Innisfree Farm & Botanic Garden

Innisfree Farm & Botanic Garden 7 acres of themed gardens

Café & farm shop open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays in 2024. tours by arrangement Innisfree Farm is a Healing Center.

Innisfree Farm is a Botanical Garden specializing in food and medicine plants. That means we are open to the public and we focus on education and conservation. We offer workshops and other community programs on herbal medicine, organic gardening, permaculture, horticulture therapy, nutrition, and other relevant topics. We run Internship programs where volunteers and apprentices come for longer stays to practice what they learn. We also run programs for school children of the Comox Valley to appreciate the garden and learn to grow food. The Apothecary Garden is a teaching and therapeutic tool. Students from the Comox Valley and beyond, from Naturopathic Schools and Herbal Colleges in Canada and the USA, all apprentice in the gardens, the clinic and the dispensary. The Gardens, especially the flower gardens, are available for weddings and other celebrations. We offer programs to empower, heal, and create community. There is a seven circuit planted labyrinth, a metaphor for a Journey to the Center - available to the public. Gardens without Borders operates from Innisfree Farm. It is a non profit organization dedicated to the traditional knowledge of plants and Horticulture Therapy. We keep a seed collection of many of our plants, and we sell organic seeds and seedlings. We are implementing our vision. In 2007 we started the Horticulture Therapy programs, the vegetable, and flower gardens, and ran many workshops. In 2008, we planted the meditation garden, dug the fish pond, and planted 1200 fruit and nut trees, berry bushes and Christmas trees, and ran many workshops. In 2009 we started a CSA for the neighborhood - a first in Royston and in the Comox Valley, we built and planted the wheelchair-accessible labyrinth, the Apothecary teaching garden, and we had our first Internship Program with 8 interns who each stayed two to three months as an educational experience in organic farming, medical herbalism and horticulture therapy. In 2010, a flock of laying hens, a yurt, a solar greenhouse, a burgeoning Horticulture Therapy Program, and plenty of young and not so young folks learning at the farm. In 2011, house renos to make room for an office and a community learning center. In 2012, a chef in residence, a food safe kitchen, a revamped Internship Program, and we process the produce of the farm. We named our farm from a poem by Yeats describing a peaceful place in Ireland. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings. I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

This Sunday — join us for "Lotion-Making Workshop & Herbal Medicine Strategies for Skin Conditions” with clinical herbal...
09/18/2025

This Sunday — join us for "Lotion-Making Workshop & Herbal Medicine Strategies for Skin Conditions” with clinical herbalist Zhyfhs Millicent.

*** Now with NEW zoom online attendance option! ***

In this half-day, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn about:

👉 How make a moisturizing, all-natural lotion that you can create (& customize) at home

👉 Which plant medicines you can infuse into the oil + water portions of the lotion recipe for particular health benefits (e.g. anti-itch, pain relief, anti-inflammatory)

👉 Various ingredients to choose for your lotion-making (different oils’ benefits, hyaluronic acid for reducing appearance of fine lines, natural ‘preservatives’, essential oils, etc.)

👉 Best practices for maximizing shelf life

👉 How to support optimal skin health with nutrition & lifestyle strategies

👉 Factors that affect the aging appearance of skin + what you can do about it

👉 How you can alleviate skin conditions such as acne, eczema, rashes, etc. with herbal medicines (internal & topical remedies)

1:30 - 4:30 pm
Sunday, Sept. 21

Includes a take-home sample of the lotion we’ll be making (for in-person attendees), detailed notes and additional recipes, and everything you need to know about how to choose which ingredients to make the ideal nourishing lotion for you or your loved ones (great option for holiday gifts!)

$65 for in-person

$35 for online via Zoom (doesn’t include lotion product; attendees will receive video recording + PDF handout)

More details & register here:
https://lotion-sept21.eventbrite.ca

Join Deanna 's last Hydrosol workshop for the Summer at Innisfree Farm! Saturday, Sept 13th 1:30-4:30pm
09/09/2025

Join Deanna 's last Hydrosol workshop for the Summer at Innisfree Farm! Saturday, Sept 13th 1:30-4:30pm

Join Deanna 's last Hydrosol workshop for the summer @ Innisfree Farm Sat Sept 13th 130-430pm.

Ü will experience harvesting & participating in the Hydrosol process. Class includes information on Hydrosol’s Essential Oils, safety & more. Take home a Hydrosol sample.

This Class is geared for the WBN members & guests.
Connect with deannapapineau@gmail.com
to hold your spot, max of 25

Super excited to see ü 😊🌸🌹🙌
Deanna's Healing Reiki Aromatherapy

Special Opportunity Due to a late withdrawal from our fall internship program, we are looking for one more herb lover to...
09/02/2025

Special Opportunity

Due to a late withdrawal from our fall internship program, we are looking for one more herb lover to join the team.

September 15 - October 31

After a busy summer of sowing and growing, we are now entering the season of harvest, the time of putting food away, of putting the gardens to bed for the season.

Learn about harvesting roots, barks and seeds, how to do fall pruning, planting a winter garden, and other seasonal farm activities.

Work trade 25 hours per week. Private room, shared common room, kitchen and bathroom, plus all food provided.

email us from the website www.innisfreefarm.ca

Have you been a part of the Innisfree Farm story?Have you contributed to our success?We want to say thank you to our com...
08/18/2025

Have you been a part of the Innisfree Farm story?
Have you contributed to our success?

We want to say thank you to our community so we are inviting you to a celebration of 20 years at Innisfree! 🌿

This is an RSVP event! Send an email to: chanchal@chanchalcabrera.com

08/18/2025
08/14/2025

Address

3636 Trent Road
Courtenay, BC
V9N9R4

Telephone

250 336 8768

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