Land of Two Streams is made available on a donation basis. There is no rate card and there will not be one.
Here is why. A price turns land into inventory and your work into a transaction. A donation keeps this what it actually is: land offered to work that deserves it, sustained by the people who use it. Your offering keeps the water running, the solar charged, the bathhouse warm, the trails clear, and the orchard alive, and it keeps the land available to the next guide and the next.
What is fair depends on who you are, how many you bring, and how long you stay. A solo practitioner on a rest retreat and a fifteen-person training are different visits, and they make different offerings. We will talk about it plainly during your visit, and we settle it together once the work is real. No one has ever found this conversation awkward, and no honest work has ever been turned away over money.
By default, once you're oriented, you have the land to yourselves. The steward, Chris, lives with this land and is reachable if something breaks or someone needs help, but he is not part of your gathering and you will not see him unless you ask to.
If you want more than that, ask. Chris can serve as logistics steward for your stay: fires laid and lit, kitchen stocked and resupplied, water and camp tended, arrivals met, small problems solved before you hear about them. The point is a container that holds itself, so your whole attention stays on your person or your people.
The boundary is clean and it never moves: Chris tends the place, never the work. Your program, your practice, and your people remain entirely yours. Whether his presence is part of your stay, and what that means for your offering, is part of the conversation before you come.
Up to fifteen overnight is comfortable. The two cabin tents sleep a few; everyone else tents on the plateau. Day gatherings can run somewhat larger; ask.
Year-round. The plateau is south-facing and sunny even in winter; the forest is cool all summer. Late spring through fall is driest. Winter is wetter, quieter, and its own kind of good.
The fire pit is usable outside of declared fire restrictions, which we follow without exception. During red-flag periods and CAL FIRE bans there is no open flame anywhere on the land, no negotiation. We will always tell you the current status before your stay.
Thin to none, and most people come here because of that. Tell your people before they arrive. We will walk you through the emergency communication plan during your orientation.
The land is in the secluded middle of the Santa Cruz Mountains, within reach of Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. The last stretch is a mountain road; we will tell you the truth about it, and what to drive, before you come. Exact directions come after we've spoken.
Amplified sound is welcome; there are no close neighbors. Dogs are loved, and not welcome here. This is a rewilding place, and dogs tend to scare away the natural critters of this land and destroy their homes. How you run your container is a conversation, held before you come, person to person.
The plateau itself is level and gentle. The trails to the terraces and yurt are forest trails with real grade. We'll walk it with you and be honest about what your people can and can't manage.
Yes, and you should. Every engagement starts with a walk on the land. No one books this place from photographs.
Practitioners run their own programs, hold their own certifications and liability coverage, and are responsible for their participants. Land of Two Streams provides the place, not the program. We'll ask about this in our conversation, not to gatekeep but because people doing real work always have a real answer.