Autumn Brands is a woman- and family-owned cannabis farm in Carpinteria, on the Santa Barbara County coast, run by the Dutch-rooted Brand family and co-founder Autumn Shelton. It grows spray-free greenhouse flower under natural sunlight and turns it into jars, pre-rolls, topicals and a collab line with the band Iration. In July 2026 it took seven medals at the California Cannabis Awards.
Dutch flower farmers, Carpinteria cannabis
Hans Brand is a fifth-generation farmer from the Netherlands. Before cannabis, he helped build B&H Flowers into a successful greenhouse operation. The Santa Barbara Independent put the family's move plainly in 2025: they switched from growing cut flowers to growing a different kind of flower.
The cannabis operation launched in May 2018. Hans is chief executive. His son Johnny Brand, who holds degrees in agriculture and business, runs cultivation as chief operating officer and head grower. His daughter Hanna Brand, a Cal Poly graduate who studied plant science, is chief financial officer and chief sales officer.
Autumn Shelton, born in Carpinteria and educated at Santa Barbara City College and UC Santa Barbara, is the fourth co-founder. The company says the Brands brought decades of farming and sales experience, while the Sheltons brought finance and compliance. In 2020, the company described itself as family owned and completely private.
Ladybugs instead of sprays
Autumn Brands grows in coastal greenhouses under the California sun and harvests every week of the year. The farm runs a 100% spray-free program. Instead of pesticides, the team releases beneficial insects, ladybugs included, as part of an integrated pest management system.
Plants grow hydroponically in coconut coir, a reusable substrate, and the farm irrigates with recirculated artesian water. After harvest, flower is slowly dried and cured, then hand-trimmed before packaging. Johnny Brand's cultivation work has earned more than 25 industry awards, according to the company.
The catalog is wide. The Independent counted 50 strains in April 2025, up from roughly a dozen in 2020. Its greenhouses also run the air scrubbers that Santa Barbara County requires of cannabis growers.
Jars, pouches, pre-rolls and Now Melt
Flower ships in 3.5-gram jars, 7-gram pouches, 14-gram smalls and 28-gram ounces. The September 2026 lineup includes Purple Push Pop, Purple Carbonite, Sunset Sherbert, Blue Dream, Wedding Cake, Mango Haze, Peach Dreams, Mac n Cookies and Tik Takz. Pre-rolls come in singles and multipacks.
Beyond flower, Autumn Brands makes cannabis elixirs and a topical salve. Its Now Melt line covers Slather Worthy Body Butter, Hit The Reset Bath Crystals and Pucker Me Peach Gummies.
Those gummies took best edible and best packaging at the Farmer's Cup 4/20 Edition in San Diego on May 18, 2024. At the same event, Blue Limonene pre-rolls won best plain pre-roll, best appearance and best packaging. The Farmer's Cup scores entries on terpene and cannabinoid profiles rather than THC percentage alone.
Iration's first cannabis drop
Iration, the reggae band that formed in Isla Vista, picked Autumn Brands for its first move into cannabis. The partnership, announced February 16, 2024, produced three cultivars: Lemon Time Bomb, Summer Nights and Daytrippin'.
The line premiered at the Catalyst in Long Beach during Cali Vibes Fest, February 16–18, 2024, and rolled out as flower and pre-rolls through Autumn Brands' retail channels. The Iration x Autumn Brands collection still sits on the farm's product menu in 2026.
Seven medals at the 2026 California Cannabis Awards
Budist and SC Labs judged the fifth California Cannabis Awards, and Autumn Brands announced its seven medals on July 2, 2026. Sour Power #69 won gold in the myrcene category and gold in co-dominant terpenes (myrcene, caryophyllene and limonene), plus silver for total terpenes. Many of the competition's categories score measured terpene and cannabinoid profiles rather than looks alone.
Purple Carbonite added three bronzes: CBDa, caryophyllene and co-dominant terpenes. Its Nourishing salve took silver in topicals. The Golden Bear ceremony followed on July 18 at the California State Fair, the same competition where Carpinteria neighbor Glass House Farms collected 17 mixed light flower medals.
240 dispensaries and a monthly farm tour
Autumn Brands sells only through licensed California retail. The Independent counted 72 employees and 240 dispensaries statewide in April 2025, up from about 160 dispensaries and 15 delivery services in 2020. Online orders route through Weedmaps and Jane, and the site runs a dispensary locator.
The farm opens its gates once a month for a free tour by registration, and the company runs its own podcast. In 2026 the site still bills Autumn Brands as woman- and family-owned, with the Carpinteria greenhouses harvesting every week.
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