Welcome to Mahalo Farm located near Charlottesville, VA!

Mahalo Farm is a 92 acre farm located in Earlysville, VA, 11 miles from the center of Charlottesville, VA, dedicated to the love of horses and the land. The farm is owned and operated by Patty Swygert who purchased the farm in 2000. After clearing miles of barb wire and brush and putting in riding rings, fencing and water lines to create a supportive, beautiful and happy environment for her horses, she began to offer foundation horseback riding lessons to children and adults and pasture boarding for a small number of horses.

Priorities for the farm are having fun, being safe and living green. The farm could be described as "beyond organic" with its fresh water (10+ streams and springs,)  natural pastures and organic hays. Holistic horse care is provided whenever possible. All horses are barefoot, most can be ridden in halters and most can easily trot down our gravel roads.

Mahalo Farm has a small riding ring with rock dust track, jumps and barrels, an all-weather surface round pen, multiple run-in sheds, tack shed, huge barn (with 2-3 stalls in case of need or lay-ups, hay storage and covered areas,) lovely bottom land pastures, woods, farm trails and a small cross country course. The farm is in a lovely rural area in Farmington Hunt country. Trail riding for an hour, 1/2 day or all day is available right off the farm without crossing any paved roads.

At present, our web site is still under construction. We are making an effort to present you with our entire spectrum of services and products as soon as possible. Please check back with us or call us at 434-973-3229 or email: pswygert@juno.com.

If you are not familiar with Mahalo Farm, and your first contact with us is online; we would be pleased to hear from you!  Let us know what your needs and questions are; we will be more than happy to help.

Diamond running free in lower pastures!
Diamond is a Haflinger/Percheron/pinto cross that I bought sight-unseen as a 1 1/2 year old off the internet. Now approaching 10 years old, he's still having fun and teaching teens how to ride better. He especially loves to give bareback rides, even to the little ones, on his comfy back in the round pen.

Photo by Heide Wessels

Frank, the chicken, helping plant flowers, or giving new meaning to the expression, 'a chicken in every pot!'