Join us while learning about ecological and botanical gardening in Jabbeke, Belgium

Infos

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  Description

  Hi Workawayers, we are Marie-Paule and Paul, both in our 60s and 70s, and are looking for someone to help us with gardening!
  
  We live in an old manor house (1840), with an English Garden and ecological vegetable garden, in the north of Belgium, close to the coast (about 10km) and nearby the old historical city center of Bruges (11km). We are both passionate about gardens, and work in the garden on a daily base. Paul - as a landscape architect - designed and built the garden himself, and since its construction in the 1980s, the garden has grown enormously, as has the tasks (while we are starting to shrink). So please come and join us this summer and have a nice stay in our house and learn something about gardening, botanics, organic maintenance or how to design a garden!
  
  We produce all vegetables, fruits and herbs ecologically, to prepare the meals for the Workawayers and for our family. We have a big vegetable garden, green house, an orchard, and some animals like sheep and chickens. We can use all kinds of help, in the field, the garden and the house, depending the season and the weather. We provide accomodation, meals and drinks. We have one room available, with a double bed and a private bathroom. We offer breakfast, lunch and dinner during the time of your stay.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are happy to share our passion and knowledge about gardening, plants, how to care for them and how to best create a garden. Paul has worked his entire life as a landscape architect, and has been teaching for several years in landscape design and architecture.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  UPDATE:
  We are mainly looking for someone who can help us with one or more of the following works:
  
  - help in the garden
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  In general: we would like to have help with the gardening, trimming hedges
  reapairing an old wall and some painting work.
  
  We will usually do tasks together, the tasks will be explained and demonstrated in detail.

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  Langues parlées

  Hollandais: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire
  Français: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  A single room (aprox. 20m2), with a double bed, a desk and a private bathroom (sink, shower and toilet)

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  Autres infos...

  The area is lovely for biking, you can use a bike to go to the sea (10km) or Bruges (11km); or just do a bike tour whenever you feel like. The garden is always at your disposal, as well as the pont for a refreshing plunge!

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We host digital nomads and provide unlimited internet acces (wi-fi). We unfortunately can't host pets (we do have some animals ourselves like sheep and chickens).

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have a parking lot where you can park/camp

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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