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Bonjour ! Namasté !
Would you like to come and enjoy a most extraordinary landscape ?
Endless peaceful views; green hills and valleys, lakes and untouched forests, a paradise for wildlife !
The place is aimed on running a tree nursery saving ancient fruit varieties, (there are more than 950 fruit trees in reprodution here !!), a tremendous realisation !
I need help in march, april, may then september, october and november. (sometimes febuary and june according to the weather)
The autumn, winter is a very very busy period for the tree nursery. In spring there is more time and different activities.
The rest of the year Chloë doesn't have enough time for volonters unfortuntly for now.
We are organising a special course for saving ancient varieties of fruit trees this october and november, we are searching for a few willing happy helpers ! T
Don't hesitate to get in touch for more details :)
There is also a pottery workshop with amazing blue glazes, stonewear that can give a result of singing bowls, like tibetan bowls :)
You have here the oportunity to a large variety of different activities according to season, and many fruit to taste ! biodiversity is so generous ! Life is beautiful !
Beware, in the summer I am often away from the net, so I can't answer your messages quikly
ABOUT THE PLACE
Twelve hectares of Permaculture gardens, orchards, forest gardens, over 950 different species of fruit trees and thousands of trees and perfumed plants and flowers, A tree nursery in PERMACULTURE since 1998 !
There is a new team fruit tree nursery Johanne and Joffray (near Bourganeuf).
The association's aim is to save local biodiversity of fruit trees, by organising courses about how to take care of trees and nature and biodiversity through all it's shapes and also by sustaining the tree nursery project.
You may get to meet other amazing volunteers, lovely cats and a kind bit "mountain pyrénée" white dog. lots of wild bees and other amazing insects...
Here we try and live soft and gentle with the planet, eat organic local food, recycle and be economic with resources, try and cultivate peaceful relations with all, use a compost toilet which you can see in the photos...
A couple of kms away there is also a family pottery workshop creating beautiful strong stoneware with blue glaze, if you are here long enough you can have a go on the pottery wheel !
Chloë speaking: I've built a few ecological houses, an amazing stone house that is not yet finished (hard for me to find time out of the tree nursery) I have also built a beautiful earthship (see photos!) which I built out of mainly recycled materials, it's in cordwood.
You will be staying in a little stone house two kms distance from the gardens, that is the commodities I can offer for now with basic comfort, toilets, kitchen and nice dining room, hot water... This house is dediated to welcome volunteers in the the periods when we most need help it can be too cold for camping, it is going to be renovated as soon as we can :)
ABOUT THE WORK, ACTIVITY:
By being here you can benefit from a skill knowledge of 25 years of permaculture, but you have to pick up the experience while going through activities together, keep a notebook in hand ! to keep questions for moments when Chloe is available to answer, or ask other members as you spend time with them :)
In autumn the main activity is a delicate and physical one: digging out trees, need people with strengh but gentleness also. It is an intence period of year where there is a lot of work to do ! I am very busy with the digging out trees activity.
We don't welcome new volonters from jully to september, nore november to febuary, but can welcome long terme volonters for full years if you enjoy the place. It is a lovely place ! I will send you videos if you wish.
ABOUT US, The people you may get to discover !
CHLOË
I'm a kind, generous and sensitive person, very busy with the tree nursery because there is so much to do.
Life is Beautiful !!!
I am a sort of nature and life passionate, I love being alone within nature, human relations can be quite difficult for me though I love people ! (hypersensitive I prefer to meet them one by one and take time, the only difficulty here is that there is enough work for ten ! So I do organise sessions when I welcome many volunteers at once, hoping they can benefit from the presence of each other !
I am passionate about Vipassana Meditation, Kundalini Yoga, peaceful lifestyle, raw food, gentleness to the planet and all beings.. and over everything I am in love with mother earth and Life ! I also love being in touch with light beings, like nature spirits.
(I should mention that due to severe health problems from birth, I require a special diet (gluten free, dairy free, cereal free and eat raw food mostly) so I will not often share meals with you. I like to spend meal as meditative time alone :)
We will try and take time to meet around other activities : while grafting, weeding, watering, processing fruit crops, transplanting...and at the pottery !
