Land stewardship and wild foraging on Vancouver Island, Canada

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    *Accepting applications for August to September months. 1-2 months stays, couples traveling together are ideal for us.*

    Greetings! We are a holistic and health conscious family, living close to nature with an irresistible call for the wild.

    This is an offering to learn the ways we live with the earth, there will be no work put into a business. We do not offer paid work.

    We live near the ocean and wild rainforests of Vancouver Island. Our passion is land stewardship and the connection that brings to us, our community, and the wider society around us. We aim to empower, inform, and connect others to their food, to the land, and to themselves in a way they haven't yet been awakened to.

    We are keen to make use of peoples strengths, and have a wide range of tasks to be done that support the stewardship of land as well as our way of life. Our value is to live as sustainably and connected to nature as possible.

    You will be helping us with garden and land maintenance, livestock/animal care, small building tasks, and by participating in the regular foraging, processing, and preparing of wild foods for us all to enjoy.

    In exchange you will learn nature and culinary skills (including wild food identification, foraging and processing), sacred practices and knowledge for living an empowered and resilient life in alignment with community and mother nature. We all support one another - the cultivation of healthy, conscious, and resilient family & community is our top priority.

    Tom is a private holistic chef, passionate about showing people the way of the land and how to live in harmony with nature. This often includes taking people on culinary adventures, cooking on fire and learning primitive foraging, cooking, and survival techniques. You are welcome to learn what he offers.

    Kait is a midwife, artist, mama to 10 year old Imogen, certified yoga teacher, and expert in emotional relating, holistic health & healing. She is a wealth of knowledge on many topics from homesteading to conscious communication and beyond. You are welcome to learn what she offers.

    Location:
    Wildness is on the doorstep. We live on the edge of the gnarly rain forests of Juan De Fuca, home of some of the worlds best hiking trails. Kayaking, surfing, swimming, biking, yoga are some of our favorite activities that will be open to you, depending on the season.

    We are nestled in Metchosin - between Victoria (25 min drive) and Sooke (12 min drive), and there are abundant amenities close by.

    Accommodation & food:
    We are an easy going family who love good food! I am a chef and almost exclusively gather from local organic farms and forage wild edibles, regularly creating my own ferments, preserves, etc.. As I will be providing all of your meals during your stay, you will be eating some of the most wild and nutritious food available.

    Accommodation is a well equipped and cozy pop-up trailer next to our family home. It will be outfitted with everything you need and can comfortably sleep up to 4, although is an ideal space for a couple.

    In the summer months there is also the option of camping in a tent (provided).

    We also have capacity to host mobile dwellings such as tiny homes, buses or camper vans. There is ample parking space, we compost human waste, and manage the dumping of grey water systems.

    You will be set-up to be self-sufficient for your stay, with meals provided in your space and interacting on a regular basis with myself or my partner Kaitlyn regarding tasks/daily chores to help with. We will make sure you have regular days off where you are free to enjoy and explore what the area has to offer!

    If you're looking for a healthy, safe, family oriented place to stay then you've found the right place.


    Please send me a line if our way of life calls to you!

    Thank you for your interest in helping us nourish others and the earth!

    Tom, Kait & family :)

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Projets artistiques
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    S’occuper des animaux
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
    Home sitting
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Dev. durable
    Dev. personnel
    Animaux de compagnie
    Culture
    Événements/vie sociale
    Soin des plantes
    Animaux
    Art et design
    Jardinage
    Bricolage / artisanat
    Cuisine et alimentation
    Randonnée
    Activités en plein air
    Yoga / bien-être
    Nature
    Camping
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    We offer the opportunity to learn:
    -How to live sustainably, connected to nature
    -Communication skills & conscious relating techniques
    -Animal care, small homestead operations
    -Gardening, land maintenance

    Our mission is to:
    -Connect people with their food again, through nature, to eat from their land.
    -Offer an example of sustainable living close to nature, and to give a taste of how we used to gather, preserve, cook and dine before modern times.
    -Inspire others, so they go home with a new vision of how to relate to the world around them, living more in harmony with themselves and nature, so they can live a better life and heal the world.

    I have over 25 years of professional cooking experience and a decade + of land stewardship experience. Interested in learning something specific? From fermenting, bread making, elixirs, detoxing, wildfoods, gluten free, etc.. whatever you want learn I'm happy to share knowledge, just pick my brain. My superpower is culinary arts & living in connection with nature: healing the world, one bite at a time.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    Here's a few ideas of help, although every day will be different:

    - building cob structures, yurts, & animal spaces, fences
    -General house and land maintenance
    - landscaping, keeping trails open & opening new ones
    - harvesting and chopping wood, starting and supervising fire
    - garden weeding, harvesting, sowing seeds
    - gathering and processing wild foods
    -participating in kitchen projects
    - preserving food, like making yummy ferments
    -helping with small household organizational projects
    - Please let us know if you have a gift to share, very open and appreciative of different skill-sets!

  • Langues parlées

    Anglais: Courant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Independent living in a well-equipped and cozy pop-up trailer next to our family home.

    It will be outfitted with everything you need and can comfortably sleep up to 4, although is an ideal space for a couple.

    In the summer months there is also the option of camping in a tent (provided).

    We also have capacity to host mobile dwellings such as tiny homes, buses or camper vans. There is ample parking space, we compost human waste, and manage the dumping of grey water systems.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Fine Print:

    -We like to have a video interview before we commit to one another to make sure both parties are feeling good about the stay.

    -If you are applying you will need to stay committed to agreed upon dates, if you are not sure if you can commit 100% then please do not apply.

    -Regarding dietary preferences, we unfortunately cannot not host vegans. Due to the nature of what I do, and because we eat what nature provides, this doesn't work for both of us. We’re open to accommodating vegetarians and have hosted many. Please don't take this personally! I do support local-whole-food plant based diets and applaud all who follow their heart in caring for their body/mind/soul however they are called.

    -Because we are a family-oriented space with children, all those who stay on our land must be open to providing a criminal record check (or equivalent fitness for working with children documentation) from your country or province of origin (note that although children will be present and interaction inevitable, direct childcare will *not* be part of your work responsibilities during your stay).

    -Re: smoking, I do occasionally smoke medicinal marijuana blended with other sacred herbs. We do not welcome cigarettes, but have designated smoking areas on the land for organic and/or homegrown, self rolled herbs/tobacco.

    -We have many secret and beautiful nature haunts for you to discover. Our homeland is attractive to many seeking a wilder/more natural way of life. We have many things to share and teach and are looking forward to sharing our corner of the world with you!

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Wifi is available. We are open to hearing what your needs are in this regard, although we are primarily looking for help that can be present and available for in-person work and connection on a daily basis.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    You will be able to park near the home, access to wifi included

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

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