The Hotel and Resort gardens are bright with colorful May flowers. The grounds look great. We had a hot spell for 5 days with temperatures reaching 103 degrees, but now we have cooler temps and the flowers are thriving. Over the Memorial Day weekend the weather was cooler than normal, but many guests who stayed with us enjoyed the outdoors, veiwed the gardens, went hiking and played golf...or, just relaxed.
This weekend is the Summer Arts and Music festival at the Benbow Lake State Park, - Saturday, May 31 and Sunday June 1. There will be live music, food booths and many artisans will be showing and selling their crafts.
The Benbow Hotel is ready for the Summer Season and everyone on staff is looking forward to guests visiting from near and far who come every season and who come for the first time.
We are busy getting ready for our 3rd annual Jazz In June event which runs June 22nd thru June 29th. Wonderful jazz artists from all over the country come to play jazz outside on the terrace and it's a spectacular venue where you can dine and listen to great performances. Check out our event calendar for more information.
We hope to see you soon.

Spring in Benbow brings blossoms, warm sunny days, and blooming gardens. This photo was taken on our Hotel Terrace.

Mother's day is comming and we have some special things going on that weekend. Saturday, May 10th we are having our Portalupi Winemaker Dinner, a Cookie Lee Jewelry show and on Sunday, May 11th we have a scrumptous Mother's Day Buffet planned. We will be seating for brunch from 9AM to 2:30. Call for reservations. If you need some gift ideas for Mom - take her out for a great meal or check out our hotel gift shop. We have Mimi Mouche and Holly Yashi Jewelry, plus beautiful beaded silk scarves and more.

The golf course was aerated almost 2 weeks ago and the greens have healed and it's in great shape. We are gearing-up for the summer season and hiring various postions at the Hotel and at the Resort and Golf Course. Maintenence crews are busy getting the grounds planted with flowers.

We host work/exchange students from countries all over the world. We will be welcoming students from Russia next week. We currently have students from Thailand and Moldavia. They are an absolute pleasure to have here. All of them are bright and curious to learn about our culture and hone their English skills. Our permanent staff also learns about their language and culture...the exchange is very positive. We look forward to meeting our new students and it's always sad to say farewell to them when they must head for home. The staff at Benbow looks forward to seeing you as our guest, soon.