Did you know that the Port of Coupeville pays the mortgage for the Greenbank Farm? If that doesn’t make everything we do here an act of civic engagement, I don’t know what does.

And that’s a good thing!

It was the community that wanted to “save” the Farm from becoming just another housing development, and [...]

If you love birds, or springtime, we think you’d have a great time here at the Farm right now. There are goslings out near the pond, carefully guarded by their Canada Goose parents. There are baby starlings that have just hatched in one of the wine barrels in the [...]

We are so proud of what our students learn here at the Training Center!

Certainly, through the classroom curriculum (authored at UC Santa Cruz), they learn about soil science, plant physiology, nutrient and pest management, crop rotation, and business planning.

Along the way, they learn how to diversify a farm’s revenue streams, so [...]

I’m sitting in my office above the Pie Shop, watching a starling dive into an empty wine cask down below. From the droppings on the top, and the size of the space into which the bird dives, it looks like it could be an avian community center!

Members of the Greenbank Garden Club are [...]

The Ag Training Center is a vital part of Greenbank Farm, and I spend a lot of time working with the people in the program. But the pace and diversity of my days doesn’t let me spend concentrated time with them. A few minutes here and there, repeated as often as possible, is [...]

Spring is making itself known around here, and we’re lovin’ it! Maybe it’s short-term memory at work and all seasons do this…but it just seems like Spring wakes up the senses in ways that Summer, Fall and Winter don’t.

 This morning, for instance, as I walked the short [...]

If you’re new to Greenbank Farm, heck, even if you live just down the road from the Farm, you might wonder about the diversity of events we host. For instance, this past weekend, we had the Whidbey Island Conservation District and their annual native plant sale in the barn. Last month, we had the Sweetheart [...]

This is the time of year when farmers plan their crops, make lists of what work needs to be done before planting can begin, and set their goals for the coming season. As you can guess, Sebastian is doing just such things as he looks ahead to the 2012 session of the Ag [...]

After months of work, it’s finally up…our new website!

Greenbank Farm is indeed home to a working farm and Ag Training Center, but it’s also a community gathering place, a commercial village, a wedding venue, a dog park, a natural ecosystem, and a publicly owned, organically certified, 151-acre open-space site.

It took us a while [...]

Magic in motion.

The Farm is always a busy place. Sometimes because of human activity and events, sometimes because of wind, weather, and wildlife, and often because of a raucous combination of all the above. Even on days when it seems quiet, you have only to be still and open your eyes and ears to [...]