Permaculture Farming Work-Exchange/Room with Optional Employment Opportunities

Permaculture Farming Work-Exchange/Room with Optional Employment Opportunities


Please contact: Linda Capacchione (434) 296-1338 or linda@naturewellnessprograms.com

SilverSage Farm-House-Studios: Center for Transformational Studies,


a 1991 classic-styled Victorian house located in Charlottesville, VA, has its first level’s private furnished studio apartment available immediately.  Terms are for a partial rent/farming work-exchange agreement for this cozy apartment, offering the full monthly rent of $600 that can be reduced optionally within a range to as low as $300 a month for 1- 5 hours of work-exchange per week on its surrounding property and vegetable gardens.  Should you choose the work-exchange option, you would be working with our team of homeowners and garden managers by collaborating, crop-sharing, and implementing ideas for making the Silver Sage Farm-House-Studios a more regenerative place to live and learn.


Throughout the year, Silver Sage Farm-House-Studios offers a unique and beautiful mountain view for lodging accommodations.  An ideal choice for a Virginia getaway, our educational/recreational and residential hub is a tranquil, 10-acre  property located just 4 miles from Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall in close proximity to a wide variety of area attractions.


At present, our permaculture farm and garden design plans are at the beginning stages that consist of a ¼ acre garden plot surrounded by the start of a food forest with about a dozen 1-year old fruit trees.  A solar array is being installed to power the property, as is a rainwater system to supply the garden's water needs.  Furthermore, there will be much more opportunity to expand creative sustainability. Our permaculture team’s vision is to include more gardening and farming plots that will require managing food preparation, preservation, and production, as well as raising chickens and grazing goats within a food co-op for training purposes.


Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Silver Sage Farm-House- Studios offers a true respite from the pressures of “everyday” life, with the possibility of offering healthy lifestyle trainings in yoga, meditation, martial arts, creative arts within its spacious workshop studio.  Our strong primary goal is to implement sustainable living with healthy food production and create an intergenerational model that can serve as an educational center for our local community. Therefore, our design plan could offer additional employment opportunities that may include groups, tours, classes, and workshops.