There’s no better time than now to tend to land. This winter, we are excited to reach our arms outward to embrace our entire 240 acres of Village Oz, in our first community land tending effort.

Join in for a weekend of ecological effort. Our hard-working hands and bodies will work to remove invasive species and poisonous plants, brush forest trail that has long been grown over, cut up fallen trees for firewood, and even start the extensive effort of building new trail. With your help, we can make this land more accessible for human exploration and admiration. 

We have a big community fridge to store your supplies for lunch and anything you want to share for the potluck dinner Saturday. We also encourage you to bring a cooler!

In exchange for your hard work, we have a few exciting plans on the table. Please note that plans are tentative and subject to change.

****If you can’t come for the whole weekend, that’s okay! Feel free to join on Saturday OR Sunday!****

RSVP HERE!

Friday

Arrive anytime after 2pm. If you’re camping, follow the signs to the campsites and remember to bundle up! The moist Mendocino Coast is quite serious! If you booked a cabin (discounted rates all weekend!), we can guide you there.

Settle in and explore the land. We encourage you to visit the river and sit by its waters.

7pm- Join us for a pizza party at our straw cob oven. We will be serving up Oz Farm’s finest pizza and salad for your enjoyment.

Saturday

Grab some breakfast. Our community kitchen is stocked with tea, coffee, and farm veggies.

By 9:00am, make your way to the barn patio. We will talk for a half hour about the plan for the day and take a quick tour around the property.

By 10:00am, you will be put into your groups for your activity for the day. You will be led by Dean, Eric, Amanda, or another staff member. If you have a preference for any particular work or experience, please let us know.

12pm-1:30pm - Stop for lunch and do a little meandering around the property. BYO lunch.

1:30pm-5pm - Back to some hands-on stewardship.

7pm - Join us in the barn for a potluck dinner and an ecologist talk. Bring something to contribute! Afterwards, we will throw on some barn music and dance to our heart’s content. The hot tub will be fired up for your enjoyment!

Sunday

Join us for an optional Tea In The Trees in the Redwood Grove at 8am.

Our kitchens are stocked with tea, coffee, and farm veggies.

Afterwards or after your free morning, join us at the barn at 10am. 
We will work hard 10am-2pm before saying our goodbyes. BYO lunch for 12:00-12:30 short lunch break.

*If anyone is able and wanting to stay, we will continue to work 3pm-5pm and end Sunday evening with a closing bonfire.

RSVP HERE!

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Reconnect to

Self, Nature, & Community

Hosted by Melissa Newhall

We invite you to join us for this unique, 3 day intimate gathering to disconnect from the chaos, and reconnect to that which serves you.

Our supportive team is showing up to hold safe space for you to rest, play, and engage throughout the weekend.

Create your unique experience by choosing how you will spend your time.

Soak in the wood fired hot tub, or lounge by the river while you give yourself a rest.

Climb a tree, dance, or connect with your inner child as you play.

Empower yourself with tools for healing by choosing to engage in the wide variety of wisdom workshops.

Bodymind, Spirit, & Soul

Somatic Agency

Massage & Bodywork

Conscious & Connected Breathing

Spirit Tracking & Ritual

Yoga / Acro Yoga

Yoga with Thai Massage

Sound Healing

Five Elements: Meditation

Moving with Grace

Tai Chi

Rest, Play, &

Engage

Acrobatic Silks

Drum Workshop

Dance Classes

Tree Climbing with Ropes & Harness

Farm Tour / Organic Farming Techniques

Medicinal Plant Identification & Uses

Essential Oils

Herbs & Uses

Dancing Body Wisdom

Activate Inner Muse

Feel Free to

Celebrate

Nightlife Vibes: DJs & Live Music

Fire Ceremony / Bow Drill Presentation

Traditional Native Dance

ReConnect Handmade Market

Song Circle

Kids Activities

River Lounge / Wood Fired Hot tub

Homemade Cuisine

Local Wines, Ciders, & Beers

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Description
Join Oz Farm for a weekend of fermentation and food preservation.  We’ll use Oz grown produce as we explore the art of making kimchi, sauerkraut, and sourdough.  Learn all about hard cider as we tour the heirloom orchard, Oz Farm Cider Mill, and have a cider tasting.  Participants will leave with new skills, recipes, and some of their home made creations.

