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We are a couple of 57 years and 67 years young. We own a small meditation centre near Bruges were we give coaching, massage and workshops. We love to cook healthy food with biological ingredients. That's why we want to transform the garden and be able to use it to its fullest potential. Our goal is to eventually create a small permaculture garden, to grow all sorts of edibles for our own consumption. We live in the countryside with a dog, 4 cats, and 5 chickens.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you are interested in spirituality, natural health, nature, permaculture, personal development and being in a caring and fun environment then you will feel right at home here.
Help
Mostly we would like help in the garden, depending on the season and the weather for example, weeding, mowing the lawn, sweeping and cleaning the terraces, pruning, mulching, watering the plants, digging, making compost, harvesting fruit and vegetables, feeding the chickens... If you love cooking, you can choose to prepare the diner yourself or we can cook together and share recipes. We also need a hand with cleaning and maintenance in and around the house. We are flexible and open to honest communication, that means you'll usually have some choice in what task to do or project to help on. We don't ask help with any tasks relating to the meditation centre.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
French: IntermediateAccommodation
We have accommodation for 1 persons in a small caravan.
There is always food available during the day. We mostly only cook at the end of the day and if you want we can share this meal together. We can cook vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose free if this is necessary.
You can use the kitchen, the bathroom and the toilet in our house as long as you take care of everything.
We provide sheets, blankets, towels, ...
We like you to take care of everything you use and keep the caravan and the house clean. When you use something put it back where you took it. Also whenever you use garden tools or other tools, please put them back in the right place.
We would like you to take care of the environment, so closing doors while the heater is on, turning off the lights when you are not in the room, recycling the rubbish, no spilling food or water...
There is WIFI available and free to use. There is a campfire place in the garden.
We have a sauna barrel and do one or two sessions a week, you are welcome to join us. There's also a small swimming pool to cool down in.
We like playing all sorts of games, boardgames and card games indoors, number kubb and Pétanque outdoors, we even have a small terrain provided to play this Jeu-de-boules game.
We are non smokers and prefer a workawayer who does not smoke.
We definitely don't take people in who take drugs.What else ...
This is a good place if you like being in nature. If you like going to the city, you have to consider we live rather remotely. Bruges is approximately 12 km away, you can get there by bus (there's a 20 minute walk from the house to the busstop). From Bruges you can take the train to Gent, Bruxelles, Antwerp, the beach (Oostende, Knokke...) The picturesque city Damme is 10 km away with beautiful bicycle routes, we have a bike you can use. You can also do nice walks in the neighborhood.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a normal WIFI connection.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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I am hugely grateful to this lovely family for taking such wonderful… read more
I was meant to stay for 10 days but extended to 3 weeks as I fell inlove with the place.
Aruna and Utsa are extremely kind, welcoming and caring. They were always so lovely to interact with and I'm so glad I got to spend so much time with them. They treat you like family.… read more
She is really a nice person, a hard worker and we enjoyed the pasta and pizza that she made for us.
Aruna and Utsa, they were very kind to me, they gave me everything I needed. You can feel the love between them and their pets.
The tasks were different, Aruna showed me what to do in the house or in the garden and allowed me to be very… read more
Utsa and Aruna have been wonderful guests to me, and they are the best.
You’ll have your own space in the caravan which is just perfect, and walking up with the sound of birds is… read more
I was allowed to choose between different tasks daily and it was a pleasure to further create… read more