Bed and Breakfast             Cottage         Learn By Doing

Professional Guided Eco Explorations

Slow Food Meals and Conversations:

A major appreciation from guests has been to walk the gardens and pastures, in discussion about life at Bold Point Farmstay. The conversations are blended with nibbling berries, herbs and vegetables from the garden. Guests are encouraged to help pick ingredients for the evening meal. Suppers are also available for B&B plus Cottage guests.

Quadra Farmstay - Learn by Doing

Living and working on our 10 acre property where we naturally raise sheep, chickens and organic vegetables becomes a farmstay. Bold Point Farm stay offers a unique way of combining a vacation with a learn by doing experience.

Learn about organic farming and holistic animal care. Learn about medicinal plants, tree pruning, wild berry picking, kitchen garden planting, harvesting, pickling, canning, jam making, fruit drying, and smoking of meats. We can show you and teach you how to make country wines and jam from wild berries (salmonberry, currants, Oregon grape, elder flower). Wild craft for berries, teas, mushrooms, dyes.

We will share our knowledge with your about planting and harvesting organic vegetables, wild crafted teas, wild sea foods, naturally raised lamb and chicken. In the kitchen, we will blend the naturally raised ingredients into wonderful, slow cooked meal. These meals are further enjoyed with hours of stimulating conversations!

Learn by Doing programs are March 1 – October 30th. For online registration or inquiries please click here Farmstay fire wood collection Wind blown trees become Bold Point Farmstay's firewood.

Quadra Island Farmstay animal care trainee

Guided wilderness learning.

Rod Burns, co-owner of Bold Point Farmstay is a Certified Professional Heritage Interpreter (CPHI) and EcoTourism Trainer. He will guide you on inspiring educational wilderness learning experiences.

Outings could include:

A) Cetaceans to Cougars: an introduction to Vancouver Island - Georgia Strait's coastal environment, kayak or hike, 4 - 6 hours:

B) Life Rocks: discovering the islands geological history! kayak or hike.

C) The World of Small: through woodland and shoreline hikes we search for the tiny!

D) Signs of the Past - clues to the future: discovering signs of human activity 10, 000 years to present.

E) Edible Wild / Eat or Be Eaten: how animals, including humans, survive the seasons. Mushroom Discovery Tours April / May, Sept & October, find, fry or dry! Eco Exploration Rates: 2005

Wilderness and Culture Explorations 50$ per hour / group, min. of 2 hours

kayak rental, boat charters, rafting rates additional Canoe / kayak transfer to lakes, ocean 30$ per trip, return included.

½ to full Day trips (no meals or accommodations, shared transportation) only: 75$ - 150$ p.p. Group Rates (3 +) Enquire

 

Vancouver Island Oyster Mushrooms 

Social Payment our commitments currently go toward:

- Sierra Club Quadra Island, Canada (director)

- Wilderness Tourism Association of B.C.

- Watershed Sentinel (environmental magazine)

- National Association of Interpreters, Regional rep.

- Amnesty International - Women's Action Network