Regenerative paddy and spice farming, hands-on — a lesson in food sovereignty.
Cultivating Sustenance is a community-rooted initiative in the Peak Wilderness region, focused on sustainable agriculture, food sovereignty and ecological harmony.
By combining regenerative farming practice with local knowledge and conservation work, it helps communities grow and share nourishing food while protecting the biodiversity and sacred landscapes around them.
Guests staying at The Tree Fern can join in directly — working the beds and the slope alongside the people who farm them year-round.
Join whatever the season calls for, from breaking ground to harvest.
Regenerative practice built on local knowledge, not imported templates.
Work alongside farming families from the village.
What you help harvest turns up on the table.
Slope prepared by hand with a mammoty, the way it has always been done here.
Young stock going in above the valley, chosen to hold the soil as it grows.
Lifting root crops together — the part guests always want to stay for.
Tell us when you are coming and we will match you to the season.
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A team of scientists, conservationists and environmental specialists working on eco-living practices, environmental conservation, and sustainable agro-leisure in Sri Lanka’s Peak Wilderness.