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Our Online Permaculture Design Course is now OPEN

Our Online Permaculture Design Course is now OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT! This course is an opportunity to learn from our instructors, many who have an intimate understanding of adapting to a drying landscape. This is also an accessible course for those who cannot take time off for 2-week permaculture courses, and go at your own pace in the 24-week course duration. Head to www.quailsprings.org/pdc or our Link in Bio to learn more and register today! *The background photos shows before and afters of Quail Springs' garden over the span of a decade #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture #permacultureeducation #permaculture #drylandpermaculture #onlineeducation #onlinepermaculture

Many who have celebrated a birthday here know the

Many who have celebrated a birthday here know the classic QS birthday song. Well here’s a quick snippet, jazzed up with saxophone 🎷

Our resident Beaver Believer, Brenton, shows studi

Our resident Beaver Believer, Brenton, shows studious work traders Maile and Maggie on the beauty of our low-tech Peanut Butter Bucket Spring Diversion! Watch til the end for Brenton's reveal about gremlins that hide throughout the waters #beaverbeliever #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture #waterislife #climateresilience #diytech #lowtechsolutions #sustainableliving #offgrid #ecoliving

Thank you @ojairotary for the opportunity to share

Thank you @ojairotary for the opportunity to share #quailsprings work, mission, and example with you. Thank you for being such attentive listeners with great questions and for your enthusiastic expressions of support for our work. We look forward to seeing some of you at one of our visitor days or as students in our online courses! #quailspringspermaculture #cuyama #cuyamavalley #ojai #ojaivalley #rotary #rotaryinternational #plantingwater #talk

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming 6-month o

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming 6-month online Natural Building Course in collaboration with @earthenshelter from JUNE 15 to DECEMBER 15! If you’ve been curious to learn how to build using cob and other earthen materials, then this beginner-friendly course is perfect for you! Our experienced instructors will guide you through the process of designing and building a small project of your choice: a cob oven, rocket stove, or cob wall. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn with us and start building with natural materials. Learn more about the course and register today at https://www.quailsprings.org/nbc or visit our LINK IN BIO #earthenbuilding #earthenbuildingsontherise #earthenbuildings #cobbuilding #cobhouse #legalizeearthenbuilding #housingisahumanright #naturalbuilding #naturalbuildings #quailspringspermaculture #nontoxic #sustainablebuilding #housingcrisis #climatecrisis

Same view (mostly), different clouds this week. We

Same view (mostly), different clouds this week. We’re getting some WEATHER! Hope everyone’s safe and dry-enough out there! ❄️

❄️ Wow, we woke up to a winter wonderland this

❄️ Wow, we woke up to a winter wonderland this past Saturday! Jan and Brenton remarked they haven't seen this much snow in 14 years! What a delight to see our Pyrenees pups play in their element, and the stunning sight of nopales and yucca covered in snow. Grateful for this snowfall that percolates slowly back into the earth to replenish our groundwater 💦

Brenton took us on a water systems tour to better

Brenton took us on a water systems tour to better understand the way water moves through our common spaces. Our farm and resident homes are fed by the spring up canyon, but our commons drinking and shower water is drawn from our pump.
We’ve got a grey water workshop planned for our community to tend our water system, and we’re so excited that our current worktraders get to learn and support the process, cultivating a closer intimacy with the water who feeds us. If you’re keen on directly nurturing your relation to water in these ways, check out our worktrade program! Applications still open thru the first week of March!! 💦 #waterislife #greywater #quailsprings #plantingwater #quailspringspermaculture #worktrade

Goat day Wednesday! Today a sad moment where a goa

Goat day Wednesday! Today a sad moment where a goat named Apple has no interest in eating an apple 🍏(nor does her momma, Walnut)

We're excited to announce we'll be running the onl

We're excited to announce we'll be running the online Permaculture Design Course again from MAY 20 to NOVEMBER 19! If you've been interested in learning from Quail Springs, this is a great opportunity for those who cannot travel nor take the time off for a 2-week PDC. We teach through a variety of perspectives, as our instructors are farmers, activists, builders, and thinkers who not only teach, but also advocate for local and regional change. Registration will open up in March: be sure to check back in! #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture #permacultureeducation #permaculture #drylandpermaculture #onlineeducation #onlinepermaculture

Connected with each other and the land… A sunset

Connected with each other and the land…
A sunset embrace between two of our beloved worktraders at a dreamy coast day harvesting seaweed.
Living together in community on this land asks a lot of us —we learn to harvest our personal and collective health by our relations and our work.
We’re still looking for special folks to join our team. We’re excited to share our water tending practices, our facilities maintenance, compost care, and our animal and plant systems. Apply for the spring summer worktrade via our linktree in our bio, or through our website www.quailsprings.org #quailsprings #quailspringspermaculture

We're Hiring! *Program Director* Application OPEN

We're Hiring!
*Program Director*
Application OPEN NOW until March 1st 🌱 Want to work with a team of farmers, ecologists, scholars, artists, chefs, builders, and educators? 💧 Want to collaboratively direct the overall program strategy at Quail Springs, helping us share our work to create regenerative environmental and social systems? ⛰ Want to live in a breathtaking rural landscape at the edge of the Los Padres National Forest and be part of a vibrant community committed to restoration and outreach work in the Cuyama Valley? Follow link in bio to learn more. And share this post with people you think would be a good fit for #quailsprings! #quailspringspermaculture #rural #hiring #cuyama #cuyamavalley #highdesert #santabarbara #ventura #sanluisobispo #kern #lospadresnationalforest #earthenbuilding #naturalbuilding #plantingwater

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