Havenwood Farm is a family run inter-generational diversified farm that raises beef cattle, eggs and homegrown produce from our lovingly tended orchards, which are helped to flourish by our free-ranging chickens that scratch around under the trees, looking for tasty bugs and leaving behind their most excellent fertiliser!

When we moved here in 2017, there was one large pin oak in the middle of a neglected grass lawn, but the minute we saw that tree, we knew it was home. In the years since, we have planted thousands of trees, shrubs, and flowers, all helped along by our bee colony, the super savers of our planet!

We began a little farmgate stall at the front of our property to sell our surplus produce and some of the items we had made. We wanted to show our children and grandchildren a different way of life to the fast food, packaged world we live in. To teach the value of handmade, homegrown and community.

Our home is a haven and our sanctuary, with large gardens and grassed areas to wander, with eco-tourism cabins and an education centre coming in 2025 for you to take some time out and immerse yourself in the wonders of our valley.

Since moving here and establishing the farm and gardens, we have watched as the endemic flora and fauna has thrived. We have a huge number of birds species that make home here, along with echidna, wombat, kangaroo, sugar gliders, possums. The eco system is thriving, bountiful and abundant.

We have an ongoing count, with over 80 species of birds being sighted within the conservation zones and valleys of our property. Pretty exciting, when there are 800 bird species in Australia in total. That’s a whopping 10% of the entire endemic avian species here in prolific and inspiring song!

We are currently building nature walks, and an eco-centre is planned to educate and exhibit many of the natural wonders we find here in our slice of heaven.

There is something for everyone here, we look forward to welcoming you.

AREA HISTORY OF JAMBEROO

The land holders and residents of this community were very industrious, although by the 1870’s, decided that dairying was the best use of the cleared land. An Ice factory was built on the slopes of Saddleback Mountain in 1850’s, the Robb family (Riversdale) started a vineyard and tried growing sugarcane, John Colley (Longbrush) grew sugar cane and sorghum, Edwin Vidler (Curramore) grew hops and made bricks, the Boyles had a sandstone quarry, and coal was mined on Samuel Vidler’s property at Stockyard Mountain and other locations. Corn was grown on many landholdings for stock feed and to be ground into flour.

Even then, farming activities were various with dairying becoming the mainstay, as landholders tried different methods to make a living from the soil.