined.

An artist and writer moved back to the land and crafted a private oasis—we are so excited to share this world with you!  Our 50 acre, biodynamically farmed family homestead is in the best part of beautiful Nelson County, Virginia, at the feet of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Escape to our unique, handcrafted guest cottage or historic 1932 Schoolhouse. 

Explore acres of woods, fields, mature gardens, and hiking trails on site, or take an easy walk to a large shared network of neighborhood trails. With high-speed fiber internet, our farm is private, beautiful, and connected.

A magical location, thoughtful interior design, unique art collection, quality bedding, well-stocked kitchen, and an historic sensibility make a stay here unlike any other in Nelson County.

This is mountain magic.

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A HOMESTEAD THAT FUELS A CREATIVE LIFE

Fiber, Fruit, and Flowers.

We keep a flock of about 20 hens for eggs for ourselves, guests, and friends, and farm fruit and vegetables for our family and guests. We have a few goats, cats, and an old farm dog. I grow and forage a variety of herbs that end up in tinctures both culinary and medicinal, salves, oils, teas, soaps, and unguents. Cocktails are better when you make your own bitters, and the line between cooking and medicine is thin and easily transgressed. Flower gardening is an abiding passion inherited from my grandparents. Current projects include transitioning our main paddock into a large cutting garden and installing a hoop house for propagation.

For the first 8 years we kept a small flock of Leicester Longwool sheep, and although they have moved on to greener pastures, we are still processing their beautiful fleece to sell as spun wool and as locks. See some of our current farm products here.

the cottage at Spindle Hill Farm

Our award-winning guest cottage near Nellysford, Virginia has been recognized nationally for its design, and is beloved by a decade of travelers.

It’s just down the hill from our farm house, but quite private, with a beautiful view of the mountains, and then henhouse.

Located in a friendly, diverse neighborhood of wineries, breweries, sustainable farms, and artisans, there are always interesting things to see, listen to, and consume. Despite its privacy, the cottage is within walking distance of multiple breweries, a cidery, and a winery, in addition to miles of local walking trails.

Built of reclaimed and salvaged materials, and furnished with art and Oko-tex certified European 100% Linen bedding, it’s a rustic and comfortable home base to explore the tremendous offerings of Nelson County, Virginia.

  • Daybed with reclaimed, Handmade Textiles in Great Room

  • Kitchen Area in great room

  • Antique Claw-Foot Tub with Antique Stained Glass and handheld shower attachement

  • We use European OKOtex Certified 100% Linen bedding

  • Elise grows far too many flowers (as iF!) And guests benefit!

  • Handpainted chicken coop, visible from the Loft Bed

  • the daybed is the ideal reading nook

  • Guests get fresh eggs from our beautiful hens

  • Baby animals, in season!

  • Snazzy glider on the large covered porch

  • handbuilt cedar hot tub with a view of the mounatins, and our 200+ year old oak

  • view from the hill above our farmhouse

  • 200+ year old oak in the cottage's front yard

  • Cottage in the SNow

  • We built the cottage with as many reclaimed and local materials as we could.

  • in May the chicken coop is covered in roses

  • Spindle Hill Sunsets

  • We grow a variety of food, herbs, and fruit on our biodynamic micro-farm

  • Main living space in Spindle Hill Guest Cottage

  • Daybed with hand embroidered pillows

  • Back Bedroom wall at Spindle Hill Guest Cottage

  • Antique stained glass windows over the clawfoot tub at Spindle Hill Farm Guest cottage