A tailor-made program
Work Areas
Householding/Cooking and Food Processing
Caring for our homes, from laundry and cleaning to flower arranging.
Preparing meals, soups and spreads using as much as possible the produce from our gardens, drying herbs, transforming and preserving the vegetables from the gardens.
Garden
The gardening crew works from May until October, producing almost all the vegetables we eat over the summer. Seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting, drying and preserving the produce are all part of the work.
Woodwork
Our woodwork shop produces a variety of toys and domestic items for the houses and for sale, as well as furniture for the community.
Weavery
Using natural and recycled materials, our weavers work on hand looms to produce a range of items both for sale and for use in the community.
Ceramics
Our pottery, located in Val David, produces dishes and sculptural pieces for use in our homes and for sale. We exhibit every summer at 1001 pots, an important ceramics exhibition in Val David, where much of our production is sold.
Candlemaking
We make hand-dipped beeswax candles for use in our houses and for sale.
Bakery
We bake all the bread that we need for the community, as well as croissants, cookies and granola.
Café Communautaire La Chapdelaine
Visit our new community café and boutique at 2454, rue de l’Église, Val-David
Bio Sattva
You can find all our baked goods at
1340, route 117, Val-David !