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We love to host people from all over the world and share travel stories. Our 13 acre hobby farm is located in the heart of Saanich Peninsula. Come and enjoy the beauty and tranquility of our little piece of paradise!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers will experience a unique Canadian culture,much different from the rest of Cold Canada.Have opportunities to visit not only the most beautiful city on this planet...VICTORIA...,but also surrounding areas.Learn about farm life.We enjoy having NEW guests,also have hosted Intern.students in last 15 years enjoying INTER CULTURE exchange both in foods and a customs.We would include our Workaway guests into our activities as much as they are willing.
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You are WELCOME to provide for us detailed informations on your help/farm..OR.other experiences and anything else you wish to add, so we may get to know you better.Thank you!
We only have space for TWO people in the cabin and we would like you to stay and enjoyed our Farm and the surrounding.
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IF you are a MALE and have some trade/like a carpenter, landscaper or anything else, please share with us your questions and your experiences. If you are a FEMALE ,please tell us a little about your experiences in your field, because part on your DAILY FARM tasks will be outside / AND sometime your hands will get dirty/ around our property/like weeding, usual help around the house, gardens and of course our animals .Our little dog Sami also will get her walk with you. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
We would like to host volunteers, (maximum of double-occupancy at least 3-4 weeks stay, with an option to extend their stay.. Volunteering hours are 5 hours per day/Monday - Friday/ in return for limited choice of daily meals, in your fully furnished own cabin.In high season share space with possibly 1/ONE/ other Workawayer in a cabin.
AND other benefits- such a free WIFI and fantastic environment on Unique Saanich Peninsula.
We would like our helpers to come on MONDAY/ if possible/,so we have a time to WELCOME them to become familiar with our set-up on our Hobby Farm. The SATURDAY is usually check-out time at noon. Sometime depend on Helpers situation. We try to be flexible and understanding to everyone needs and we do not experience no problems.
We both are Semi-retired, but we continuously working our property as much as we can.
In this challenging times we still are looking for people who enjoy pleasant place, respecting the environment, being surrounded by forest, not far from a ocean and mountains ,have plenty of initiative and feeling, comfortable while being with the animals
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The specific tasks vary depending on the season. For example, we harvest our blueberries in July and August, and our orchard and vineyard in September/Harvesting and preserving. Other tasks throughout the year as I mentioned before: are some animal care, from time to time fixing the fences around animals shelters and the pastures. Keeping the garden areas cleared from brush. and in the fall raking the leaves and pruning the fruit trees, Our orchard has 12 fruit trees.We also have small vineyard with a lots of work especially in the Summertime.
Various help in the house , general property maintenance, weeding veggies boxes ,flower gardens , cleaning/BARNS/ and collecting daily our ALPACAS and SHEEPS manure.No animal care,only to keep their "premises" clean!
We desire respectful,kind,happy energetic WorkAwayers who are NOT smoker!
MUST love animals and people come with caring heart.
Our preferences are WorkAwayers ages 23-25+ to 35 years old with some solid experiences under their belt.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Slovak: FluentAccommodation
Volunteers have deluxe accommodations in a private self-contained CABIN with amazing ocean and mountain views. The COZY CABIN is located on the farm in open pastures among our sheep grazing, with lambs in the early spring adding to your enjoyment. Included is a fully equipped kitchen/with patio/ 3 piece bathroom, storage area, separate sleeping quarters with bunk beds, all linens are provided except TOWELS and we like the cabin to be left in clean condition AFTER YOUR DEPARTURE. We ONLY take a ONE person or the COUPLE during the seasons.
Enjoy a spectacular sunrise from the kitchen each morning with your first cup of coffee. Our volunteers will do a laundry outside of our Farm in Public Laundromat/it is 5 minutes from our home.
In the Summertime we have to be careful of our water consumptions and the helpers WILL BE asked to take short showers and other saving techniques for day to day!
We can provide the appropriate cloth and a footwear for those working during the rainy season here/OCTOBER-MARCH/
FOOD:
Breakfast and lunches you will be preparing yourself in the cabin with the food supply provided by your host family;
We itemize exactly what food we supply during your stay. The list of food is inside the pantry in the kitchen .NO exchanges on grocery. Meals together in the main house/Monday-Thursday/OR simple meals provided to cook in the cabin.We encourage recipe sharing& eating together, but adjust to the days flow. However, we are unable to accommodate Vegan/Vegetarian, since we have different diet in our home. Thank you for your understanding in advance.What else ...
Our farm is located in Saanichton, B.C., 20 km north of downtown Victoria. Public transit BUS #️72 will take you to downtown Victoria in about 35 minutes. We do have bikes available to our volunteers. The Saanich Peninsula consists of small communities including, small town of Sidney BY the SEA,, North Saanich & Central Saanich, Bentwood Bay and Deep Cove. The Victoria Airport, BC Ferry Terminal and the Institute of Ocean Sciences are all located within the Saanich Peninsula. We do have a maps for all about mentions area for our volunteers available.
