our story

Ferme Réservoir is a certified organic market garden with 2 acres of vegetables and herbs. Tom and Abbi are the co-owners and main labour force. We aim to offer a creative, thoughtful and delicious experience for each of our clients.

Tom spent his childhood in rural England and always had an inkling that he wanted to be a farmer. His family then moved from Vancouver to Ottawa before settling in the Gatineau Hills.  His first farming experience in 2012 took him back to B.C. on a small-scale, organic, vegetable and fruit farm, Klippers Organics. Moving closer to friends and family, he started a 4-year foray working on Juniper Farm, where he met his wife. More on her below. Tom is a master putterer and loves to watch the plants grow. He also builds, maintains and dreams up almost all the systems and buildings on the farm.

Abbi grew up on a hobby farm in rural Manitoba before doing a 10-year urban jaunt in Montreal. Her farming adventures led her to an orange orchard in Sicily, a dairy farm in Russia and a sheep farm in New Zealand before landing an internship on Vancouver Island at Tatlo Road Farm in 2015. She managed Juniper Farm in Wakefield, QC for 2 years before jumping onboard full-time at Ferme Reservoir. Abbi gets a huge boost of energy from sharing vegetables with people who really like local food! She is a master list-maker and keeps an eye all the details that go into running a farming.

Our farm is located on 5 acres of leased land in traditional Algonquin territory near the Gatineau River reservoir created by the Paugan Dam.