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The Southern Vancouver Island Direct Farm Marketing Association is your on-line guide to farms and farm fresh products in Greater Victoria, the Cowichan Valley and on the Gulf Islands.


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Salt Spring Farm Directories

Note: all Salt Spring Island phone numbers use the (250) area code. Listings are in alphabetical order according to owner's last name.

This is a partial list of Salt Spring Island Farms; some farmers choose not to be listed on line. 

Farm eggs

Note: the directories below date largely from 2003, including some updates.

SALT SPRING ISLAND FARM DIRECTORY

NAME   ADDRESS/ PHONE  PRODUCTS FOR  SALE
Barnes, Ken & Pat Bigfoot Herb Farm
104 Eagleridge Drive
537-4466
patorken@uniserve.com
Usual & unusual organic herb plants, salsas, jellies, jams, flavoured vinegars, etc.  Saturdays at the Market, Other days 1:00 - 5:00 Apr. to Sept.
Box, Doug & Merle The Bamboo Ranch
185 Thomas Road
537-1808
Many rare and unusual varieties of bamboo suitable for screens and erosion control. Please phone for appointment.
Burton, Harry & Debbie Apple Luscious Organic Orchard
110 Heidi Road
653-2007
burtonh@saltspring.com 
Certified organic farm with over 200 of the best tasting apple varieties in the world; over 100 roses - mostly fragrant; lots of garlic; six varieties of dual purpose chickens free ranging over the entire farm. A great place to visit - please phone ahead.
Currie, Andrew &
Smith, Rebecca
Glenminguay Farm
537-2856
Breeding Canadian Horses, and Spotted Warm Bloods. Foals for sale.
Dailly, Rob & Sally North End Farm
2521 North End Road
537-4442
northendfarm@saltspring.com
Market lambs, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cut flowers, eggs, hay, delicious fresh fruit jam, wool products, small petting area. Open daily 10:00 - 5:30 at the barn.
Ellacott, John & Pam Ellacotts Farm
191 Reynolds Road
653-9502
Turkeys and beef.
Elsser, Peter & Kim Indigo Farm
289 Rainbow Road
537-1905
Farm stand open Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 6:00 selling fresh salad greens through the winter, seasonal vegetables, berries & flowers, free range chicken eggs and organic broiler chickens.
Faulkner, Delaine &
Grayson
Steve Maple Hill Farm
160 Lee Road
653-4444
Market lambs, fleeces, sheepskins, walnuts, award-winning raspberries, seasonal produce, artist studio - calligraphy and water colour paintings.
Franey, Ian Isabella Farm
300 Holmes Road
653-9634
Organic apples, apple juice.
Gilson, Wendi  Singing Earth Farm
537-4395
Seasonal produce and salad greens.
Hillis, Larry & Karen 605 Fulford Ganges Rd  537-1297  Turkeys, broilers, eggs, seasonal produce, hay, bedding plants.
Hoddinott, Denis

 

Stone Glen Farm
1072 Isabella Point Road
653-9752
stoneglen@saltspring.com
Organic market garden, potatoes, beets, rutabagas, parsnip, chard, kale, pumpkin and winter squash. Wine vinegars, herbal teas. April through December.
Hunt, Susan


