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Join our beautiful family farm in Cedar, Vancouver Island, Canada

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    Join us on our beautiful 24 acre family run farm in charming Cedar, just minutes from Duke Point ferry and 10 minutes from downtown Nanaimo. Here we pride ourselves in sustainable farming and homesteading practices providing our family and friends with organically grown produce. We raise chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and dairy goats. We have two homesteads on the property housing three generations on our little piece of paradise.

    We are not a commercial farm, but instead a family wishing to live a simple and healthy lifestyle. We are surrounded with beautiful walking trails to local amenities, pristine fresh river swimming holes, quiet beaches and open sky stargazing. We look forward to hosting you and welcoming you into our home and family.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    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
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Pets
    Farming
    Plant care
    DIY & crafts
    Art & design
    Gardening
    Cooking & food
    Drawing & painting
    Carpentry
    Animals
    Yoga / Wellness
    Nature
    Camping
    Winter sports
    Sailing / Boating
    Mountain
    Beach
    Adventure sports
    Water sports
    Outdoor activities
    Hiking
  • 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

    We love to learn about other cultures and enjoy listening to stories from "back home". If you'd like to share your favorite home town recipes, we love to try them out!! We are happy to give you as much information as we can about Vancouver Island, along with ideas of what to do while you are here exploring our beautiful country.

  • Help

    Help

    Often helping alongside us but at times independently, you'll be diving into the farm life with caring for the animals, doing garden tasks (large vegetable and flower gardens), general maintenance tasks, help with preserving foods, painting farm structures, and if you are carpentry inclined or an electrician, there are always projects on the go!

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You'll have your own very large room with private entrance, a Queen sized bed, computer desk, two reclining couches and TV with access to streaming networks. We will share the rest of the house including kitchen where it would be fun to cook meals together. If you prefer your own space, we can arrange to have a dinner table and chairs put in your room or you can eat with our family. You'll have your own designated bathroom with shower just down the hall.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    As we have young children here, please no hard drugs or loud vulgar language

  • 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

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    If you have a camper, we can plug you in so you have access to electricity but we do not have a pump out for your septic so would have to use our house washroom

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 835954393321

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