Gowan’s through the years.
Grace Espinoza was one of the first people I met in Anderson Valley. We sang together in the community chorus, but I didn’t have a chance to talk with her until we sat next to one another at my first Grange Holiday Dinner in 2010.
“How long have you lived here, Grace?”
In her quiet, unassuming way she answered, “Oh, about all my life.”
Not too many Valley residents can say they are a fifth generation local farmer. Grace manages Gowan’s Oak Tree, a popular stop for visitors and residents alike. Open every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, the welcoming stand offers produce from the family’s 250 acres of orchards and 25 acres of vegetables. I recently sat down with Grace and her mother, Josephine ‘Jo’ Gowan, to learn more about their farm and its history.
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