Salmon Creek Farm is a sanctuary of precious riparian and coastal redwood forest habitat, on Central Pomo land, established as a counterculture commune in 1971, now a long-term living art project shaped by many hands, a sort of queered commune-farm-homestead-school. As of June 2025 the non-profit Salmon Creek Arts has taken over year-round operations and programming of SCF. Check the calendar, sign up for our email list, and subscribe to our newletter for the latest. Come to Salmon Creek...
- RETREATS: Available November 2025 to April 2026 for one, two, or six week stays.
- WORKSHOPS: Applications open for four week sessions of February Land Project Skills and April Wood Fire Ceramics.
- SCHOOL: Applications open in January for the next two month season of Schools of Salmon Creek September to October 2026.
- EVENT: Join us for the Salmon Creek Arts Benefit Dinner Event at Four One Nine in San Francisco on November 7th, 2025.
EMAIL inquiries to office(at)salmoncreekarts(dot)org.
Salmon Creek Farm is a place to be slow, to take a deep breath and a
step back, in both solitude and sociability. It is a place to be
embodied. With hands in soil enriched with your compost, sprouting
seasonal organic foods. Watered from the spring. You tend a warming fire
with wood from the land sheltered by cabins crafted with scavenged
materials, furnished with local finds. No plastics in sight. Feeling
small under giants that live for millennia.
We aim to continually expand the views and voices informing the place
and broaden the range of folks coming to the land. Lowering harriers
wherever possible to those who feel drawn to visit. As a queer owned and
run space it has a special sense of sanctuary for those who often don't
feel safe or welcome in rural spaces especially BIPOC and queer folks.
In 2022 the non-profit 501c3 organization Salmon Creek Arts was
established that has since taken over programming and operations, and
will eventually take ownership of Salmon Creek Farm.