OAEC supports diverse communities to design their own regenerative systems at the regional and local scale.
Our cookbook is a collection of inventive recipes inspired by seasonal eating from our biodiverse Mother Garden, orchards and Wildlands Preserve.
Experience the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center through beautiful slideshows of our Guest Houses, Meeting Hall, Kitchen, Garden, Wildlands and more.
OAEC serves as a retreat center for networks, public agencies, foundations and other groups working towards social and environmental change.
Our 100% Certified Organic plant nursery specializes in open-pollinated perennials including edible landscaping plants, rare and endangered food crops, drought tolerant ornamentals and habitat plants - all tested in our onsite gardens and appropriate for our bioregion.
OAEC offers the longest consistently running two-week Permaculture Design Certification course in the West. Immerse yourself in information, ideas and inspiration on how to design sustainable, regenerative systems in balance with your home ecosystem.
OAEC works to inspire communities to build and imagine the ecologically regenerative and socially just world that we know is… Read More >
What is your relationship with water? Do you know where your water comes from or how it gets to you?… Read More >
Since our announcement in July about the State’s monumental decision to fund the creation of a new Beaver Restoration Program to… Read More >
20% off everything! We’re staying open two more weekends: November 5&6, 12&13 10am – 5pm 15290 Coleman Valley Rd (upper… Read More >
Dan Hoyle dazzled us with his opening monologue at Chautauqua this year and we’ve decided to bring him back for… Read More >
As the number of guests in our retreat program has increased in recent years, so has the volume of food… Read More >
This past spring, OAEC and the Sowing Circle community were thrilled to graze a flock of 54 sheep and 12… Read More >
OAEC Wildlands and our partners are hosting a Zoom webinar on July 27th from 6-8pm PST to wrap up our “Beyond Defensible… Read More >
SACRAMENTO (June 30, 2022) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California… Read More >
photo by Brock Dolman Salmon are a keystone species, inextricably linked to the health of our coastal ecosystems, yet over… Read More >