Food & Lodging

While at EcoFarm, you’ll enjoy seasonal, nourishing meals created by Asilomar Executive Chef Greg Lepesh, highlighting regionally sourced, sustainable, and organic ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are curated using the highest quality produce, grains, dairy, protein, and pantry items with all types of eaters in mind. Have a seat at the table - you'll never know who you're going to meet!

The Asilomar Conference Grounds offer charming, rustic accommodations set among Monterey pines and cypress groves. The comfortable rooms vary in size, lodging up to four persons. All guest rooms have private baths with some including patios, balconies, or fireplaces. 

For the 2023 conference, EcoFarm is instituting a major change in the way we handle lodging. You will no longer book your room through EcoFarm when you complete your conference registration. Instead, these will be two separate processes. You will continue to book your conference registration with EcoFarm on our website. To reserve your lodging, you will go to Asilomar’s website set up for EcoFarm attendees: https://book.passkey.com/e/50367881, and complete that transaction separately. We are making this change for two reasons. First, it costs EcoFarm thousands of dollars in staff time to handle your requests. The less we spend, the less pressure there is on us to raise prices. Second, Covid. We can not take on the responsibility of matching you with roommates, given the virus transmission possibility that exists in mask-less sleeping rooms. 

 

Lodging at Asilomar is reserved for conference attendees only. If your spouse/partner plans to travel with you, but not register for the conference, please register yourself for the conference without lodging at Asilomar and reserve a room for you and your spouse/family at Pacific Gardens or Deer Haven adjacent to the Asilomar Conference Grounds, as these two offsite motels offer single or double occupancy for one price. In addition, there are several other motels in Pacific Grove where you may make your own lodging arrangements.

 

Each conference lodging night at Asilomar includes three meals—dinner, breakfast, and lunch. Check in time at Asilomar is 3pm. Attendees arriving early may store their luggage at the front desk.

Spouses, partners, and friends MUST each register for the conference. You must request each other as roommates in order to be assigned to the same room. You may request up to three roommates for quad rooms. If you request someone to be your roommate, and they do not request you, your reservation will be put on hold. All requested roommates must be registered for the same lodging nights. Asilomar will charge a $20 per person registration fee. Rooms with fireplaces or ocean views may cost extra. You can request a specific room, and early registrations receive priority.

 

Lodging at Asilomar is reserved for conference attendees only. If your spouse/partner plans to travel with you to Pacific Grove and will not be attending the conference, please register yourself for the conference without lodging at Asilomar and reserve a room for you and your spouse/family at Pacific Gardens or Deer Haven, as these two offsite motels offer single or double occupancy for one price. In addition, there are several other motels in Pacific Grove where you may make your own lodging arrangements.

Yes. Spouses, partners and friends who are registered for the conference must request each other to be assigned to the same room. All requested roommates must be registered for the same lodging nights. Please indicate your roommate(s) request through Asilomar’s lodging portal. You may request up to three roommates (in a Quad room). 

You and your spouse should each register for a double room at the conference. Please indicate your choice of a roommate on Asilomar’s lodging webpage.

 

Parking is reserved for Asilomar’s overnight guests. Conference only (day use) attendees may park along nearby streets. Overnight sleeping in vehicles is prohibited.

Across the street from Asilomar, Pacific Gardens Inn has a limited number of rooms on hold with single or double occupancy for EcoFarm attendees. Many rooms feature wood-burning fireplaces, and a limited number of suites are available upon special request. Book your room directly with them at (800-262-1566) by 12/20/22 and mention ECOFARM2023 to reserve your room.

Also adjacent to Asilomar, Deer Haven Inn’s comfortable rooms have fireplaces, refrigerators, and complimentary WiFi. Suitable for single or double occupancy, a daily continental breakfast is also served. Book your room directly with them at (831-373-7784) by 12/27/22 and mention ECOFARM to reserve your room.

Amenities at the Monterey Hostel include: Dormitory or private accommodations, day-time access for registered guests, 24-hour security, self-serve kitchen, nearby laundry facilities, locker rentals, bike lockers, free parking, piano, guitar, books, and games for guest use.

Tent and RV camping are available nearby, but not on Asilomar grounds. Check out these camping options:

Veteran’s Memorial Park – Monterey, 5 miles

Carmel by the River RV Park – Carmel Valley, 12 miles

Saddle Mountain Recreation Park – Carmel Valley, 12 miles

Laguna Seca Recreation Area – Salinas Hwy, 14 miles

Moss Landing RV KOA Park – Moss Landing, 24 miles