Course Content Includes:

• Hands on introduction to fermented vegetables

• Cider Mill Tour, Cider Tasting, and Cider Making 101

• Water Bath Canning

• Sourdough breads

• Fermented legumes

Course Dates & Arrival/ Departure Times:
Friday November 2nd
4-5pm Arrive
6pm All About Sourdough
7 Pizza Party

Saturday
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
10am-11am Fermented Vegetables workshop
11am-12pm Water Bath Canning
12pm Lunch
2pm Espalier Orchard Tour + Cider Mill Tour
3:30pm Hard Cider 101
7pm Dinner
8:30pm Evening Event

Sunday
8-9:30am Yoga
9:30-10:30am Brunch
11am-1pm Lacto-ferment Legumes
2pm Depart  

Accomodations:
Oz Farm will provide high quality, organic, vegetarian meals throughout the weekend. Participants can choose to tent camp on the property, share a cabin, or stay in a private cabin. 

Course Cost & Enrollment:
Tent Camping (meals included): $300
Shared Cabin (meals included): $375
Private Cabin (meals included) $550

Off-site stay (meals included) $150
Single Workshop (no meals) $45
Saturday Cider Mill tour $5 2-3:30

Join Oz Farm for a weekend of exploring and learning about the natural ecology of Oz Farm and the Mendocino coast.  Become a naturalist as we learn about the relationship between the rugged coast and the geology of the fault line, the ecology of the Garcia river watershed, the flora and fauna of the area, conservation efforts, and the past, present, and future of the precarious and beautiful coastal redwood tree.  

Courses will be taught by:
Sara Bogart

Margaret C. Lindgren, Owner, Guide and Instructor of Unbeaten Path Tours & Yoga
Guide and Naturalist, Margaret Lindgren, specializes in private, customized Walking Tours, Business Retreats and Yoga Workshops along the Mendonoma Coast.  Margaret focuses her passions in her work as well as in her community stewardships, such as her volunteer work with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, her membership in the Point Arena Merchants Association as well as her active participation with the Mendocino & Sonoma County Tourism Bureaus.   In addition, Margaret is a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor specializing in Corporate & Wellness Workshops founded on the principals of biomimicry (the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature as it applies to business and personal growth).  Renowned in many high profile media publications for their Point Arena Stornetta Lands and Architecture in Nature tours, Unbeaten Path Tours & Yoga was recently named "Business of the Year" for 2017/2018 by the Mendocino Chamber of Commerce. 

Peter Baye
Ph.D., is a coastal ecologist and botanist specializing in conservation and management of coastal ecosystems and their vegetation, focusing on estuarine marshes, coastal lagoons and streams, beaches, and dunes. He currently works as an independent consulting coastal ecologist in California, where he works on projects featuring wetland and shoreline restoration, sea level rise adaptation, vegetation management plans, and endangered species recovery. Peter lives in the redwood belt of northwest Sonoma County near Annapolis. He previously worked for the Endangered Species Division of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Sacramento, and Regulatory Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in San Francisco. 

Jim Coleman
In 2005, Jim earned a MS in Biology studying grassland restoration at Sonoma State University and since that time has been primarily focused on that work within the OAEC ecological preserve. In addition to Jim’s endeavors at OAEC, he has worked as a field ecologist for the California Native Plant Society in their efforts to help generate a vegetation and habitat map for Sonoma County. Jim works with private land owners and land managers in establishing botanical and photo monitoring protocols that help aid in the successful conservation and restoration of healthy ecosystems. He has served as field ecologist on several restoration studies and mapping efforts of the endangered California Coastal Prairie. In addition to his work in terrestrial systems, Jim has also been active in the recovery of endangered Coho Salmon by helping to restore in-stream habitat. As an interpretive naturalist, Jim also enjoys his many opportunities to teach and lead people in their own nature awareness explorations.

