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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. 

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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.
Fulker, John & Iris    Bullock Lake Farm
360 Upper Ganges Road
537-4895
jfulker@saltspring.com
Angora goats, sheep and llamas. Knitting and spinning supplies and finished knitware.  By appointment only. Please phone 537-4895.
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.
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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