In general I have plenty of energy from 6 to 11, then in the afternoon too, but not so much in the evenings: I love to dive back into nature for the sunset ! I sleep in the woods under the beautiful sky ! the best bedroom ever !
I like to work with courageous efficient people, otherwise I also love to work alone, living within and for nature demands courage !
Sorry I am alergique to smoke, so could be difficult for smokers.
JULIEN who has started a vegetable market garden last year, doesn't speak much english. (lives about 5km away) would also be happy for some help, he goes to town quite often and can give you a ride...
JOCELYNE
J’habite à deux kilomètres des jardins, j’ai plaisir à rencontrer et partager et je peux aussi accueillir chez moi et vous mon association Joyevivace (la découverte de la nature partout, pour tous et avec plaisir !). Je viens de temps en temps. Soyez les bienvenus ! On baragouinera en franglais !
POTTERY FAMILLY
Michele and Jean-Pierre
15 kms away lives a very lovely family of potters who can welcome you for a few days in exchange for some helping hand, sometimes, they are not always available (right now visiting family in India)
My parents are lovely, my father will give you his lecture of his philosophie of life and my mum will teach you lots of handy things, if you get to meet them …
The help there can involve helping in the pottery workshop or organic gardens... They live in a big place, beautiful gardens, Michele loves her flower gardens, loves to sing and share some music (guitar, piano…)
These lovely parents took us traveling around the world in a bus when we were kids, to see how different cultures can be and to see our lovely planet, my brothers and sisters brought back « souvenirs » so I have 17 nethews and nieces from India, Pakistan, Nepal, China… a multicultural familly !
Gwendy and other brother and sisters
9 km away there is my beloved musician sister Gwendy and her 2 children, she plays bensouri flute and sings boliwood and traditional karnatic indian music.
Mother of Aileen and Ayan, she also loves rainbow festivals ! and mantras
You will also meet other brother and sisters who live nearby and come to the pottery: Candace (with two half indian children) Sève (with two half chinese children), Lionel and Pallavi (from india with their four children), Charly (and Shazia from Pakistan and their 4 children)…
When the tree nursery is active (from septembre to june), lots of friends come and go, give a helping hand. from december to march the tree nursery is too busy to welcome new .volonters but there are the other options (pottery, Julien, etc) In spring and autumn you will be helping on the different project, with a prority to the tree nursery needs.
WORKWISE Activities
In the summer period we work in the mornings so you can enjoy the sun and the beautiful surroundings in the afternoons. Chloë starts at 7am because she does'nt like to work in the heat. After ten it can be really hot !
I can welcome hardy, joyful and self-sufficient volunteers who are happy to be in nature.
Garden work can be quite hard work !
You can also receive trees and amazing plants in exchange for your help here, if you stay for long enough :)
I am also looking for the right person to employ on a long term basis as a partner for the tree nursery, who can take over the project.
ACCOMMODATION
The house has two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living room, it is two kms from the tree nursery (there are three bicycles).
There is plenty of organic cereals, dry beans in addition to what I produce in the garden : squash, courgettes, and delicious jams and apple juice and over 100 varieties of apple to taste every autumn ! (250 varieties already give fruit)
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE IMPORTANT !
As we live in a Natural paradice, one of the most unpopulated area of Europe, it is a chalenge to arrive, long jurney by bus, train…
I can pick you up on Tuesday and thursday in Aubusson from 11 to 18h30 only. if this doesn't work for you we will have to see if Julien can pick you up.
Have a great day ! And maybe see you soon !
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
With Chloë: I live in a lifestile very far from the consumer society, produce most of my food (fruit and vegetables) and don't often go to town.
With Julien: apprendre le français
With the pottery familly: pottery, and children
All around : an amazing powerful untouched nature !
Help
planting trees, weeding, pruning...
