Orchard Botanicals

Last Updated On: February 12th, 2026 at 11:42AM MST

Contact information

Farm Address:
8792 SE Overaa Rd
Port Orchard, Washington, 98367

Primary Contact: Jene Farr
Secondary Contact: Sonya Pongsavas

Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: 2063277080
    Email: harborherbalist@gmail.com

Secondary Phone
    Type: -----
    Number: 9096800015
    Email:

Website: https://www.harborherbalist.com

Internship information

General Farm Description: We have 20 acres of mixed forest, mixed orchard, and row plantings (including culinary herbs, medicinal plants, food, and flowers). About eight acres are cleared, the rest of the property is forested with a few paths into the forest. We live in a rural-suburban area close to the Puget Sound, Seattle, and Tacoma. We are looking for an intern or a couple who are interested in regenerative farming on a diversified farm. We grow herbs for teas and steam distilled hydrosols and essential oils, fruit and berries for preserves, and we grow our own seasonal foods. We vend at three Seattle farmers markets. Part of the internship could be vending at the market and preparing teas for the markets. We are looking for someone with interest in deepening their experience with holistic orcharding and diversified farming. We have a 20 ft bell tent, or a 24 ft camper trailer for lodging. The owners are a queer couple, Jene is a part-time therapist and farm manager, they can be very busy, but is an avid cook, herbalist, and likes to hangout whenever possible. Sonya manages the tea business side of our operation, as well as, our flock of ducks and geese. The farm tends to be quiet, peaceful, and easily fulfills needs for solitude and personal space. We are looking for self-aware individuals who can physically work hard and love working with their hands, are lgbtqia allies, and already have some land tending and herbalism experience.

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: March 2026
Internship Ends: Oct 31, 2026
Number of Internship Available: 2
Application Deadline: April 2026
Minimum Length of Stay: 2 months

Internship Details:

The internship/work-trade is designed for people interested in longterm homesteading, herbalism, and regenerative agriculture on a small scale. We focus medicinal herb and flower production, pollinator planting, and fruit/nut/berry orcharding. We do not grow a large variety of annual food crops and do not do any successional planting throughout the season, so if you are really interested in market food production, we are not the right fit for you. We spend the spring prepping beds, planting seedlings, late spring and summer are largely spent harvesting and drying herbs, cutting and arranging flowers for market, and each week have have a variety of chores including working with our ducks and geese, cleaning our work spaces, and helping prep tea for farmers markets.

Our project is ideal for people who love working with herbs and perennial foods, enjoy working with ducks and geese, and want to grow their skills on a farm that primarily makes value added products (teas, hydrosols, jams, preserves, etc) and develop a sense for how much work goes into living on land sustainably. We love folks who work hard, are energetic, and come with holistic ecological principles in mind.

We are looking for interns to work about 15-20 hrs a week, pay options available based on experience or for individuals interested in vending at the Seattle farmers markets on weekends.

 

Educational Opportunities: Learning to make herbal products including: herbal jam, teas, essential oils, hydrosols, flower arranging, land tending. We do extensive rotational grazing with ducks and geese, so a love of poultry and moving animals around is a must.

Skills Desired: At lease 1 year of experience gardening, farming, or professional cooking

Meals: No

Stipend: yes

Housing: yes

Preferred method of Contact: email