🌿 Celebrating 20 Years of Growing with You 🌿
This year marks a beautiful milestone: 20 years of farming organically at Juniper Farm.
What began as a dream rooted in the soil — by two idealistic twenty-somethings — has blossomed into a thriving, community-powered farm that feeds, inspires, and nourishes.
We’re more than a farm — we’re a movement, a gathering place, and a living example of what’s possible when people connect to land, food, and purpose.
Thank you for being part of our story. Whether you’re a new visitor or a long-time friend — this year, we celebrate with you.
🌾 What We’ve Accomplished Over 20 Years:
Grown and distributed thousands of tonnes of certified organic food feeding foodboxes, farmers markets, Ottawa's top restaurants and healthfood retailers . . .
Share the food programs donating many thousands of lbs of food to charities across the Outaouais and Ottawa.
Trained hundreds of young farmers — many now running their own farms and nourishing communities across Canada.
Hosted festivals, workshops, farm feasts, and built a bustling farmstore and farm café.
Deepened our connection and power of observation as we have learned lessons from people, plants, animals, and spirit.
Thank you for walking this path with us.
With love from the fields,
The Juniper Farmily
Be nourished by our farm . . .

SUNFLOWER MAZE
It is the last weekend of the Juniper Farm sunflower maze! This is your last chance to come visit us and take a walk through this enchanting and relaxing maze. Afterwards, stop by our Farm Café for delicious and refreshing treats! The maze will be closed for the season after August 24th 2025. Tickets are now half price!
Tickets:
Adults: 6$
Youth 18 and under: 4$
Youth 10 and under: 2$
Child under 5: FREE
Hours of Operation:
Friday: 11AM-6PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10AM-5PM
Please visit the maze only during Farmstore and Farm Café hours.
🚫 No furry friends please — we love animals, but the maze is a pet-free zone.
Make sure to bring a hat and sunscreen, it can be pretty warm in the maze with all the sunshine coming from these yellow beauties.
We hope you LOVE wandering through our maze and getting delightfully lost among these golden giants!
We’re Passionate About Food! From growing and harvesting to fermenting, cooking, and celebrating—every step of the food journey is a part of who we are at Juniper Farm. We love to glean, craft, serve, source, preserve, and share the joy of good food with our community.
DONATE TO PARKDALE FOOD
Donations to Parkdale Food Centre through link buys food grown by us for the hungry. A great and meaningful partnership!


OPENING AUG 7th 11-6
A-MAZE-ING SUNFLOWERS
MAZE HOURS: FRI 11-6, SAT/SUN 10-5
Come to our MAZE and get lost in golden beauty. A great place to reset into magic of nature, take some family pictures, and come for lunch. Last chance to visit! Maze closes on August 24th 2025.


Sundays 9-4
Lansdowne Market
Juniper Farm at Lansdowne Market. We have all the certified organic veggies we grown for sale in the City on Sundays inside the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, ON


Saturdays 9-3
Westboro Market
Juniper Farm is at the Westboro Farmer's Market at the Byron Park in Ottawa. We bring all of our seasonal biodynamic and organic veggies. See you there


STARTING MAY 29th Thursdays 4pm - 7pm
Marche Chelsea Market
Juniper Farm at Chelsea Market. We have all the certified organic veggies we grown for sale in the Chelsea right next to the Meredith Community Centre.
Still here and going strong . . .
Juniper Turgeon
Founder + farmer
"Meet Juniper – From City Life to Farm Life, Always Connected to Nature!"
Juniper wasn’t always a country girl, but her deep bond with the Earth has always guided her path. Before farm life, she got her B.A. in geography & environmental studies and worked with non-profits focused on environmental education and food security. Now, she’s the heart of the farm café and store, flying her entrepreneurial wings while managing the business and keeping the farm's vision alive.
When she’s not running the farm’s operations, Juniper is usually found hiking the land, tending to her flower garden, crafting, or experimenting in the kitchen. She loves cold dipping, xcountry skiing, cooking farm-to-table meals, and going on adventures (close or far) with her sweet family. For Juniper, joy comes from nature, art, movement and the simple, beautiful moments that make farm life so darn special.
Alex Mackay-Smith
Founder + farmer + so many hats
"Meet Alex – From Urban Gardener to Full-on Farmer, Grounded in Nature and Balance"
Almost 20 years ago, the call to farm reached Alex, an urban gardener, photo-artist, restoration ecologist, and zen meditator. He traded city life for the dirt, sunshine, and the beauty of the Gatineau Hills. Now, Alex is the incredible head manager of our fields, also overseeing sales, staff, infrastructure, quality control, hub packing, and farmers markets. He works his magic behind the scenes, pulling all the right strings to keep the farm running smoothly and wonderfully.
When he's not keeping the farm on track, Alex is a sports enthusiast—especially downhill skiing with his boys and trail running on the land. He’s also passionate about anthroposophy, sauna-ing, and makes time for cold dips and his daily meditation to keep the peace buzz going for all of us.
Juniper Farm from above
Our friends at Steadii Creative took this sweet footage of our farm. See what our farm looks like from a bird's eye.
►Where is Juniper Farm?
375 chemin Shouldice Rd.
Wakefield, QC J0X 3G0
ONLINE STORE OPEN FOR ORDERS ON SAT-WED for delivery to your door on TUESDAY or FRIDAY
FARM STORE & FARM CAFÉ OPEN
Thursday and Friday: 11AM-6PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10AM-5PM