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Hindi: Beginner
Accommodation
I rent a house around 2km from the land which has all the essentials (beds, kitchen with gas cooker and oven, hot water with bath and shower and flushing toilet). You can treat this place as you would your own house for the time you stay. I will try and supply you with some fresh vegetables from the garden depeding on what time of year it is.
I can lend you a bike to get to and from the land and this should only take around 10-15 mins. It is a little uphill when cycling to the village but it is smooth sailing coming to the land so coming here may take maybe 10 mins or so
What else ...
Walking distance: The nature around is beautiful, woods, great old trees,
Driving distance: there are many alternative communities about half hour drive south, an interesting big family pottery nearby, lots of little lakes, one very big one.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
N'hésitez pas à demander, si votre animal est propre et sage
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours maximum 5 days a week
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Her 2 gigantic gardens of heaven are sooo beautiful. They deserve great treatment.
Please go visit and help Chloé to develop and preserve these pure gems of gardens in the heart of Limousin.
Wish you the best Chloé. Be strong, be safe. Hope we'll meet up again. Someday..… read more
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Her 2 gigantic gardens of heaven are sooo beautiful. They deserve great treatment.
Please go visit and help Chloé to develop and preserve these pure gems of gardens in the heart of Limousin.
Wish you the best Chloé. Be strong, be safe. Hope we'll meet up again. Someday..… read more
The work was transplanting plants, digging holes, planting, weeding and a couple other little jobs. It was a little… read more
Because it was my first project, I just wanted to start, make myself usefull and use my body to do physicaly work. I did a lot of digging, weating and moving tree’s. For me this was… read more
Charming and very courageous woman !
Always ready to get into action ! and she is very skilled ! and fast at realising everything she starts.
I would like to meet you again Laura, so don't hesitate to come again whenever !
Have a beautiful experience and adventure in this beautiful Life !
Lots of love !
This was my first Work experience and I never thought that it will be so perfect. :relaxed: Chloe is very warm and friendly person with whom it’s easy to connect. She has made available a whole house for you, in which there are… read more
I hope we can stay in touch and meet again ! Have a beautiful life and come back soon !
For hosts : It was such a gift to meet this lovely courageous young woman ! amazing woman, 18 years old and so… read more
Once again thank you so much, you are one of the kindest people I’ve ever met and I’m so grateful I got to experience your tree nursery, I learnt so much!
And now for you, future workawayer... Clohë’s place is truly amazing. The views and the landscape in general is amazing and you’ll get to do things that you would have never done… read more
She is a courageous lady, it was lovely to meet her. Have a lovely time ! and thank you for your help :)
Christopher, don't hesitate to come back some day when there are not too many helpers around, so we can get… read more
This place is a rare treasure. You will have to see it to believe it.
Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
And watch out! Because you might just learn something.
Namaste.
He stayed with us two months and I will be so happy if he would like to come back any time !
I would highly recommand him, he is a great volonter and hope he would have me as a friend too one day, when I don't make him work so… read more
Will look forward to meeting you again, until then enjoy avery second !
Have a bautiful life and hope to hear from you again... Take care :)
So sweet, so kind and helpful, good character, inthousiast at work, motivated, it was a real pleasure to work with him. He stayed for six weeks and helped with so much: digging out trees, strawberries, and all sorts of plants, transplanting, joining on the markets and… read more
People wanting to stay with Chloë will need to be prepared to work hard and sometimes long hours, but will be rewarded by excellent company, spectacular… read more
It feels like no words could be powerful enough...
Jean Michel was amazing !
From far out the best helper I have ever met. Stunning ! He won't be happy to read my feedback because he is humble and will think I'm exagerating, but (sorry Jean Michel) I have to speak truth : you were, as close as one… read more
He won't make you feel unatease as a host...or maybe for a short joke!
he is unique in the Universe, so do the detour through his farm, lots of fun to experience and meet cows, donkey, sheep... hope you won't meat them.
He's a wise old farmer !
The only problem with this helper is : when he has gone, there is an empty space, it takes a little while to accept/realise he has gone. Maybe he has a strange magical power that makes you feel so much at ease that you think he has and will always be there by your side.
Such a lovely caring person.
We don't meet many … read more
