Green Care Farms in Milton
Green Care Farms operates our of Andrews Farm Market and Winery in Milton, Ontario, on a 165-acre farm where members can enjoy the wider landscape as well as focused time in the Sensory Garden. This is the primary Green Care Farms location for outdoor dementia programming.
Located at Andrews Farm in Milton • Supporting families across Halton Region
About the Site
Green Care Farms' Milton location remains a real working farm environment while still supporting a program designed specifically for people living with dementia.
Members can enjoy the wider farm landscape as well as focused time in the Sensory Garden, with practical outdoor activity, routine, and meaningful participation shaping the rhythm of the day.
Here is what we'll be planting in the garden!
Here is what we'll be planting in the garden!
Visit information
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Parking and access
Ample, complimentary parking is available directly adjacent to the main barn and storefront. We offer designated accessible parking spots closest to the farm entrance.
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Accessibility guidance
We are a farm environment. Our primary visitation routes are flattened ground and could be walker and wheelchair friendly. Those who are frail or a fall risk should exercise caution.
Located at Andrews Farm in Milton
The Sensory Garden is both productive and restorative. Members help design, plant, tend, harvest, and enjoy a space built for participation, sensory experience, reflection, and connection to the seasons as part of Green Care Farms' outdoor dementia program.
The Sensory Garden
A productive and restorative space
The garden supports horticultural activity, observation, routine, and meaningful contribution. It is a place to engage, to rest, and to enjoy the shared work of growing together.
Meredith Wilson, Landscape Architecture Student
"The design aims to bridge the gap between human frailty and nature's resilience, creating a space where everyone is capable and everyone is seen."
What happens to what is grown?
Members receive a share when produce, fruit, flowers, or herbs are ready. Excess produce is donated to Food for Life.
Participation and contribution
The garden thrives through the hands of our community. From harvesting herbs for our kitchens to maintaining the sensory trails, every action is an act of dignity and purpose.
What is shared
Sounds of laughter and friendship with sweet smells of blossoms (and farm animals!) carry on the farm breeze, marking the arrival fresh starts and new beginning for people with dementia.
What is donated
Bright vegetables created with the soothing hum of pollinators generate thousands of pound of fresh produce that we donate to Food for Life!
Garden design contributions
The original care farm site highlighted design contributions by Meredith Wilson, a landscape architecture student at the time, whose work helped shape the way Green Care Farms imagined and shared the garden.
Participation
We believe in doing. Guests are encouraged to touch, smell, and even taste the bounty of the garden under guidance, fostering a sense of accomplishment.
Reflection
The garden supports observation, routine, and meaningful contribution in ways that make space for rest and reflection as well as activity.
Connection
By witnessing the lifecycle of a plant from seed to harvest, our visitors reconnect with the fundamental rhythms of life and their own resilience.