All meals provided by Oz Farm. 

Schedule
Friday
3pm: Arrive & Settle In
7pm: Dinner
8pm: Sara Bogart Lecture
 From Captivity to Open Ocean. A slide show on the history of cetaceans and pinnipeds in captivity and the industries affecting them.  We'll discuss ocean conservation efforts and organizations like NMFS BW, NOYO, Mendocino Audubon, Mendonoma Whale and Seal and Naked Whale Research. 

Saturday
8am: Breakfast
10am (Departing from Oz at 9:30): Margaret Lindgren
Margaret will take us on a tour of the Stornetta Unit of the California Coastal National Monument System.  On this tour we will learn about the geology, history, oceanography, flora, and fauna of the riparian corridors, extensive wetlands, meadows, sand dunes, and cypress groves.  For more information check out https://www.unbeatenpathtours.com/the-point-arena-stornetta-lands-national-monument-tour.html
12:30pm: Lunch
2pm: Jim Coleman
Jim will lead us on a tour of the native grasses and plants at Oz Farm.  We'll hike through the meadows, seasonal riparian areas, and redwood forests. 
6pm: Dinner

Sunday
9:30am: Brunch
11am (Departing from Oz at 10:30): Peter Baye
We'll join Peter Baye on a walking tour of the of Alder Creek lagoon and estuary. 
2pm: Snack
3pm: Departure

All tours will begin at Oz Farm: 41601 Mountain View Road

*Individual Tours do not include meals
Contact dean@ozfarm.com with any questions

Summer Pruning August 20-25

Join Oz Farm for a week of summer pruning and communal living. We have a dozen spots available for any willing worker to learn the art of fruit tree pruning on our 3 acre espalier style orchard. Beginning on Monday morning at 9am we will host a summer pruning workshop from a local orchardist followed by 5 days of pruning. We will provide farm fresh lunches and dinners in our community house kitchen. Throughout the week there will be fun events to participate in including yoga, a pizza party, and live music on Saturday evening at the farm.

There is space for tent camping or shared cabin space available.

Duties & Responsibilities: 
Pruning from 9am-5pm Monday- Friday, August 20-25

Please fill out the following form to apply: 

Saturday, April 21
Description:
Join Oz Farm for our yearly event to celebrate our planet.   We're hosting two workshops and a farm tour on Saturday April 21 followed by a community potluck and live music.  

Come for the full event and camp under the stars! 

1:00pm Arrival
Check in and stake out your camp spot. 

2:00pm Workshop 1: Mushroom Cultivation
Explore the world of mushroom cultivation through a low-tech method for cultivating Oyster mushrooms on pasteurized straw.  Each participant will leave with an inoculated bag to bring home and grow their own mushrooms.   

3:00pm Workshop 2: Herbal Medicine
Discover the magical herbs that grow here at Oz Farm while gaining a deeper understanding of their healing properties.  Together we'll learn how to make a medicinal tincture and herbal salve that participants will take home.  

4:00pm Explore
Explore and enjoy the beauty of the 200 acre forest or relax next to the pristine garcia River. 

5:00 Farm Tour
Take a guided walk around our 6 acre farm and learn about organic cultivation with our Farm Manager.  

6:00pm Community Potluck
Bring a prepared dish to share with all of your new friends.  Don't worry, we'll provide the kale.  

7:00pm Live Music

Sunday, April 22
10:00am Yoga
Enjoy a gentle morning flow. 

12:00pm Depart
Practice land stewardship and pack it in and pack it out. 

Workshops & Camping: $50
Workshops only: $30
Potluck & Celebration: Free