Historic 1900’s farm. It’s one of the earliest houses on the Peninsula (not the oldest), dating back to when people were first starting to settle the peninsula. Our farm has a total of 15 acres, about 10 are still wooded and will most likely remain that way. The house and orchard occupy a little less than 1 acre, leaving us around 4 acres for crops and animals. There is a pond at the edge of the field supplied by a year round spring.
There is an old apple and pear orchard. The orchard is being nursed back to health as it was neglected for quite some time. It only has a few trees remaining, six 50-year old apple trees and four 20-year old pear trees and they produce some of the tastiest apples and pears we’ve ever had. In our efforts to bring the orchard back, we have planted a few more trees: apple, pear, apricot, plum, cherry and nectarine. To support the trees and improve fruit yield, we have put in 6 bee hives, with a goal of having 15-18 hives in the coming years.
Come to Sound View to feel like you’re at summer camp again – pet a llama, sing some songs around the campfire, take a guided nature walk through our property, and shoot an arrow!
Sound View Camp is owned and operated by the Presbytery of Olympia (PCUSA). The camp consists of 100 acres of woods, trails, and a sandy beach. Sound View Camp provides rental opportunities and educational programs for groups, as well as running their own summer family and youth programs, open to the public.
As part of our brand-new Outdoor Environmental Education Program, camp has begun a mini-farm and garden for teaching sustainable living. We plan to see the farm grow over the next few years, with programs for kids to learn to plant and harvest their own food. The former horse stable and corral area has been converted into a miniature farm populated with rescued goats, sheep, chickens, and a llama. We love to see visitors interact with animals and learn about their care.
Grand Farms is a full-care boarding and training facility that is home to head trainer Anni Grandia Dodsun. Training specializes in 3-Day Eventing, with each program tailored to the individual horse and rider.
They also provide lessons to brand new riders and introduce them to horses. The farm consists of 26 acres with an indoor arena with a new sand surface and roof, outdoor grass jumping arena, acres of trails and a cross country course with water complex. They also boast a heated viewing area, amenities for riders with disabilities, and work with Easter Seals of Washington in the summer months.
Additionally, Grand Farms hosts an extensive conference and wedding events venue and the very popular Haunted Forest in the fall.
Kaukiki Farm goal is to offer the very best that clean sustainable grass, kindness, selective breeding and conscientious care can produce. Our animals are loved first and foremost. We’ve known them since their first breath, and typically know their mothers, grandmothers and even great grandparents. Each is fed nearly exclusively on grass and hay raised on our farm. Our pastures are Warwick’s pride and joy and that effort makes each mouthful the best it can be. We aren’t certified organic, but we do our best to act as such. GMO’s don’t enter our gate, nor does corn or other grains. We feed a small amount of alfalfa to our ewes and a clover/grass seed/molasses pellet to all of our animals as a special treat. Antibiotics are a rarity, as we focus first on outstanding preventative care. When injury or illness occurs antibiotics are used to treat a specific animal for a specific condition. This year all of our lambs and cattle are antibiotic pure.
We live almost exclusively on what we raise, and take in pride in knowing the care that goes into each bite. We hope that you choose to be a part of our extended family and that you gain as much pleasure and pride from serving our products as we do.
Packleader Farm is located on more than 38 acres on the Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, Washington. Situated between a 300 acre conservation park and a 500 acre tree farm, the setting is ideal for working and training dogs.
The location provides a great variety of locations for training our Conservation Detector Dogs and our clients’ handlers. As our detector dog training classes are limited we are generally able to accommodate our students at the facility.
For the herding enthusiast, we are currently able to provide trialing arenas for the following herding programs — AKC, AHBA and ASCA. Ultimately, we will be able to accommodate open field trials for these programs as well. Things are still under development.
Arenas currently available include a 100′ x 200′ test arena, 100′ x 100′ test/training arena, 125′ x 250′ trial arena, 60′ x 110′ duck arena and a 60′ round pen.
Stock available includes trial level Barbados, Dorper cross and a variety of experienced test sheep.
Bliss Manor Farm currently has 1 Golden Retriever and 3 Cream Retriever dogs, 2 barn kitties, 30 chickens, 4 ducks and a big mouth bass in one of the ponds.
They have also planted over 75 cherry, apple and pear trees, as well as grape vines. The orchard is a beautiful setting for a wedding, where the espaliered trees are formed to make the walls of the orchard, along with a newly-built gorgeous path along the back of the deck that features fruit trees on both sides. It is a wonderful setting for lunch or dinner party.
Bring your family and come enjoy seeing our ever-expanding menagerie of animals and the beautiful setting at Bliss Manor Farm!
Check out the Living Machine! Camp Seymour installed Washington’s largest Living Machine in 2003. A Living Machine is a sewage treatment facility that treats effluent to a level that allows water reuse in irrigation and a fish pond, as well as other useful end products. It is it’s own ecosystem, accelerating nature’s own water purification process!
Also be sure and check out Aquaponics classes, educational garden tours, meet the camp chickens housed in a uniquely reclaimed coop, along with games and activities for kids
