Teafarm is a small organic farm in the
fertile Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada

We grow a variety of plants and flowers that we blend with organic green, black, white, red, oolong and pu-erh teas from select tea estates around the world. Our original hand crafted recipes combine high quality ingredients in new and surprising ways.

In May 2003, we left the big smoke (Vancouver) for the Cowichan Valley, to re-imagine a one time cattle (and later horse) farm as a place to cultivate and create – and so the concept of Artfarm was born. We began reshaping the landscape, ridding the property of invasive blackberry vines and planting some 200 lavender plants on our south-facing hill. Along with lavender, we grew garlic and harvested hay; we began growing more food and attending the Duncan Farmers Market with our produce. We also converted the old barn into usable indoor space, as building a clay studio for Margit became our main focus. Inspired by our successes and failures, many initiatives and ideas would come and go in this early time.

Margit’s funky teapots and our love of quality teas lead to the combination and creation of our first Art + Tea event in 2008. That event included a variety of visual and performing artists along with tea tastings. Two 45 foot Teepees  housed a MiddleEatern inspired tea room and the other a  Japanese influenced Wabi-Sabi space. It clearly reinforced what the farm would become: a place to share art and tea culture in an eclectic rural setting.

In May of 2010 we decided that the focus of the farm would be entirely on tea. We planted two terraces of Camellia sinensis and Teafarm was born. So far, our baby tea plants have made it through two winters and are doing really well. We are excited to be adding more plants to our tea crop this coming year and are confident that within the next few years we will be producing locally Cowichan-grown tea.

Teafarm continues to grow every day as we strive to share our passion for tea and clay.

Tea Farmers
Margit + Victor