Spend your summer helping out under the endless skies of Central Alberta in fields of flowers! Lady’s Hat Farm, a cut flower farm near Castor, Alberta, is looking for an enthusiastic apprentice to work and care for their the 1-acre flower farm and farm animals.
About the Farm & Apprenticeship
Lady’s Hat Farm produces seasonal and ecological cut flowers and is also home to a floral studio where Nikki designs arrangements for weddings, weekly bouquet subscriptions, packs wholesale orders for florist customers, and dries thousands of stems for wreaths in the fall and winter. Fresh flowers are sold for bouquet subscriptions and weddings from late-May to mid-September. Farm-dried floral creations (such as wreaths) are offered in the fall and winter, and ready-to-grow seedlings are offered in the spring to help launch others’ flower dreams.
At Lady’s Hat Farm, the apprentice will learn the process of starting seeds and caring for seedlings in a greenhouse setting, transplanting, harvesting and arranging flowers, as well as some livestock husbandry.
As part of the apprenticeship, you will meet with other apprentices across Alberta who are part of the Young Agrarians Apprenticeship program. Field days, learning opportunities and potlucks will be planned with this group at each host’s farm.
Learn more about Lady’s Hat Farm at https://www.ladyshatfarm.com/ and on instagram.
About the Farmer
Lady’s Hat Farm is run by Nikki and Chris, who are expecting their first baby April 2025! Nikki is a third generation farmer and has been operating Lady’s Hat Farm since 2017, after a career in journalism. Chris is an accountant by trade, and has been living on the farm for a couple of years.
Skills this farm has to teach
Skills this farm has to teachThe following skills will be offered by Lady’s Hat Farm:
| Greenhouse management | flower farming |
|---|---|
| starting + transplanting flowers + vegetables | floral arranging |
| succession planting | HARVESTING & PROCESSING |
| IRrigation INstallation | Marketing & Farm Financials |
| animal Care | HARVESTING & PROCESSING |
Requirements of the Apprentice
Requirements of the Apprentice The apprentice must have a full driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
Housing, Wages, and Duration
Lady’s Hat Farm is happy to provide on-farm housing in a renovated and fully furnished fifth wheel, complete with water, power, wifi, a bbq/bonfire ring, and everything you need to be comfortable living at the farm! Rent for the month is $500 plus the cost of propane for heating and some appliances. You will have access to our gardens for food, some meat, and we commonly share a few meals a week.
Depending on the apprentice’s experience, wage will begin between $16-$17.50/hour. We expect 35-40 hours a week, and are flexible with dates and times as long as it fits within the farm’s busy days.
About the Community
Lady’s Hat farm is located between open prairies and sage-filled badlands and wild blue skies, near Castor, Alberta. Castor is the nearest town and has all of the amenities – grocery stores, gas stations, outdoor pool, gym, etc. A farming community, Castor is incredibly welcoming to new faces, and is supportive of the Prairie Farm Project – especially the farm-to-table dinners!
More Details about this Apprenticeship and How to Apply
Applications Due: January 31, 2025
Interested in an Apprenticeship but this isn’t quite the right one? Check out other Young Agrarians Prairie Apprenticeships being offered in 2025 here.
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