Vancouver Island hosts a variety of activities and attractions, such as Whale-watching, Canada's oldest Chinatown, the B.C. legislature and the Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria's magnificent Inner Harbor landmarks, salmon fishing charters, Sidney's Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, the Butcher Gardens, and of course hiking, kayaking and biking Vancouver Island's 3,500 kilometres of ocean coastline, 700 lakes, 160 rivers and 890 streams. These waterways are located amid spectacular West Coast scenery and are shared by an abundance of marine creatures and wildlife.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Marta and Peter are incredible people with a lot of knowledge to share. When you come here, you will learn a lot regarding gardening, housing, cooking, and more.
Sourrounded by all those beautiful animals and privacy in your own cabin… read more
We highly recommend hosting Lisa. It was so nice from Lisa to share many life experiences with me.
We wish her very many… read more
During my stay I helped them in the garden with weeding, watering plants and cleaning the sheep and alpaca barns. I also learned a little bit about vinery, especially how to treat the vine plants.
A little cabin on the sheep pasture gave a lot of privacy. Fortunately I shared the cabin with a… read more
She was responsible in work she did and took pride doing a good… read more
I really enjoyed doing different tasks like weeding, watering, cutting the vineyard and cleaning the barns of the… read more
Their house& the farm makes a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The workawayers stay in a super sweet cabin on the farm , which allows privacy and a great view to the nature. Martha cooks delicious meals & Peter has so… read more
The cabin where I stayed was comfortable, well-equipped and practical! I was lucky enough to have another Workawayer… read more
For me it was a great way to relax after staying in the busy city.
You work 5 days a week with… read more
She was taking a good care… read more
I spent 4 wonderful weeks at the Farm and I'm very grateful for every moment and memory I could make! Marta and Peter are great hosts, so very kind and always made sure that we have a… read more
They were wonderful hosts. It was my first farm experience. They were very thoughtful and helpful with it.
They provided excellent accommodation. The farm is a beautiful place to work at. Thank you for hosting me! Marta, Peter, Gizmo, and Sammy!
My experience there has been very positive, I got my own private cabin fully equipped and at the same time we had dinner together in the house almost every night, which felt very warm and welcoming, the food was very good (specially when Marta made Gulash!) and we had good conversations every… read more
Dear Marta and Peter,
I would love to say thank you for an amazing 4 months of helping you at the farm. I enjoyed every moment.
I learned a lot of new things about how to plant vegetables, take care of animals, bake, cook, etc.
Thank you Peter for teaching me how to… read more
She was a great helper for us, always willing to step in and do what ever was important to do that day.
She was very pleasant to be round.
We would love to recomand Kanako to the next host family and wishing her a Great journey traveling in Canada.
Good luck with hope to see you someday in… read more
Visit this farm!
Close to Sidney and Victoria, but a peaceful and quiet place. Except you are coming in April or May: That’s the time of the newborn lambs! It was a pleasure to wake up and watch them running and playing around the cottage, which is located… read more
Thank you soooooooomuch for helping us during your stay on our Farm.It was pleasure meeting you and also helping you to speak better English.We have had a lots of fun talking to you during our supper hours and watching together our favorite show on TV.Thank you from our Alpacas for keeping them clean and of course the sheep say"Thank… read more
We have had a great 3 weeks together.She help us anytime during the day..We hope she is well experiencing her NEXT travel destination in COSTA RICA.We highly recommend Naomi for any kind of work to be… read more
If you like outdoors it is very good place to stay and discover the area. Work is not difficult, every day is different. I liked helping with animals (especially… read more
She always was on time AND precise with her daily Tasks.We sure enjoyed hr very much and WILL missed her present on our Farm and our home.She felt like our own daughter just "moved inn" with her… read more
Marta and Peter are simply some of the kindest and most giving people I’ve ever met and my experience on the farm was better than I could have hoped for.
Their farm is beautiful and I loved spending every day taking care of the animals or out in the garden, but my favourite part was being… read more
Kelly was a great /Gardening/ learner, we are very thankful for that.
We loved and appreciated her enthusiasm,energy and HELP with everything we ask her to do..AND..more!!
She always was ready to help with smile and great conversation topic!!Our 10 year old grandson Landen still asking me… read more
We would give them 7 STARS if we could..
This two/Jana and Peter/ are the most amazing team.They accomplished so much in the 4 weeks they stayed with us!!
Not only Jana and Peter/newly weds/ are extremely hard workers,they are truly wonderful people,
THANK YOU for all your… read more
Renata is very quick, she learned fast,as she would have a Farm in her native Country.
