Quail Springs is a land based project dedicated to the learning and sharing of essential living skills that support ecological health and balance. We accomplish our mission through the offering of workshops, "apprentorships", residencies and internships at a permaculture designed farm setting in the Cuyama Valley of California where life-long learning is nurtured in an atmosphere of community support.

Quail Springs is a 450 acre permaculture farm and retreat situated in a Pinyon-Juniper woodland in the upper Cuyama Valley about 32 miles east (as the Raven travels) from the city of Santa Barbara and is about 60 miles north of Ojai, California. The namesake of the land is derived from the name of the spring that offers this arid landscape its life-giving vitality for the growing of trees, myriad plant life, the husbandry of animals and the settlement and visitation of people. The caretakers here at the farm offer year round stewardship of the land in a journey of honoring the gifts it has to offer in teaching us about what sustains us, the patterns of nature in the world around us and within us, and the journey of reclaiming culture through relationship with land and one another.

This project innovatively brings together the many facets of ecological restoration, vitality stewardship, natural building, alternative energy production, energy-order awareness, no-tillage soil building agriculture, ecologically sustaining aquaculture, and thoughtful actions that honors the vitality of the land for many generations to come. Quail Springs focuses its efforts on soil building, tree planting, natural building research and development, service learning opportunities, permaculture design application and training, and the development of a sustainable farm and nursery..

Quail Springs is dedicated to the multi-generational learning journey of seeding and tending the gardens of human land based culture. Our co-founder, Warren Brush, shares in many of his talks and writings, "To be native to a place is about how you walk day-to-day with what sustains you on that land. It is about having an intimate relationship with all that dwells within that place. Being native is about knowing the subtle weave of interdependence between all things and honoring those things in your actions, heart whisperings, and in the way you see, listen and feel."

www.quailsprings.org