Lonely Palm Ranch is a place where art and homesteading combine. After years in New York and LA, Christa and Eric finally decided to make the move back to her home town of Arroyo Grande, California. They came with a dream of living the simple life and doing things together—growing food, taking care of their land and having space to explore creative pursuits. They were given the opportunity to take over an incredible old ranch from a family friend. This place and this coast are so special to Christa and ingrained in her work, it felt meant to be. 

As part of this journey the Pfleegers are building a lifestyle around creating and exploring together as a family as they learn new things on the ranch. The family has always centered their world around art, and the kids have been homeschooled by Eric since they were small with a big focus on art education. Lonely Palm Ranch the brand was born out of this experiment, as the family works together to establish an art ranch with a living store featuring a mix of their personal work and their favorite things.

Their first and signature product, The Original Lonely Palm Ranch Calendar, came from Eric's love of font design and printmaking. Each year the family works together and draws upon their inspirations from the land and their travels to make a beautiful, looseleaf, hand silk-screened art calendar. Eric illustrates the pages, and the whole family, along with friends and neighbors, help print and package every order. Each page is designed specifically to be cut down and enjoyed in the home as a piece of handmade original art after the calendar's usefulness has run its course. Lonely Palm Ranch's coveted calendars are limited edition and available via pre-order throughout the year, shipping in the early fall.

Christa is a photographer and commercial director who travels often for work when she isn’t dreaming up big plans for the ranch. Eric is a designer with a fashion addiction and a coffee obsession. Together the family creates a beautiful hand silk-screened calendar that we sell every year. Every year is different and the family helps Eric design the pages based on what has inspired them that year. We all print and package the calendar together over many months and ship in the early fall.