It was her first workaway and I was happy to hear she only had a good experiences on our Farm.
We bake together,we chat together,we… read more
Ronja is hardworking,very helpful,intuitive It was privilege to host her.She is wonderful young girl,eager to help anytime and with anything
We highly recommend her for her NEXT host.
We already missed her smile,her talk about her family life in… read more
As this was my first Workaway experience, I felt I was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to spend nearly 2 months on this beautiful farm.
During my time there, I had a health issue and Marta and Peter were very supportive. I could not of wished for a better place to be.
Marta is very clear with what she needs done… read more
Lucas had amazing energy and knowledge for what ever task of the day he was doing.Beeing their first time on the Farm in Canada they both done a fantastic job!! and we will… read more
Anyways, its been one of my favorites workaway experience! Can I stay longer? can I swap with one of your exchange students?? Haha
I feel so grateful and… read more
She was a wonderful access to our Family busy life, especially during the blueberries pick-up season
We wish Maria good luck with her traveling plans and we hope to see you some day AGAIN in B.C.
Again with Thanks from a Marta… read more
To be honest, the first day went not very smooth for me, probably because i went backpacking alone and it s hard to adapt in another family again..
My first week was Marta Alone (Peter was not in thé house), so we had a bit more work. But Marta was very helpfull and happy with thé help
At thé evening we had some nice… read more
the phrase is simple and the words are FEW,but behind them lies a world of appreciation .
We been so lucky having with us Laura.She arrived with a smile and a Lot of help for us...with kitchen help, outside work and also help with ,our dearest dogs Sami and Gyzmo.
Always on time,always willing to help a we also have… read more
ROSA stayed with us a 2 weeks and she was a such hard working volunteer/ easy to get to know her and work with her.THANK YOU...again Rosa for all your help to keep our Alpacas and sheep barns clean daily.Betsi,San-Jula, Al-Marelo,Mistik ,Kolson and Bismark sending you a BIG HUG!!!
It was fun to learned how to prepared a great MEXICAN… read more
She help us so..so..so much especially with our little dogs,scooping the Alpacas poo daily included weekend.
She was always happy to help with any task we give her.Always on time starting her morning choirs.
We sure will missed her a lot, and we… read more
Thanks for all the kind things you’ve done for me. I hope to see all of you soon! If you need me in March don’t hesitate!
For the workawayers : I recommande Marta and Peter’s farm, you will be welcomed like a part of their family.
The… read more
Thank you for sharing your life experiences with me.I hope I was able to help you a "little".
Meghan always was looking for ways to help us in our… read more
We Love to recommend them to other… read more
You are always WELCOME back.
We will give a strong recommendation to your Next workAway in Canada.
Good luck and Happy traveling
Cheers from all of us
Marta and Peter
I had the opportunity to help taking care of the animals which was a lot of fun, weeding blueberries, do the vineyard and sometimes… read more
My partner and I stayed here for 1 month.. it was a great first work away.
You can't ask for better accommodation; it is a small private cabin located on a field at the back of the property.. you can see the ocean from the kitchen window and there is a nice cider place (sea cider) right behind it. After travelling… read more
I spent two weeks at the beautiful FARM and everything was great at there. This is my first Work away experience. Marta and Peter was very kind. They made me at home.
The work was not hard, like cleaning, cooking, gardening.Especially I like cooking, and Marta and Peter like to try foreign foods. So I… read more
Although I stayed during the winter time and there's not much farm work.But help around the house and learned about their remarkable stories of their life at there dinning table is another unique cultural experience. Marta like to try receipt around the world… read more
We would like to THANK YOU to Marius for his wonderful work he has done on our Hobby Farm
during his stay.He was always on time and ready to help us with many tasks on our Farm. We love to wish him good luck with his journey to Germany and also his future schooling to become a engineer.Hope to see you one day in Germany.
Again,Thank you… read more
During her stay,Lisa demonstrated an exemplary work ethic.She is dependable,reliable,hard working and conscientious.
Lisa has been tremendous support to our operations of our farm.We… read more
I had a wonderful time at the Brook Meadow Farm and was able to learn about the farm life in Saanich and especially how to spin wool!! The housing was lovely and no kidding, the view is gorgeous!
I hope everything goes well with your sweet… read more
Looking forward to be back next year and cook delicious borsch! :)
Thank you for everything!
We felt blessed to have Anna in our every day work.She was happy to work and contribute to our Farm life.She helped with ALL sort of farm chores_ from watering daily our veggie,flower gardens,blueberries,orchards,vineyards and also weeding,cleaning,cooking,baking.I… read more
Good place to stay and discover the area by bike, or hike. There are two bicycles for workawayers and diferents things to explore...
Work to be done is calm and pleasant.
Good feedback with the… read more