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Hands-on learning and sustainable living in our permaculture farm in Brittany, France

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  2025 

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    We are looking for enthusiastic, hard working people/person to assist with lots of timber related tasks in September and October.

    Welcome to Our Permaculture Smallholding in Rural France

    After many years of travelling the world, we finally put down roots in rural France in 2017 to bring our vision of a sustainable, educational, and demonstrative smallholding to life. Since then, we’ve been steadily renovating our home, regenerating the land, and creating a self-reliant lifestyle in the heart of the beautiful French countryside.

    We are Glen (UK) and Karen (South Africa), and together we’ve made France our home. Our lives are guided by permaculture, creativity,nature inspired,hard work and community.

    Karen is a certified permaculture designer, educator, and life coach.
    Glen has a background in engineering and a love for practical problem-solving. His passions include woodland management, forest gardening, charcoal/biochar production, and aquaponics (a project waiting in the wings!).

    Life on the Smallholding

    Our land is alive with activity and projects. We share it with dogs, chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, and goats. We grow vegetables in raised beds and in a broadbed area and are busy establishing a low-maintenance perennial food forest. Our pigs are pasture-raised for meat and land clearance and are part of a local Community Pig Club, and we use our sheep’s wool in craft projects. Animal welfare is central to what we do, and we treat every creature here with respect and care.

    We also manage our pastures through rotational grazing and run an eco-grazing service in our local area to improve biodiversity and degraded land. As co-founders of a local community association, we often get involved in collaborative projects and events — and volunteers are welcome to join in!

    Current Projects

    We’d love your help with a variety of hands-on tasks. Current priorities include:
    * Small building projects (e.g. pergola for solar panels, gates, and other improvements)
    * Fencing for sheep and pigs
    * Land clearing and maintenance
    * Splitting and stacking firewood
    * taking down several dead trees

    🌿 What you’ll experience here

    Staying with us is more than just helping out — it’s about learning, sharing, and immersing yourself in permaculture life. We’re always happy to share what we’ve learned (the successes and the mistakes!) and we love hearing new ideas too. Volunteers often say they leave with fresh skills, new confidence, and a deeper sense of connection to the land.

    If you’re curious about sustainable permaculture, enjoy being outdoors, and want to experience a working small farm in action, this is a place to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.

    ℹ️ Important Notes

    * We have four friendly dogs, so volunteers must be comfortable around animals.
    * We ask for a minimum stay of one week (7 days) so that you can settle in and have a meaningful experience.

    ✨ Come Join Us

    If you’re looking to immerse yourself in nature, learn more about permaculture, and contribute to a living, breathing smallholding, we’d love to welcome you.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Sprachpraxis
    Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
    Gartenarbeiten
    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Betreuung von Tieren
    Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
  • Interessengebiete

    Interessengebiete

    Nachhaltigkeit
    Politik & Soziales
    Kultur
    Farmarbeit
    Fotografie
    Gärtnern
    Bücher
    Heimwerken & DIY
    Kochen & Backen
    Tischlerarbeiten
    Tiere
    Natur
    Outdoor-Aktivitäten
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Chance to experience the French countryside.
    Great food and drink in a friendly warm household
    Sharing our experience and knowledge in the field of regenerative agriculture, permaculture and woodland management.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Helping out with animals routines, moving animals, cleaning animal areas setting up new camps
    Growing food - planting seeds, weeding, harvesting
    We also need help with log splitting, wood chipping (which we use for mulch) and woodland management
    Mowing, hedge trimming and any other general garden duties

  • Sprachen

    Gesprochene Sprachen
    Afrikaans: Fließend
    Englisch: Fließend
    Französisch: Grundkenntnisse
    Niederländisch: Grundkenntnisse

    Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
    We are still learning French and would love to improve our basic skills, in exchange we would be willing to help you improve your English language skills.

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    Comfortable yurt accommodation with a double bed including linen and towels. Compost loo and shower right next to the yurt. Your own private outdoor kitchen which is well equipped.
    We usually have breakfast and lunches together (we can cater for vegetarian diets but not vegan unfortunately) and you are then free to prepare your own food in the evening.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We have bikes available to explore the local area. Lots of walks from the house. Unfortunately as we are quiet rural there is no public transport direct from our property, but we are only 5km from 2 nearest towns.
    Larger city such as Lorient 35km away, and many interesting and historic villages in the area.
    We are willing to pick up workaways from train stations within reasonable distance, and offer lifts to shops or local attractions when we are able.

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    We have satellite internet connection which we have found more effective than other services, however you will not have wifi signal in the yurt but there is local 4g connection. The wifi is effective and adequate for most remote working needs. We are happy to host digital nomads by prior arrangement.

  • Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

    We have a flat field space that is suitable for camper vans and motorhomes.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    zwei

  • Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    Meine Tiere/Haustiere

    Jerry, Jet, Millie and Syrah

    Jerry, Jet, Millie and Syrah

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