Family home and garden - urban
Ontario
We are a small equestrian facility with 14 horses and private clients. Our farm is 100 acres with several acres of groomed grounds and flower gardens. Our clients ride their horses and there are clients who come to our farm to practice combined driving. We offer a friendly, happy home and a safe working environment where wwoofers are treated as members of the family. There are many opportunities to speak and learn English and meet other people of all ages. We have unlimited internet connection and can drive you to town to catch a bus to Toronto or just visit the town.
We are a non smoking environment.
We are a retired couple and my wife has a disability requiring assistance in the house with the cooking. We have someone who comes on a regular basis to do the house cleaning and a caregiver to assist my wife.
Learning opportunities
Sheep or goat farming
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
40.5
Hectares
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100
Acres
Cecil
Member since 2012
Languages spoken:
English, French, Spanish
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 1 day
Ontario
Reviews
ISA
Canada
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March 2026
This is my favorite WWOOF experience. My hosts, Cecil and Marianne, are incredibly kind and understanding. Everything was provided, and the room I stayed in was very good. The horses here are beautiful and very friendly. I learned a lot here. The people I worked with—Rhonda, Yapp, Evan, Aneliz, Julie, and Chris—were all kind and supportive. There’s a lovely little community here, and everyone is very welcoming. I would definitely recommend it.
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Yang
Canada
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March 2026
My stay with Cecil and Marina was truly wonderful and unforgettable. From the very beginning, I felt welcomed, comfortable, and genuinely cared for. Their kindness and warmth created an atmosphere that felt less like a stay and more like being with family.
Sharing meals together was one of the highlights of my time there. I really enjoyed cooking and spending those evenings together, and it meant a lot to me that they enjoyed my food as well. The experience was filled with simple joys, meaningful conversations, and a strong sense of home.
Cecil and Marina are incredibly generous, thoughtful, and kind people. I am deeply grateful for the care and love they shared with me, and I will always cherish the memories from their farm. If I have the chance in the future, I would absolutely love to return and visit them again.💕
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Reply from Cecil
Thank you Ming for the great review. We hope to see you again
Camille
France
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February 2026
An unforgettable experience with Cecil, Marianne, and everyone at the barn. They are such kind, patient, and fun people ;)
Thank you so much Cecil and Marianne for welcoming me during these six weeks. I really hope to see you again soon !
Reply from Cecil
Thanks Camille for your kind words. Safe trip home.
Nathalie
Canada
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December 2025
I lived 10 weeks at the farm.
I am from Québec city and i speak french.
I went here for to learn to speak English.
WoW, Cecil and Marianne were patient and talked slowly with me.
I improved a lot with them.
My tasks were : cleanning the stalls, feeding the horses, gardening, making grocerie, cooking etc.
I worked every day and the hours were variables.
With Cecil and Marianne, there is no pression and no stress.
They pay attention to our needs.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday i met their friends. There are kind and funny poeple!
Cecil and Marianne are very grateful for what we do for them.
I recommend without hesitation this fabulous farm!
Tanks a lot to Cecil and Marianne!
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Sophie
United Kingdom
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September 2025
This was my first time Wwoofing and I picked the most perfect place. From the start Cecil and Maryann made me feel right at home. They are the most kind and caring people. As were all of the people that visit the farm. Mary, Chris, Rhonda, Annalise, Jackie and everybody else I met there just made it so special. We had such great laughs and made such good memories also with the other wwoofers , I gained such confidence around the horses and they were all such patient and great teachers. Had a very comfy clean bedroom and port Perry itself is a stunning place. I can’t wait to come back and will miss everybody so much xx
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Stella
Germany
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June 2025
We spent whole May '25 on Stonehaven Farm and had the best time ever!
Cecil and Mary Anne are very welcoming and make sure that all of the Wwoofer's feel comfortable. Besides them there are many other people coming to the farm to drive or ride their horses and all of them are super friendly. However there are two people that you'll meet more frequently than others: Chris and Jaap (hope we spelled it right)
They help/teach you about the chores and the other work on the farm.
All people there are very patient, funny and instantly make you feel at home.
The barn chores don't take too much time so most of the day you will be woodchipping, planting, bringing in firewood, weeding etc. Cecil would never make anyone work too hard, if you need some time to rest don't be afraid to ask him. Additionally we should mention that Cecil likes you to develop some sort of sense for what he wants to be done. This is because A: he sometimes just forgets to tell you because he's a busy man, or B: he is of very friendly nature and hates to force people to do something. After some days at the farm you'll develop that sense and just look at something and go "oh Cecil would like this to be done"
In the freetime, you can explore the property, ask Cecil for a ride to town or sit with him and Mary Anne to have a nice talk. I was also very honored to ride Gem and learn how to drive!
Thank you for making our first Wwoof experience the best we could imagine, we enjoyed it a lot!
Greetings to everyone♡
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