Co ee, art, flowers and ice cream at new shops in Evergreen, Conifer

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Co ee, tea and more at The Farmhouse e owner of e Farmhouse in Bergen Park says it’s a co ee and tea house with a gift shop mixed in.

Owner Lana Sanders o ers beverages and prepackaged baked goods from an Evergreen bakery, plus gluten-free and dairy-free options. She sells baked goods from other places because she didn’t want to do the baking herself.

“ ere’s less cooking and more lifting up my friends,” she said calling the space “like having people in my living room. It’s really cool.”

Sanders started out at a farmers market outside Taspen’s in Conifer, where she loved to hang out with the artisans and craftspeople selling their wares.

“I started thinking there was something to do with this,” Sanders said. “I decided on Jan. 1 that we’re going to make 2023 di erent.” e Farmhouse opened Feb. 21, and Sanders has started classes including how to make sourdough bread on March 18. She already had a storyteller perform and an acrylic painting class. e Farmhouse is on Castle Court across from Evergreen Fire Station 2. It is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Visit the website at thefarmhouse3.godaddysites. com.

Everything for sale in the shop is created by women-owned businesses, and she’s starting a small market on Saturdays. For now, it’s inside, but she hopes to have it along the sidewalk when the weather is nicer.

Owl Cat Shoppe opens in downtown Evergreen

e Evergreen Gallery has branched out with a second location in downtown Evergreen that has dif- ferent items and a di erent feel. e Evergreen Gallery on the west end of downtown Evergreen has experienced, award-winning artists, while the Owl Cat Shoppe has emerging artists, she explained. e Owl Cat Shoppe has a di erent feel, she said, and it is open from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday through ursday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. As the weather gets better, the shop will open at 10 a.m.

Gallery owner Beth Riser has opened the Owl Cat Shoppe — for the wise and curious — in the Aframe next to Wild ower Café with a mix of items from local and international artists, puzzles, do-it-yourself kits and more.

Riser said she was looking for studio space and wound up with another retail space included. e rst oor is the shop while the second oor is the studio where Riser and her employees are learning to create fused-glass art.

Owl’s Nest in Conifer has flowers, plants and more Local artist Simone Tipton has expanded her horizons by adding oral design to her repertoire.

Tipton is the owner of the Owl’s Nest in Conifer, specializing in owers, plants, arts and gifts. She took over the shop, which had been called Southern Lilies, in July. Creating bouquets came easy for the artist, who also spent two months with the former owner to learn the ropes. It was just a matter of guring out her own owerarrangement style.

Tipton has always loved plants, plus she’s a painter and woodburning artist, creating ornaments,

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magnets and wall decor. She’s just added two vendors: one who creates macrame and the other who does custom jewelry.

Tipton has enjoyed making connections with clients and brightening people’s day with owers and plants.

“It’s been a learning experience but a lot of fun,” she added.

e shop in Green Valley Ranch near Snowpack Taproom is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m.5 p.m. Tuesday through ursday, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Little Man ice cream at new shop

Evergreen has a new ice cream shop.

Colorado Creamery is on Meadow Drive behind Camp re Evergreen, and for those who have lived in Evergreen a long time, it’s where the Rib Crib used to be. In fact, owner Rachel Ball found a business card from the Rib Crib when she was cleaning the space, and she’s planning to have the card framed.

Ball, who has worked 10 years in the food service industry, wanted to bring high-quality ice cream to Evergreen and match it with a place with a fun vibe for people to spend time. She is o ering Little Man ice cream, milkshakes, malts, sundaes and more.

Ball is reliving her younger years through opening the ice cream shop, saying she remembers going out to dinner with family and then going for ice cream. She also has fond memories of dates with her now husband Jesse with stops for ice cream, and now he helps her with what she calls her “ice cream dream.”

Ball plans to have several avors regularly and rotate in other avors monthly.

“Adults have wonderful memories of being a kid and going to an ice cream shop,” Ball said. “I want to make memories for kids of Evergreen. I love serving people and bringing joy to them.” e shop is open from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily and closed on Wednesday. Ball plans to have expanded hours this summer.