Restoration Oaks Ranch
995-acre multi-enterprise coastal California family ranch leveraging silvopasture for native oak restoration
A 60-head year-round calf-cow grazing arrangement, a U-Pick blueberry operation, vermicomposting business, non-profit wildlife educational tours, on-site vacation rentals — and most recently, native oak silvopasture — make up the unique mosaic that is Restoration Oaks Ranch. Bordering U.S. Highway 101 just south of the town of Buellton, California, Restoration Oaks Ranch is predominantly grazed rangeland on rolling foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Ed Seaman manages the property and multiple revenue streams to support the family’s mission of ecological restoration. Seaman shares how the remoteness of the site has led him to experiment and adapt his plan of planting 1,000 native oak trees.