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Learn about gardening on a community homestead on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Our farm is a beautiful, 18 acres, community, farm property on Salt Spring Island, BC. We have a small group of individuals living on the farm and stewarding the land.

    Your main host will be Freyja, the owner of the farm, along with Joy, our Garden Manager and various other community members. When you reach out, you’ll be connecting with our Workaway Coordinator, Krysta.

    This hobby farm has extensive apple orchards and we are 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 now have an abundance of berries and some of the first trees we planted are coming to fruition, yet it is a life long project!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    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
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    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

    Help

    Summer 2025 is here!

    The cherry and blueberry season has begun! So there is a lot of harvesting and processing happening on the farm. We are also busy planting, weeding, eating lots greens and continuing to work on our hydroponic greenhouse.

    We welcome help with building projects also. Whether you have experience or are eager to learn!

    The work trade is 25 hours per week 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

    Accommodation

    We offer a few small cozy cabins and a camperized school bus, with a wood stove. For the summer , we also have a luxury lotus tent available.

    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 cold fall days.

  • What else ...

    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 St. Mary’s Lake, that is nearby.

    Salt Spring Island is a vibrant community with cafes, events, dances, potlucks, ceremonies, markets, forests and beaches to enjoy!

    It’s a magical island, just waiting to be explored by curious travelers and nature lovers.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have good internet across parts of the farm including work trader accommodation spaces.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have several RV spots with power and water, outdoor shower and outhouses

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

Host ref number: 562337475583

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