Bullock Lake Farm
360 Upper Ganges Road
537-2633
susan.hunt2@saltspring.com
Angora goats, sheep and llamas. Knitting and spinning supplies and finished knitware.  By appointment only. 
Lee, Garnet & Kerry Falcon Farm
455 Musgrave Road
653-9070 falconfarm@saltspring.com
Beef, vegetables, hay, pickles, Box program Saturday Market.
Murray, Brent & Melody Island Valley Farm
111 Leisure Lane
537-8882
Fresh cut flowers, dried flowers, vegetables, potted plants.
Ortlepp, Wilfried & Wiebke Sunrise Farms
442 Cusheon Lake Road
537-1320
Quality hay.
Questo, David Fairwind Farm
1071 Beaver Point Road
653-4410
Purebred Rambouillet, apples and juice.
Robley, Sandy & Christy Sunset Farm
1325 Sunset Drive
537-2082
Cheviot & Romney Sheep, cut & wrapped freezer lamb. Buying/selling sheep. "Rose Hill Cottage" - studio - candles, crafts, wool, sheepskins & knitting wool. Open daily.
Also: see Farm Services
Savin, Jeff & Morgan The Plant Farm
177 Vesuvius Bay Road
537-5995
Specialty nursery with display gardens. Bamboo, rhodos, daylilies, hostas, hardy exotics, heathers, grasses. Retail, mail order in Canada, wholesale. Garden Design Service. Open 10-5; Thursday through Monday, February through October. 
Schwartzentruber,
Doug & Cathy
143 Andrew Place
653-9529
Free range chickens & vegetables in season.
Squier, Jane 122 Mansell Road
537-5467
Year round hothouse lettuce.
Stepaniuk, Mary  Shepherd Hills Farm
820 Mt. Maxwell Road
537-2885
Market lambs - Arcott sheep, and eggs.
Stowel Lake Farm  Stowel Lake Farm
190 Reynolds Road
Barn phone: 653-9466
Certified organic vegetables, berries, and eggs. CSA Brown Box program, seasonal, contact person Liz Young 653-4032. Farm Stand open Tuesdays and Fridays only, noon to 7:00 p.m.
Sutton, Ben & Jacqueline  Lothlorien Farm
401 Musgrave Road
653-2334
Home of Sacred Mountain Lavender plants and products, Registered Appaloosa Horses.
Thomson, Al & Margaret  Windrush Farm
1432 North Beach Road
537-4669
Cotswold sheep, white and coloured. Sheepskins, raw wool, pin-drafted rovings, batts and yarn. Mohair rovings, yarn and felt.
Threlfall, Tony & Margaret Willowcrest Farm
112 Robinson Road
537-4535
Registered Border Leicester sheep, wool - raw, roving, handspun. "Serendipity Studio" Artist Studio.
Toth, Judith &
Hewett, Patricia
Manderlay Gardens
2256 Fulford-Ganges Road
653-4106
 Nursery, fresh vegetables, cut flowers, herbs, water plants, fish, farm stand.
Vanderwekken, Bill & Donna Ravensbluff Farm
222 Meyer Road
653-9755
Purebred coloured Romney sheep, sheepskins, wool - white, coloured, raw and spun, handwoven blankets, garments, and small items. Seasonal vegetables and fruit.
Vipond, Rick, Lynell & Johnathan  Vipond Family Farm
189 Walker's Hook Road
537-2484
Rabbit meat, lamb, garlic, herbs.
Wood, David & Nancy 
 
Weston Creek Farm
285 Reynolds Road
653-2300
Sheep - dairy and farmstead cheesemaking.
On Farm Cheese Shop.
For information about this directory, telephone 537-4535.                        page top

SALT SPRING ISLAND FARM SERVICES DIRECTORY
BOBCAT SERVICE 
Robin Reid  537- 9848 Bobcat Service, Manure fork available for barn cleaning.
BUTCHERING
Mike Byron   653-4450 Butchering 
Kevin Hughes  537-4794  Sheep butchering: cut and wrap 
FARM & GARDEN SUPPLIES
Foxglove Farm and Garden Supply

open 9:00-5:30 
year round Mon-Sat 

10:00 - 4:00 Sundays April 1 - July 15

Corner of Atkins & Lower Ganges Rd 250-537-5531 
Fx 537-5591

Full service farm and garden supply center. Products include certified organic, natural, bulk, and bagged animal feed; pet food and supplies; organic and regular fertilizer, fruit trees, berry plants, veggie and flower seeds, grass seed, fencing, irrigation, soil amendments, and just about everything a farmer or gardener needs.
FARM LAND MANAGEMENT
John Wilcox 537-5942  Agronomist - Member of Farm Community Council
Land use and Taxation Committee
FIBRE PROCESSING 
Gulf Islands Spinning Mill  351 Rainbow Rd
537-4342
Washing, carding, batts, felt, spinning of Sheep, mohair goats, llama & alpaca fibre
FENCING/FIELD WORK
Magnus Family
John, Ethel, & family 
537-5708 Fencing: livestock, deer, organic 
Field work: plowing, rototilling, seeding, spraying, brush cutting, haying
SHEARING
Christy Robley  537-2082 Sheep Shearing
WOODLOT
Rosalie Beach
Mark Whitear 
 653-4121 Wood lot: lumber to order.
Fence posts, rails and firewood
For information about this directory, telephone 537-4535.             
    

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