A DREAM HOMSTEAD
GARDENS
With 21 garden beds, 4’ x 20’, there is plenty of room for a variety of fruit, veg and flower crops. Some has been established for you, including an abundant 5-yr asparagus bed and a 50+ year old rose bush. Each bed has a gravity drip irrigation system and rich, fertile soil. If you are more of a free form gardener, no worries - There is also a plethora of garden plots peppered throughout the property of various shapes and sizes. Established fruit and nut trees are also yours for the picking; apple, fig, plum, pear, walnut, hazelnut, plus kiwi & grape vines. Berries too; Raspberry, blueberry, elderberry, loganberry, blackberry and black currents.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
We have you covered: 20’ x 32’ green house, 10’ x 12’ seed shed, 4’ x 8’ pump house with rainwater catchment, cistern, and 2 step filtration system + UV light. 11’ x 18’ A-frame with attached 8’ x 14’ greenhouse, 20’ x 20’ work shed with concrete slab. 8’ x 12’ storage shed for all your tools, 6’ x 8’ generator shed, 8’ x 12’ power shed with laundry facilities and a nice warm spot to start your seeds at the end of winter.
WATER
With two spring fed ponds, rain water collection, a drill well and a dug well, water is never an issue. The drilled well is used for potable water to your future home and the current 5th wheel trailer. The ponds irrigate your bounty of vegetables and flowers. A hand dug trench around the property waters the fruit trees. With an abundance of water, you never have to worry.
HOME
All this garden of eden needs is a home. There are 2 ideal house sites, waiting for your dream homestead. Zoning allows for a secondary guest cottage of 860 sq’ for farm workers, family or a revenue producing airbnb. While building this, cozy up in the 28’ RV, and enjoy the fruits of your labour and the idyllic views of your abundant farm from the attached sundeck.
279 Penfold Road
Island: Galiano
MLS#: R2725997
Acreage: 4.37
Price: $849,000
Zoning: SLR
Dwellings: 0
Bedrooms: 0
Baths: 0
Prime agricultural acreage with year-round sun exposure. This fully fenced farm is a diverse mix of gardens, orchards, wetlands, and forested trails with a large spring fed pond and seasonal creek. Currently ¼ acre is in active production with room to expand. The bounty includes 2 dozen fruit and nut trees, large, irrigated flower and veggie gardens and a 20’ x 32’ greenhouse. Zoning allows for a house and cottage. Water and septic system in place plus multiple outbuilding ( with power ) including laundry facilities. An immaculate, 28ft 5th wheel gets you started. This dream farm is a short walk to beaches, parks, shops, restaurants, the medical centre & the ferry.
Cultivate your dream farm on beautiful Galiano Island!
