Providence Farm provides a variety of innovative programs for individuals with mental health or developmental challenges. Programs include nature based therapy, woodworking, nutrition, gardening, landscaping, and textiles. We believe that caring for the land is healing and therapeutic. Together, we form a community for those who have difficulty in the mainstream.

Providence serves individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use issues, Brain Injuries, Developmental Challenges, Dementia and Age Related Mental Illness.  No one wears labels nor are they centred out for their challenges and differences.  For an outsider coming into the farm community there is no way of knowing what each individuals diagnosis or challenge is, other than obvious physical or behavioural differences.  Some individuals may be dealing with depression or social anxieties needing to take the first steps to surfacing in public, or perhaps it’s someone with a brain injury needing a sense of safety and guidance to navigate simple routines allowing for a sense of purpose.  Or a person with Downs Syndrome who can proudly arrive at work each day and be part of a team.  Or someone trying to find their footing with a newly diagnosed mental illness.  Or a senior supported amidst the confusion of dementia, finding healing and peace when working the soil of a garden plot.