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We are approaching summertime on the West Coast, and there's lots to do on our nine-acre regenerative homesteading community! Planting, mulching, fixing irrigation, fence repair, mowing, weeding and much more. The Cherries and Blueberries are just around the corner!
About our farm…
We are a small community of people (currently nine adults and two teens) living on a beautiful 9-acre farm property on Salt Spring Island, BC. We are growing an abundance of fruit, vegetables and nuts. We are committed to sustainability, and we take great pride in stewarding the land.
Your main hosts will be Sally, coordinator of the Workaway program, our Garden Manager, Joy, and Freyja, the owner of the farm. Our other community members are actively involved during your stay with us also.
This hobby farm has extensive apple orchards, and we have been working on establishing a permaculture food forest system by planting a wide variety of fruit and nut trees, bushes, shrubs, berries, herbs and vegetable gardens, all interspersed.
We have an abundance of berries and vegetables that we harvest in the summer and apples in late fall. Some of the first trees we planted are now coming to fruition, yet it is a lifelong project!
Note that we have indicated our ideal stay as at least one week. A week to ten days is just fine when we have many Spring projects and during Fall harvest periods. However, generally we find that a two-week minimum is ideal for the flow of farm activities with our volunteers, so they can take a deep dive into all the things they'll learn and contribute towards our land and community.
Your stay with us will truly be a unique Salt Spring experience! If you are interested in volunteering at the farm for 2026, please send us a message telling us about yourself, your skills and interests. Ask us anything you like! We love that volunteer Workaways have a big role in helping our farm to thrive!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Light maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn about gardening, orchard management, food processing, community building, building skills, etc.
Experience the peace and beauty of this special place on earth. We are a kind and caring community, dedicated to stewardship of this beautiful land.
We hope you will join us!
Help
In the summer we will be busy with the cherry and blueberry season and the garden, which provides us an abundance of veggies!
There is a lot of planting, harvesting and processing that happens on the farm eight months of the year. We are also busy weeding, building/ improving infrastructure, eating lots of greens and continuing to work on our hydroponic greenhouse.
We welcome help with building projects, whether you have experience or are eager to learn!
The work trade is 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday) and includes healthy food staples and access to farm grown produce.
Most of the work is quite physical, so please come ready to put those muscles to use!
Please note: we are unable to accommodate dogs at this time.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
We offer a few small cozy cabins.
You will have access to a shared farm kitchen in the main house, composting outhouses, warm outdoor shower and laundry.
We also have a swimming pond, for those hot summer days, and a sauna for the colder days in Fall.
What else ...
There are hiking and running trails close to the farm and we are biking distance from the ocean. In the summer, it is fun to swim in our pond, the ocean or in nearby St. Mary’s Lake.
Salt Spring Island is a vibrant community with cafés, events, dances, potlucks, ceremonies, markets, forests and beaches to enjoy!
It’s a magical island, just waiting to be explored by curious travellers and nature lovers.
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 internet across parts of the farm including work trader accommodation spaces.
Space for parking camper vans
We have several RV spots with power and water, outdoor shower and outhouses.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Many ducks!
Many!
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I have learned a lot about gardening, pruning trees, seeding and I was also preparing blueberry bushes with compost and mulch as well as trimming bushes, and weeding. Especially Joy and Jacques really took their time to teach as about gardening
and were… read more
Work was as described, I really enjoyed meeting and working alongside other volunteers. The accommodation is great, the food is abundant and the… read more
The work was more hands-off than I'd experienced on other farms, with tasks completed primarily independently or with fellow workawayers after a morning… read more
All the permanent residents of the Farm are very lovely, and spending my days outside &… read more
It is very interesting how they have organized each place for a purpose. it's a peace of heaven on the earth!
When we arrived it was after Freya and David's wedding, so we didn't get to meet them, maybe someday in the future!
Even so, we loved meeting other residents and other helpers.
Skye and Nicolas:… read more
To be honest, when I first arrived at the farm, I didn’t feel 100% comfortable. I appreciate that I arrived at an… read more
Also the community there is really lovely and warm-hearted and there was a nice cultural exchange especially at the evening dinners together.
Would always come back :)
Flow, the manager of the Farm, has a lot of expertise about plants, herbals, gardening and farm activities. It was so interesting… read more
She integrated into the family quickly and easefully, worked self-directed and responsibly, and created yummy meals and treats as well!
freyja, david, and shaeanna are all radiant, and they want help and share ... they are good people :)
there is a community on this farm, who embrace you as… read more
And Freija,Sheanna,David and the beautiful community around make you feel just how you are.
We did apple work.Apple picking during the season,apple pressing with Paul a amazing guy and working in the garden or helping building a sauna.Was… read more
