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- - - OAEC supports diverse communities to design their own regenerative systems at the regional and local scale.
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- - - OAEC serves as a retreat center for networks, public agencies, foundations and other groups working towards social and environmental change.
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- - - 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.
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- - - Permaculture Design Certification
    - OAEC offers the longest consistently running 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.
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A Message from Wysteria McBrylcream

October 6, 2020September 16, 2020

Last year, after seventeen consecutive years of producing the Chautauqua Revue, OAEC decided that we would take a year off in 2020 to freshen things up and take a long … Read more

Being Salmon, Being Human: The Performance

January 25, 2020July 16, 2018

Join us in the North Garden Theater on Wednesday August 15th 7-9pm BEING SALMON, BEING HUMAN is a unique storytelling performance from Norway combining traditional tales, original music, and … Read more

Connecting to Place Through Art: Painting the OAEC Pond

May 1, 2025November 24, 2015

Co-founder and resident artist Adam Wolpert is in his seventh month of a yearlong project to paint the southwest corner of the OAEC pond. He has created 45 oil paintings–all … Read more

The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, advocacy and organizing center in Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience.

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A Message from Wysteria McBrylcream

Being Salmon, Being Human: The Performance

Connecting to Place Through Art: Painting the OAEC Pond

The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, advocacy and organizing center in Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience.

Plant Nursery: Temporarily Closed

Nursery Phone: (707) 874-9591

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15290 Coleman Valley Rd. Occidental, CA 95465

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