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17 Apr 2024
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Description
We are a family of five and based in rural Donegal in a restored cottage with large garden. We have a vegetable garden with polytunnels , a forest garden and fruit picking orchards.
In 2024 we are working on a few projects areound the garden and buildings . We have been hosting WorkAwayers since 2014 and have had a great journey with them .Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Gardening skills especially growing vegetables, English conservation, family life.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are currently looking for someone to help with our project. We are looking for couples, who are interested in helping outdoors if possible with with good woodwork, building skills, and an interested in growing food to help with gardening, as we are setting up a number of new areas in the garden.
Gardening skills is not essential as we can help with training in this. We are also happy to have someone to help with household chores in the main part of the house . We would be happy to show volunteers around our area and introduce them to Donegal. We live in a very quiet but beautiful part of the world.Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
One room separate from the main house - we also have extra kitchen space and toilet facilities - if you need to use the Internet we are happy for you to use during the day in the house and in the evenings we have the office space available.
What else ...
We have beautiful mountain scenery and live only ten minutes' drive from the beach.
We facilitate gardening classes so if volunteers wanted to come and attend/help this would be an option also.
The village is approx 40 mins walk and from there you can get public transport .A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
we have good internet and office space available and we both currently work from home .
Space for parking camper vans
we have ample space for a campervan
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (26)
From begining to end they blended right in to our family life and helped us in so many ways with the daily work around the garden and home .
They both worked together and independently and their work was amazing .
We would really recommend both to… read more
The garden full of plants and flowers in which to spend time to clean, sow and collect the excellent products that you will eat.
There is so much passion in all this and a deep knowledge and respect for nature and the… read more
From building skills , garden experience and knowledge to building relationship with both ourselves and our children we thougherly enjoyed having them in our home.
We also really enjoyed their energy and stories they… read more
Míle buíochas to Joanne, Milo, Lindsay May, Lennon, Bethany, Buster, Stitch, and all the other beings who opened your home to us for a brief time. We had such a good craic with this family, nothing but great things to say. Milo and Joanne are a wealth of knowledge on all-things permaculture and certainly a hub for the community in… read more
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From begining to end they blended right in to our family life and helped us in so many ways with the daily work around the garden and home .
They both worked together and independently and their work was amazing .
We would really recommend both to… read more
The garden full of plants and flowers in which to spend time to clean, sow and collect the excellent products that you will eat.
There is so much passion in all this and a deep knowledge and respect for nature and the… read more
From building skills , garden experience and knowledge to building relationship with both ourselves and our children we thougherly enjoyed having them in our home.
We also really enjoyed their energy and stories they… read more
Míle buíochas to Joanne, Milo, Lindsay May, Lennon, Bethany, Buster, Stitch, and all the other beings who opened your home to us for a brief time. We had such a good craic with this family, nothing but great things to say. Milo and Joanne are a wealth of knowledge on all-things permaculture and certainly a hub for the community in… read more
Joanne and Milo made me feel like a family member right away. I couldn't wish for a better workaway experience as with them. In my freetime Joanne and Milo always showed me around the area. We spend most of the… read more
First of all, we arrived in an exceptional setting in a beautiful house renovated by them, surrounded by wild landscapes! Milo and Joanne were like a family to us with their closeness, their support, and their joy of living! It… read more
We feel like in home since the beginning, even with 5 days of social distance when we got there.
Milo and Joanne are always checking if you are… read more
We spent a beautiful 6 weeks with the family enjoying their kindness, interesting and exciting company and amazing home grown food. We were given the freedom to work on self… read more
It's been a little bit more than a month since we left Joanne and Milo's place and our lives have changed a lot!
It's difficult how to describe our experience with you, because it has been so natural and easy to live with your family that it seems it has just been one more step in our adventure in Ireland,… read more
Joanne or Milo… read more
Of my four hosts in Ireland, the Butler family was the best. The landscape is stunning, the work interesting (DIY, gardening), and above all: the family is Amazing. I learnt so much there, in term of gardening, culture and life.
Thank you so much Joanne and Milo, this three weeks will… read more
thanks for all !
Thanks for give me the frist… read more
Joanne is a kind person, full of good will, and work to accomplish a very good and big… read more