We can’t wait to begin our yearly tribute to all things cannabis, so we’re starting the celebration early! Really there are great deals going on everyday here at Sespe but get ready to ROLL with the hot deals starting on 4/18 and running through 4/20, or when supplies run out. On Saturday 4/20 we will have DJ Kyle spinning the chill beats and we’ll have a super fun setup from our friends at Soiree Photo Booth from 12-5 pm sponsored by Bloom Farms, Chemistry, Emerald Sky Licorice, and Flow Kana. Grab some props and make funny faces with your friends, then enjoy a free printout and digital file to share with friends. If you’re here on 4/20 ask about the treasure chest! Our tips to get the most out of […]
Sespe Spotlight: Artist Tobie Roach
Greetings Sespe Community, happy spring! Have you visited our Ojai storefront lately? Our dispensary will look like the spring season year-round thanks to new artwork by long-time Ventura artist Tobie Roach. Our front desk staff are now framed by a gorgeous representation of a budding cannabis sativa plant. As customers check in, they’ll also notice a painting of a THC molecule upon a background that almost appears to be tie-died. I had the opportunity to chat with Tobie about her process as she wrapped up 46 hours of painting. Both pieces began as watercolors, she said (check out her original designs below). Tobie faced the challenge of translating the two small water color samples she created into large, acrylic murals — something she was happy to undertake. “I usually paint […]
Ventura is working on a cannabis delivery ordinance!
The Ventura City Council appears poised to approve an ordinance regulating cannabis deliveries… at some point. The Council voted unanimously Monday, March 4 directing Ventura city staff to draft guidelines governing legal cannabis deliveries in the city from licensed dispensaries like Sespe Creek. This is not a first. Back in November of 2017, the Council approved an ordinance that would allow for medical cannabis deliveries from licensed Ventura County vendors. Less than a month later, the Thomas Fire consumed more than a thousand local buildings — half of which were in the city of Ventura. Cannabis regulation-writing understandably did not move forward, and due to changes in state cannabis regulations since 2017, the Council has found itself in need of a new ordinance. One of our own employees, Ally, came […]
The Story of Sespe Creek
It began as a blue dot on Weedmaps. […]
Sespe Pairing: Bloom Farms Highlighter + Marie Kondo
Greetings! I’m Andra. I’ll be blogging here about all things cannabis: news from Sespe Creek, cannabis policy, interviews with health providers, industry news, reviews and more. Today’s post is in a format I hope to repeat periodically — ‘Sespe Pairings’ — essentially, a cannabis experience coupled with an activity I believe is suited well to the strain. Please share thoughts with me in the comments or by tweeting @SespeCreekSCC! Vape pens are not in my typical cannabis routine — I’m a fan of, well, the standard flower. Yet, a recent trip to the Sespe Creek Collective happened to coincide with my resolution to Marie Kondo my life, so I came into the dispensary looking to change things up, perhaps to spark some joy with something a little different. It was with that […]
What is Delta-8?
When you think about cannabis you probably think of THC (aka delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), but have you ever heard of Delta-8? Don’t beat yourself up if you haven’t, there isn’t even a Wikipedia page about this cannabinoid. While you might not have heard of Delta-8, it’s been on researchers radar for years as one of the four most researched cannabinoids. You might be asking yourself “why haven’t I heard of it?” While Delta-8 is present in most cannabis plants, it isn’t as abundant as THC. But with recent advances in technology making it easier to isolate specific cannabinoids, Delta-8 has been getting a lot of press. If you analyze and compare Delta-8 to THC’s chemical structure you’ll find that Delta-8 is very similar, with only a slight difference in the location of […]
Sespe Holiday Gift Guide 2018
For the Woke Warrior: A Pot Fairy Purse or Pot Fairy Originals T-Shirt. A cannabis offense should NOT equal a life sentence! 100% of the proceeds of sales from these items are applied to the commissary accounts of persons serving a life sentence for cannabis. Your donation will go towards purchase of necessities like soap, combs, toothbrushes, phone calls home, postage stamps, music, emails and palatable water. Thank you on their behalf. For the Blunt Lover: Pick up a few grams of flower, some Hempwick and a GLUNT! The Glunt glass blunt serves as both a storage and smoking tool. Stores 2 grams of ground flower, and you will never have to buy rolling papers again. You don’t have to smoke paper to smoke cannabis. And with Hempwick you won’t have […]
Ojai Herbal Symposium
We are proud sponsors of The Ojai Herbal Symposium on “Natural Resilience” will take place Friday through Sunday, November 16-18. Internationally recognized medical cannabis researcher Kevin Spelman, PhD, will deliver the keynote address on Friday evening in Krotona Hall on “Insights into Resilience: The Human-Plant Connection.” He will give two other talks Saturday on “Cannabidiol: The Anxiolytic, Anti-Inflammatory, Analgesic, Nootropic, Non-Euphoric Cannabinoid” and “The Terpenes of Cannabis.” The other 12 presenters include widely respected practitioners, authors, and speakers from across the spectrum of modern herbalism, integrative pharmacy, integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and Native American healing. Classes will be accessible to the professional and non-professional alike. Most of the presentations will take place at beautiful Krotona Hall at the Krotona Institute of Theosophy. Sunday afternoon breakout sessions will take place at various locations in downtown Ojai. Saturday […]
CAN-DO Clemency: fighting for drug war POWs
Legalization is sweeping the country (and the world), but so many prisoners of the drug war remain incarcerated. People serving life without parole for a nonviolent offense, like Michael Pelletier (featured here), and Craig Cesal, a first-time offender whose involvement was limited to repairing trucks that had been used in smuggling operations. Both of these individuals were prosecuted under conspiracy laws originally intended to bring down so-called kingpins, but which are now commonly used against low-level offenders (and in fact anyone that has the misfortune to be in close proximity to a drug deal or a drug dealer). CAN-DO Clemency was founded by Amy Povah, who lived this nightmare herself. Her husband had asked her to handle some “financial matters” for him while he was dealing with legal issues subsequent […]
UPLIFTED LOCAL: Leigh Moross / Ojai
by Isolda Restrepo Leigh Moross is one of Ojai’s finest and is one of a kind. She does her darndest, just as the rest of us do, to make the best of each day. One of the main differences being that it’s an actual, painstaking struggle for her to get out of bed each morning. Ms. Moross has suffered many broken and shattered bones, snapped tendons, a dislocated rotator cuff, nerve damage, Rheumatoid Arthritis, a plethora of surgeries, and poor health care. “Every single day feels like I’ve been hit by a car, AND I have the flu,” she recounts. In 2004 Leigh was all packed up to leave her home in Denver. She had landed a new doula position in Hawaii, and was just about ready to leave for […]