Welcome to Our Home
The story of how a family farm became a community sanctuary
We are Steve and Aj Davis and this is our home where we live with our sons Ben and Jack. We bought our property in Sancrox in 2012 knowing that we wanted land and animals for us to grow our family on.
The property was a blank canvas with no fences and a paddock that had been heavily grazed by cows for years. Any plants that were growing were in pots because the soil was just so terrible. So we started our veggie garden with 4 raised beds, got some chickens and some sheep and goats for the paddock.
In 2017 after reassessing our lives and what was important to us, we decided we wanted to start the journey to being fully self sufficient and sustainable. Not only was our grocery bill going to be smaller, we knew where our food was coming from, what had been put on it in the process of growing or how it had been treated while it was alive.
Then came the drought of 2019, the bushfires, personal tragedy, and COVID-19. Within 48 hours our family business had completely ceased. Every job we had booked had cancelled and we were left with nothing.
So when all that is thrown in your face, what do you do? Go and get dirty!
It turns out Covid was the best thing that could have happened for our family. While in lockdown we had time to heal. We spent our days in the sun and getting our hands into the dirt. From all the positive feedback about the farm and how much people enjoyed visiting it, it became apparent that we needed to open the farm to share it with the community.
Our Goals
"To create a place where everyone is accepted and welcomed. To help the community and people who are disadvantaged or have mental health challenges by offering education and employment in a self sustainable, ethical, inclusive and non alcoholic environment."
We want to share our backyard with the community to help people reconnect back with food and its origin. We want to give people a way to experience this lifestyle and offer a safe place where anyone and everyone is welcome to reconnect with themselves and others.