Ragley Farm

Josephine and Rob Hill practice conservation and organic farming on this historic farm on Vancouver Island.


photo credit: Noella LeDrew
Contact:
Josephine and Rob Hill


Address:
Ragley Organic Farm
5717 East Sooke Road
Sooke, BC
V0S 1N0

Phone:
(250) 642-7349

Email:
ragley@telus.net


Produce grown: When it’s Available: Where to buy our product:
Salad Mix, Vegetables
Apples, Berries
Baked goods – bread, muffins, cookies and pies
Preserves
Eggs and Meat Birds
Lamb		 April to December On-farm market
Sooke Harbour House
Other restaurants in the region

More Information:
Two large Douglas fir trees stand at the entrance to Ragley Farm on East Sooke Road. At the end of a winding driveway, the forest opens to green sheep pastures, gardens and a heritage farmhouse, originally built by Rev. and Lady Walker. They arrived from Britain in 1912 and named their new home after their Estate in England.

Today, Josephine and Rob Hill own this 31-acre farm. They have continued to maintain more than half of the farm in natural forest. Barnes Creek flows through the lush forest, bordering two sides of their farm. Abundant ferns, mosses, native shrubs and wildflowers carpet the predominantly fir and cedar forest. Maple trees flourish here, where possibly the largest maple tree in the region grows.

Visitors are welcome at Josephine Hill’s farm market – a sun-filled area of the barn converted to an inviting sales display of fresh produce, preserves, dried fruits and eggs. On Saturdays, customers can buy bread, pies and muffins freshly baked on the same day in a beautifully crafted outdoor masonry oven, lovingly referred to as the Bread Chapel.