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We own a family run farm in the interior of beautiful British Columbia. We take great joy in hosting volunteers from around the world and have done so for the past 20+ years. Our volunteers are keeping busy coming alongside us to help with our large garden and orchard to produce food for our family. We also have a few beehives, 2 dogs (Great Pyrenees and Bernese Mountain puppy) and cats as well as horses. Our dogs live getting pet and spent time with. Our horses also love attention and benefit from a good grooming . :)
We are a fun loving, hard working, christian family. Our children are young adults and don’t live at home anymore. We do see them on most weekends though.
Currently we are also building a cabin for our volunteers.
We are looking for someone to help with harvesting the garden and fruit trees, honey, fall clean up, some farm maintenance, helping cook family meals…every day is usually different.
We provide hearty homemade meals and you’re sure not to go hungry while staying with us! You also get your own place that you share with another workawayer. There you have your own room and bathroom as well as unlimited internet and a living room and kitchen.
We live 40 mins from a ski resort (Sun Peaks) and we are surrounded by forests, lakes, rivers and large provincial wilderness parks (Wells Gray Provincial Park). There is opportunity for skiing or snowboarding during winter and hiking, canoeing, swimming, river rafting etc. in the summer. If living and helping on a western family farm interests you, we would love to hear from you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Farming
Culture
History
Gardening
Cooking & food
Animals
Winter sports
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travelers would benefit learning English, nature, animals, life on a western Canadian farm and all it entails. We love interacting with our workawayers… you learn from us and we learn from you.
Also, we are close to a large Provincial Park (Wells Gray Provincial Park) which offers hiking, fishing, canoeing etc.. Sun Peaks Ski Resort is only 40 minutes from the ranch and it offers alpine and cross country skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, in winter and hiking, mountain biking, golfing in the summer.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
Helping out with fall cleanup and gardening, yard and household chores. We also have two dogs, one a puppy , who love to be pet and spent time with.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We are second generation Swiss and can speak Swiss German but speak English in the home.
Accommodation
- Either a cozy room in our house with own bathroom
- or your own little house that you share with another workawayer but meals are eaten in the main house with host family.
What else ...
One hour from Wells Gray Provincial Park (canoeing, fishing, hiking, camping etc), 40 min. from Sun Peaks Ski Resort, 40 min. to the city of Kamloops.
Having your own vehicle is definitely beneficial.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have plenty of space for an rv or camper van
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Bees
Luna, kittens
June, Honey, Pinto, Johnnie, Jose,
No names
Bennie
Blue
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After the first day, Irene asked me if my expectations about being there were met. And I told her that they had been blown out of the water within a… read more
The first time I stayed here was in April. I spent (only) two amazing weeks at their place and learned so much about farming, much more than I’d have expected. This was exactly the workaway experience i was looking for in Canada.… read more
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After the first day, Irene asked me if my expectations about being there were met. And I told her that they had been blown out of the water within a… read more
The first time I stayed here was in April. I spent (only) two amazing weeks at their place and learned so much about farming, much more than I’d have expected. This was exactly the workaway experience i was looking for in Canada.… read more
We had a lot of time which we spent together so I could be a part of their family which I really appreciated.
Irene and Paul were very patient with me and they always tried to let me feel comfortable in any situations.
Their children are… read more
Irenes cooking skills are brilliant and If you're lucky you'll get some of her… read more
I had an amazing time at this place with the nicest people I ever met.
Such nice and smart kids, wonderful mom with amazing cooking skills and the funniest man, Paul.
I learned a lot of new skills and had so many new experiences.
The help wasn't hard and I had the whole time a lot of fun while helping… read more
I felt like at home very fast and we had confidential relathionship.
Thank you family!
You will find yourself in a lovely family, with adorable children, a caring mom and a hilarious husband with a good sense of humor.
Sometimes you might even think, it is his only sense. :D
It was most fun for me to work along with the husband wheter rain or sun and living with the… read more
The four weeks I had the privilege to spent with them have been terrific, since they do not only welcome you, but make sure you become part of the family and they care for you as if you were one of their own.
I also can’t remember ever having met… read more
