Mineral Spring Date Farm vs Desert Sun Dates: Stay Under the Palms or Ship From Them?

Mineral Spring Date Farm is one of the most unusual operations in our end of the valley — a working date farm in Desert Hot Springs that also runs glamping accommodation with private mineral hot tubs. You can buy dates there and stay the night under the palms, a combination we’ve never seen anywhere else. As near-neighbors (our farm is in Sky Valley, minutes away), we tip our hat.

What Mineral Spring does well

The experience. A night under date palms with a private hot-spring tub is a desert memory, not a grocery run — best in the cooler months, for obvious reasons. If you want to visit date country, that’s a lovely way to do it.

We grow these. Golden Zahidi Dates — Nutty, Less Sweet, Never Sticky | California Farm-Direct from our family farm in Sky Valley, California — from $15/lb, shipping included. See them →

What farm-direct from us looks like

We built the other model: this season’s crop shipped to your door anywhere in the lower 48. Jumbo Medjool from $19 (down to $9.83/lb by the box), golden Zahidi from $15, bulk cases from $9.00/lb freight included — packed from the cold room within days of your order, posted prices for everyone.

The honest verdict

Want the night under the palms? Book theirs. Want the fruit without the drive? That’s us. Same desert, two different gifts. More neighbors, honestly described: the date farms of the Coachella Valley.

Written by Jason Shopshear of Desert Sun Dates, Sky Valley, California.