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Little Tree
Ranch

Legacy grown from the ground up.
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Our 
Story

Welcome to Little Tree Ranch. The Thun family purchased the ranch in August 2022 and it is now home to highland cattle, Buff Orpington chickens, 4 cats, many native grasses, beautiful wildflowers and countless mature douglas fir, pine, juniper and larch trees.

 

Anywhere you look on the ranch, there is a lot of work to be done but limitless potential to be realized. That’s the origin of our name: Little Tree Ranch. This ranch is like a tiny sapling – we’ll face challenges as we grow but we’ll do things right and build a strong foundation from which this land will become a generational source of pride and sustainability. There are many challenges in building a ranch but we will rise to each of them and slowly grow this ‘Little Tree’ into its potential. The ranch is a metaphor for each of us: like little trees, our lives need a strong foundation from which to grow and realize our potential.

Timeline

 August 2022

After over a decade of searching for land that matched our ambition and vision, the Thun family purchased 482 acres on the Kootenay River near Cranbrook

September 2022

Renovations begin on the Ranch House.

Spring 2023

Irrigation repairs and upgrades begin. Fixing fences becomes a full time endeavour!

August  2023

Andrew & Haley Thun move onto the ranch and renovate the River House.

January  2024

The first 6 purebred registered highland cattle arrive:  Georgia Belle, Keswick, Kiara, Legacy, Latte & Lyssa.

Little Tree Ranch is named and the first 'little tree' arrives on the ranch with baby Henry born to Andrew & Haley.

February 2024 

March 2024 

Seven purebred Cotswold ewes joined Little Tree Ranch and shortly after, gave birth to nine energetic lambs.

June 2024 

Little Tree Ranch hosts its first venue event with the Meghan Thun/Josh Alvarez wedding.  Guests were treated to sweeping views of the Steeples mountain range, Kootenay River Fisher Peak and several guests enjoyed photos and scratch-time with Keswick, Little Tree Ranch's founding bull

August 2024 

September 2024 

Present

Four more purebred registered highland heifers join the Little Tree Ranch team as Luna, Lara, Lucia and Liz became part of the fold.

Ranch house renovations and irrigation upgrades are completed.

The highlands are thriving in the Kootenay winter and we are hopeful for successful calving by Georgia Belle and Kiara in late March

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