FARM TOUR
Saturday, Oct. 19
Course Description
On your half-day visit to Quail Springs Permaculture Farm, you will learn about: growing food in the high desert; tending a variety of healthy food-giving animals; sustainable shelter; living regeneratively; and stewarding agricultural lands, watersheds, & wilderness.
The event will include a tour of our gardens, animal systems, natural buildings, crafts display, alternative technologies, and more. After the tour, participants will enjoy a delicious, farm-fresh lunch prepared in our earthen ovens, followed by a question & answer session with our farm managers.
Good walking shoes are recommended. Sorry, we cannot accommodate pets at this time. Please let us know in advance if you need to bring a service animal.
On this tour:
Registration Information
- Sliding Scale Cost: (What is Sliding Scale?)
- $50 – $80 per adult
- Youth ages 13 – 18 years: $25
- Children 12 and under free of charge
- Cuyama Valley Residents: $35
- Time: 9:30AM – 3:30PM
- Cancellation Policy:
- Before Oct 12, 2019: $10 cancellation fee.
- On and after Oct 12, 2019: No refunds available.
- In case of a valid personal medical or family emergency, we will consider, yet do not guarantee, requests for a transfer of fees (less administrative costs) to another course with Quail Springs.
To inquire about scholarships or group discounts, please contact us.
Permaculture Courses
Permaculture Design Course
Sustainable Vocations
Farm Immersion
Our Farm & Community Immersion Program offers a 6-month residency (with possibility of extension) at Quail Springs grounded in community living and applying permaculture techniques to support our farm and holistic food systems. This experience provides extensive practical opportunities to apply everything learned in a Permaculture Design Course (although a PDC is not required) through the day-to-day operations of a full-time functioning Permaculture farmstead, community, and education center.
Farm Tours
On your half-day visit to Quail Springs Permaculture Farm, you will learn about: growing food in the high desert; tending a variety of healthy food-giving animals; sustainable shelter; living regeneratively; and stewarding agricultural lands, watersheds, & wilderness.
Fungi Farming
This course will introduce the art and science of mushroom cultivation by offering low-tech, home-scale methods for growing mushrooms for food, medicine and earth renewal. You will learn about setting up cultivation space at home, gathering materials and equipment, and gain experiential hands-on skills to make liquid cultures, petri cultures, grain spawn, sawdust kits, and more.
