Hello Friends,

The Flaming Acres story isn’t your typical farm tale — it’s one woven with grit, gratitude, and a whole lot of heart.

Once upon a time, Lyle and Mary Ann Flaming — Dion’s parents — moved from Dallas, Oregon, to Caldwell. In 1969, they purchased a farm along Lower Pleasant Ridge Road, where they raised dairy heifers and tended to row crops. Life on the farm was full of good seasons and hard ones, and over time, financial and personal challenges led to the land being sold off, piece by piece.

Eventually, all that remained of the original farmstead was a small acreage, held onto by the youngest Flaming son, Dion.

Then, in 2018, something unexpected happened: the final 37 acres of the family’s original land went up for sale. The buyers had big plans — not for farming, but for building an industrial park. Wanting to preserve the legacy of the land, Dion stepped in. He made a bold offer that matched what the developers had put on the table. Miraculously, the businessmen backed out — and just like that, the farm was back in the hands of a Flaming.

It felt like a gift — one we knew we had to share.

In celebration of this second chance, we applied for (and were unanimously granted) an agri-tourism permit in June 2022. From the start, our vision was to create a place where people from our community could come to experience the beauty, joy, and wonder of life on the farm.

And so, Flaming Acres bloomed.