Happy Farm General Volunteering
Short-term Volunteers
Starting in the Summer of 2025, we plan to welcome short-term volunteers for periods of two weeks to two months or longer. Short-term volunteers will live in the community, joining both farm work and monastery practice. This is an excellent way to deepen your connection with mindful farming while supporting the monastery.
Find upcoming events and retreats
EventsCommunity Volunteers
We need those with tree-falling and lumberjack skills for immediate support!
Be part of our regular Saturday work meditation sessions at the farm.
Join us as we begin this beautiful journey together. We will host regular Saturday mindful days of service and community building through April.
No farming experience is necessary – bring your mindful presence and willing hearts and hands.
Community Projects
Throughout the year, we will offer special projects that support the farm’s development. Currently, we are creating bird boxes to foster a healthy farm ecosystem. These projects are wonderful opportunities for families and local community members to contribute their skills and energy.
Current projects
- Bird Box Building
Explore Online Courses
From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.
Plum Village App
Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.
