Pamela Anderson Shares A Glimpse of Her Peaceful Life on Vancouver Island as She Welcomes The ‘Season of the Soul’

Nov 10, 2026 by apost team

Pamela Anderson has found a different kind of spotlight away from Hollywood, trading the red carpets and cameras for a quieter life surrounded by nature on Vancouver Island.

The "Baywatch" star returned to her family's longtime estate in British Columbia in 2020, choosing to reconnect with her roots and spend more time at the property that has been part of her family's history for generations.

The 59-year-old actress has since transformed the grounds into a flourishing garden, turning the property into a personal sanctuary where she can slow down, grow her own food and reconnect with the natural world.

For Anderson, gardening has become more than a hobby. In an October interview with PEOPLE, she described how spending time outdoors helps her regain balance after returning home from her travels.

"I get home with my dogs and I get in the garden and I start throwing them vegetables through the fence. And just slowly I come back down to earth. It takes me a couple days," she said.

She also spoke about the joy of watching the plants she started from tiny seeds grow into something much bigger.

"I feel like a little kid in the garden because the things I planted from little seeds are huge," Anderson said. "You get a few nicks here and there from my clippers, but you can't walk away from the garden without feeling inspired."

That connection to the land has also carried into her latest creative ventures. Anderson recently collaborated with Sonsie on the Wild Groundcherry Basic Balm, inspired by the wild ground cherries she grows and gathers from her garden.

Her relationship with the property, however, goes much deeper than its present-day beauty. The estate carries memories of her childhood and her family's history, and restoring it became part of a larger personal journey.

Anderson's connection to the property began long before she returned to Vancouver Island. The estate was once a motel owned by her grandmother, and it was where she was brought home from the hospital after she was born.

"It was decayed and rotten to the ground. I lived in another little house on the beach that I had that was livable," she told Better Homes & Gardens in September 2024 via PEOPLE. "I mean, you should see the before pictures."

The actress eventually reached a point in her life when she wanted to return to her roots and step away from the demands of her public image.

She described the decision as wanting to "move home and disappear and get into [her] garden." Restoring the grounds became a deeply personal undertaking, mirroring her own efforts to put things back together.

She said expanding the garden was "really like a metaphor of putting my life back together," adding that "the smallest things became really profound."

That sense of calm and renewal was recently captured in a new Instagram video, where Anderson offered followers a glimpse of her autumn mornings in British Columbia.

The clip begins with the actress walking one of her dogs through her sunroom as the morning light streams in. She then takes viewers outside to show her lush backyard, tending to her plants and stopping to admire the flowers blooming across the property.

Anderson also settles down with a copy of "Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine," telling the camera, "I've read this book so many times."

The video features pink and light orange roses, a panoramic view of the garden after rainfall, a towering pine tree and a quiet walk along a lake dock. She also shares the wild ground cherries she picked from the property in her Instagram Stories, alongside her Sonsie balm collaboration.

"Fall is the season of the soul… 🤍🍂," Anderson captioned the video.  

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