Family Campout May 2010
Families with children of all ages joined Earthroots for a weekend camping trip to Quail Springs Permaculture Farm. We had an inspiring trip May 7-9, 2010!
You can see photos here.
We look forward to next year’s trip!
The Evolving Story and History of Quail Springs
Quail Springs is on a 450 acre piece of land located in the Santa Barbara backcountry in the Pinyon-Juniper woodlands of the upper Cuyama Valley. This land is situated at the base of Mt. Pinyos and Mt. Abel, the “sister” mountains that have been the center of the universe for the Chumash people for thousands of years. The spring here that gives the site its name, offers life to myriad species of plants and animals and allows us as people to share on this land.
In 1997, Warren Brush and Cynthia Harvan began a program for homeless youth, called Wilderness Youth Project, out of a homeless shelter for families in Santa Barbara, California. Each year, Wilderness Youth Project spent many a day in the Cuyama Valley tracking animals, building shelters, learning about earth skills, tending fires, mentoring and sharing stories that would support the healthy growth of youth, with diverse cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Quail Springs is dedicated to the multi-generational learning journey of seeding and tending the gardens of human land based culture.
Our work is hands-on and experiential in nature and is based on long term relationship building and nurturing this permaculture farm into fruition.
We strive to learn the languages of the land and one another so we know how to live in accordance with the infinitely diverse web of ecology and its vitality through many generations. We believe that we must no longer starve our grandchildren to feed our children.
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