Equestrian operations
Lessons, trail riding, western horsemanship, and clinics — run by a family that's out there every day.
Harborwood Farm
Glenvar · Salem, VA
Harborwood Farm
Glenvar · Salem, VA
Now Hiring · Salem, Virginia
We're a family operation in Salem, Virginia, building a riding club, a guest house, and a working farm all at once. We're hiring the people who are going to help build it.
Who You'd Be Working For
We're not a corporate farm and there's no HR department between you and the people who own the place. You'd work directly with the family, on the property, on the things that are actually happening that week.
Horses arriving by the trailerload. Acreage being cleared. Buildings going up. A guest house filling with people who came for the mountains.
If you'd rather build something than maintain something, read on.
About Harborwood Farm
A few years ago we moved to the farm with 7 horses. Today Harborwood Farm is 204 acres in Salem, Virginia — and we're bringing in 37 more horses to build toward a 40+ horse riding club and membership operation.
Lessons, trail riding, western horsemanship, and clinics — run by a family that's out there every day.
The core growth engine. Building toward 40+ horses and a full member program — the thing most of the work here is pointed at.
An active, five-star-reviewed stay on the property — with the Blue Ridge framed right in the kitchen window.
A restored log home with a stone chimney and double porches. The landmark at the center of the property.
Land clearing, forestry mulching, fence lines, barn buildout, heavy equipment. Family and staff doing the work, in real time.
Horses arriving by the trailerload. Acreage being cleared. A farm being built in real time.
Every role here is attached to something you can walk out and put your hand on.
Why Work Here
We can't offer you a big company's benefits stack. What we can offer is real ownership of real work, on a property that is visibly changing month to month.
What that actually means
You'll work directly with the family that owns the place. Decisions happen in a conversation, not a committee.
Horses arriving, acreage being cleared, buildings going up. The work is funded and it's happening now.
Some weeks are steady. Some weeks a trailer shows up and the whole plan changes.
Everyone here can walk the property and show you something they built, cleared, fixed, or filmed.
We're small enough that what you do shows up on the property, in the bookings, and in the books.
Open Roles
Every role here is on site in Salem, Virginia. None of them ask you for a cover letter, and every one of them includes a paid working day before either of us commits to anything.
Mechanic, carpenter, equipment operator, contractor wrangler. The person who keeps 204 acres running — and keeps pushing it forward.
Horse experience is a plus, not a requirement.
Read the roleShoot it, cut it, post it, and grow it. Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube — with drones, DSLRs, four-wheelers, and the saddle.
Real path to full-time based on results.
Read the roleMore roles are coming as the farm scales — barn help, lessons, and seasonal work. If nothing here fits yet, check back.
How Hiring Works
It's the same shape for every role. What changes is what we ask you to send us at the start.
No cover letter for either role. Each posting tells you exactly what to send instead — and it's the work, not a résumé.
About fifteen minutes. High level, on your experience and how you approach the work.
Walk the property, meet the horses, and find out whether you actually like it here.
A real day of work on the farm, paid at your rate. We don't ask anyone to work for free.
If we both like how it went, we make it official.
The Farm & Property Manager role also requires a background check before moving forward.
Come See The Place
Every hire we make walks the property before anyone commits to anything. Bring boots, meet the horses, and look at the work up close.
If one of these roles sounds like you, send it in and let's find out.
See Open Roles