About

Springbank Farm is a 12-acre blueberry operation owned and run by Brian and Michelle O’Driscoll, situated through a family partnership on the grounds of O/D Riverside Ranch, owned by Paul and Phyllis O’Driscoll. We offer blueberries to the public from our farm and at various farmers markets in the area, and offer fruit wholesale as well to restaurants, retailers, and institutions.

We’re a farm with a rich history and a bold vision of our future. Like many, we love embracing the challenges and marvels that rural life offers us and our children. We’re eternally grateful to Brian’s parents, Paul and Phyllis O’Driscoll, for having the vision back in the late ‘60’s to abandon a suburban cul-de-sac for the great agrarian adventure.

The entire farm is comprised of 320 acres, including 190 acres of prime river-bottom farm ground, 85 acres of timbered hillside, and several acres of pasture and woodlands. Located just two miles east of the city limits of Lebanon, Oregon, the farm enjoys the beauty and seclusion provided by the bordering waters of the South Santiam River and Hamilton Creek. The property features panoramic views, luxuriant forests, wildlife, diverse tree and plant life, miles of trails and waterfront, and particularly diverse bird life, including bald eagles, falcons, herons, owls, wild turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasant, quail, and numerous others.

Many corners of the farm are remote and serene—from deep in the wilds of the timbered hillside to various banks of the creek and river. The open spaces in the central portion of the property and on the hillside afford an expansive view and elicit feelings of wonder and possibility.

A central and inspiring feature on the farm is an 8,400 square foot, 1912 timber-framed barn, built with hand-hewn timber from the property, situated within a few hundred feet of Berlin Road and on the banks of Hamilton Creek. The name Springbank Farm still adorns the red barn in bold white letters, readable to passers-by on Berlin Road, the main access road to Lebanon from the northeast. We adopted this name for our farm out of our sense of connection with the farm’s history and previous inhabitants, the Halls and the Reeds.

The Reed family, previous owners of the farm and builders of the barn, acquired the farm in the 1890’s, and were instrumental in founding the Reed School, a one-room schoolhouse across the road on the grounds of Hamilton Creek School. In Spring of 2009, through a partnership with the Lebanon Community School District, we will relocate the Reed School onto the grounds of the farm. We will renovate the school and make it available for educational programming.