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Welcome to our family’s regenerative and private homestead! We’re Dale and Chelsea, living with our daughter in the beautiful farming community of Armstrong, BC. Using holistic methods, we tend to a large vegetable garden, hay fields, a few sheep, ducks, milk cow, a horse–and a few friendly pets.
We grow most of the produce and meat that we consume, and we eat well! Whatever we don't grow we try our best to support local growers in the area.
Our favourite part of the property is our walipini-style greenhouse, where we grow year-round (even in freezing winters!). We grow citrus, pomegranate, figs, guava, passionfruit, papaya and many other fruits and veggies not commonly grown in the area.
A bit about our area: Armstrong is a charming small town full of small businesses, cafes and shops, and close to picturesque lakes and mountains, hikes, camping, boating, fishing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and plenty of other activities for nature lovers! The Okanagan region is famous for its vineyards, fruit farms and gorgeous lakes. Both Okanagan Lake and Shuswap Lake are within a half our drive of us.
This is mainly a volunteer position, 20-25hrs a week in exchange for food and lodging. If you have a Canadian work Visa, we do on occasion have some paid work available through a business we run.
Send us a message, we’d love to welcome you to our little piece of paradise.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Interests
Culture
Pets
Sustainability
Self development
Farming
Animals
Plant care
Cooking & food
Gardening
Nature
Camping
Beach
Mountain
Winter sports
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We love getting to know people over shared meals. Our small town is a very vibrant
community with plenty of local and nearby markets, festivals, fairs, and community events to meet people. Nature is a huge part of the small-town Canadian experience, and we are close to lots of lakes, rivers, hiking and biking trails! Our region of the Okanagan also has wineries, cideries, and plenty of fruit farms to explore.
With Dale’s horticulture career and Chelsea’s hobby farm experience, we can offer many learning opportunities in holistic gardening. We love to learn, too, so if you have expertise in permaculture, biodynamic gardening, regenerative farming, or anything else, we’d love to share ideas!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We keep busy and have plenty of tasks that you can work on:
Gardening: Watering, planting, weeding and harvesting
Yardwork: mowing the lawn, weedeating, using small handtools
Painting and fencing
Working with animals
If you have the experience, we have tractor work that you can help with. (ie. harvesting hay)
If you have particular interests or skills, we’re happy to discuss them! You’ll work 4-5 hours per day, with weekends off to explore.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You can stay in our 27ft trailer: queen bed, kitchen, power, air conditioning, toilet and shower. Set up in a private area of the property.
You’ll also have access to the kitchen in our house, and a BBQ
We’ll cook dinner for you, or you can choose to help cook as part of your work hours. We will provide breakfast and lunch ingredients, and you can choose to cook in your RV accommodation or in our house kitchen.
What else ...
We recommend you bring your own vehicle to explore all the Okanagan has to offer. We have bikes available for you to use to get into town (6km to downtown).
Nearest airport is Kelowna International Airport, 1hr drive away. We can pick you up from the airport.
No partying/drugs/heavy drinking/smoking
We’re 20 mins from the small city of Vernon and 1-1.5hours from larger cities, Kelowna and Kamloops, so there’s always plenty to explore.
We can accommodate couples and singles
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good wi-fi service over much the property.
Space for parking camper vans
Large or small, we have parking space for your van or motorhome
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We had the pleasure of learning while we worked in their garden and greenhouses. The work was varied, enjoyable and always made more fun by having the company of their wonderful dogs (trust us!)
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We had the pleasure of learning while we worked in their garden and greenhouses. The work was varied, enjoyable and always made more fun by having the company of their wonderful dogs (trust us!)
We… read more
