Hello WWOOFers,
Thank you for your interest in our farm! If you're interested in learning about herbalism, organic farming, and life in the beautiful Canadian boreal forest — we’d love to hear from you!
📅 Availability
We are looking for volunteers from May through October
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📍 Location & Transportation
We are located on the banks of the Pembina River in northern Alberta, near a Wildland area with lakes, hiking, canoeing, and in late summer/fall — frequent northern lights sightings.
There is no bus service near the farm. However, we travel between Edmonton and the farm almost weekly, typically:
• To the farm: Friday or Saturday
• Back to Edmonton: Sunday or Monday
In July and August, travel is more flexible and arranged as needed, so just let us know your plans.
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🌿 About the Farm
We are a certified organic herb garden farm (certified by OPAM), focused on:
• Growing and drying culinary herbs and herbal teas
• Maintaining a large food garden
• Caring for sheep, chickens, and ponies
We are passionate about holistic and sustainable farming — our farm is solar-powered and environmentally conscious. If you're eager to learn (or share knowledge) about herbs, organic growing, or boreal forest living, we’d love to host you!
Our sister farm up the road now manages the goats, but WWOOFers sometimes help there too, if interested.
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👩🌾 Volunteer Responsibilities
We ask for 6 hours of work per day, 6 days a week, in exchange for room, board, and recreational opportunities.
Tasks vary by season and may include:
• Seeding and greenhouse work (April–May)
• Planting, weeding, and early harvest (June)
• Harvesting and wildcrafting (July–September)
• Root harvesting, butchering, and winter prep (October)
Ongoing special projects include:
• Renovating our water system with an AC pump and permanent supply lines
• Building and maintenance work as time allows
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🛏️ Accommodations
• April–September: RV trailer
• October onward: Room in the main house
• Meals can be shared with our family or arranged for you to cook independently. Please let us know of any allergies or sensitivities.
• Internet access is available.
• Our farm is very rustic, there is a toilet in the trailer you are welcome to use for peeing, please use the outhouse for other bathroom needs.
Things to bring
• Water bottle
• Bedding if you have it
• Flashlight
• Medication
• Footwear (sandals for in the shed and shoes to wear in the garden.)
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🗣️ Languages
We primarily speak English, with German as a second language and a little French. We’ve had successful stays with guests who aren't fluent, but we cannot host WWOOFers who do not speak at least some English or German.
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👨👩👧 Families Welcome!
We love hosting families! Our children are on summer vacation during July and August, and we may be available for family visits at other times as well (they go to in school in Edmonton during the rest of the year).
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Warm regards,
Elizabeth
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Traditional crafts
Renewable energy production
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Holistic management
No-till farming
Regenerative agriculture
Rotational grazing
Host type
Production farm
Certified organic
24.3
Hectares
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60
Acres
