At the Farm
Come for a day. Come for a month. Come as a school group or a leadership team. There is an entry point for every relationship with the land.
Experience 1
The volunteer program is a working stay — not a retreat, not a resort. You will contribute real labor to a living farm and in return receive accommodation, three meals a day from the farm's own harvest, and a curriculum that most people spend thousands learning in formal programs.
Typical stay is 2–4 weeks. Most volunteers arrive with no farming experience. They leave with hands that know what soil feels like when it's alive.
Minimum 2 weeks. Maximum 4 weeks per stay. Extensions by mutual agreement.
4–5 hours per day, 5 days per week. Task assignments guided by farm supervisor Martin Dulang.
PHP 500/night covers accommodation and all meals from farm produce.
Work clothes, boots, hat, personal items. The farm provides tools and learning materials.
Currently limited. Future capacity goal is 100+ volunteers with full amenity build-out.
A volunteer agreement is signed before arrival. Contact Maya for the full document.
Experience 2
A guided half-day or full-day immersion in the farm's ecology. The tour covers the full L-shaped property — food forest sections, the nursery, the coconut grove, the watershed areas — while your guide explains the regenerative systems connecting them.
32 documented bird species share the property. Birders are welcome. So are families, foodies, and anyone who's curious about where their food comes from and what a healed piece of land actually looks like.
Experience 3
Flow Forest Farm runs workshops in the practical skills of regenerative agriculture. These are not motivational events. They are learning experiences with a hands-in-the-soil curriculum that sends participants home with a skill they can use the next day.
Current and upcoming workshop topics include permaculture design, seed saving, soil building, and food processing (fermentation, drying, preserving). Scheduling is seasonal — contact Maya for what's running next.
Experience 4
Most corporate team building events are forgettable. A day at Flow Forest Farm is not. Working together in the soil, preparing food, and walking through living systems that were built over decades creates the kind of grounded connection that a hotel ballroom cannot.
FFF offers customized half-day and full-day team programs for corporate groups. Activities are designed around the actual work of the farm — real tasks, real outcomes, and a real sense of having contributed to something that will still be growing after you leave.
Experience 5
For traditional schools and homeschool co-ops, Flow Forest Farm offers guided educational visits that cover ecology, agriculture, biodiversity, and food systems — all taught through direct experience rather than textbooks.
Students see how seeds become food, how compost works, how birds and plants and soil interact in a living system. The farm's bird diversity alone makes it an exceptional outdoor classroom for science programs.
Plan Your Visit
Contact Maya Flaminda Vandenbroeck directly to schedule any of the above experiences. She'll confirm availability, answer questions, and send you the relevant agreement or details.
Maya Flaminda J. Vandenbroeck
Farm Manager, Flow Forest Farm
(Contact details to be added — email, phone, or Facebook page)
Mount Tipolog foothills, Davao City, Philippines
600m above sea level