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Our vision: 69 acres of beauty, joy and abundance! Empress Acres is located between Ladysmith and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia.

We operate a rustic farm wedding event venue and organic produce and pasture-raised livestock farm. Please select the area of the farm you’re interested in below to learn more!

Your Special Day

Wedding & Event Venue

Enjoy exclusive use of our property and be welcomed with views of rolling hills and coastal mountains. The perfect venue for your special event.

Tasty & Nutricious

Fresh Farm Products & Flowers

Pasture-raised pork, turkeys, eggs, seasonal greens, root vegetables, beans, peas, strawberries, apples, tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, fresh flowers and more to come!

Farm to table

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Our mission is to have all of this farm producing nutritious, organic food for local consumption in a way that is also good for the animals, the soil, the air and improving the environment in general.

2023 GoodSpark Grant Recipient

Empress Acres was one of 150 small businesses selected across Canada to receive a Desjardins Good Spark Grant of $20,000 from the Canadian company, Desjardins.

This grant will allow us to install a walk-in cooler and construct a kitchen area to clean all the eggs and produce that we harvest to sell locally.

This is an important step as we transition 65 acres of marginally used or unused farmland into land that is growing healthy, delicious and nutritious food for local consumption.

Thank you Desjardins!

Who We Are

About Empress Acres

Owners Marlene and Peter Lewis purchased Empress Acres in 2017 to grow a unique tree called the Empress tree. This tree provides a source of sustainable lumber while offsetting the carbon footprint of many.

They share a common vision to see the property producing healthy, local, organic food as well as offering a beautiful pastoral setting to be enjoyed by others visiting our farm store, lodging in our ‘suite retreat’ or used for event rentals ranging from weddings to movie making, alongside the growing of Empress Trees. Empress Acres is proudly the first Empress tree farm in Canada.

Empress Acres Farm

2974 Haslam Road, Nanaimo, BC V9X 1T1, Canada

Where We Are

Finding The Farm

Conveniently located minutes off Highway #1 on Vancouver Island. This quiet, 69-acre farm is six-minutes to the Nanaimo Airport, 13 minutes to the Duke Point Ferry, 19 min. to Departure/Horseshoe Bay ferries, and 16 min. drive to Harbour Air (water airport travelling from Nanaimo to Vancouver, Victoria, and seven other destinations).

Coming from the south, Empress Acres is only five minutes off the #1 highway after the Nanaimo Airport, on the Haslam Road exit. The length of the property runs east to west. Beautiful scenic mountain views are to the south and southwest.

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Follow The Farm

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Get In Touch

Phone

250-889-1343

Address

2974 Haslam Road, Nanaimo,
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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