Looking for help to build things and create a permaculture garden in Lamunin, Brunei

Brunei

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We are situated in the village of Lamunin, Tutong district of Brunei. We are easy-going and friendly family running a small garden. The garden is often used for educational purposes by local and international student and other group/tour for various activities as well a place for the nature enthusiast.

We are also hosting various of activities likely farmer market, farm-to-table events and farm cooking classes and its always something to build or repair.

The internet access is very limited, we advise you to buy your own sim card if you require internet connection.

We looking for volunteers who are independent, reliable, energetic and flexible.

You must have a broad mind for cultural differences.

Due to current pandemic and movement restrictions in Brunei, we are not able to accommodate workawayers till further notice. Its may take months/year or more [finger crossed]

Worry not-once the restriction lifted and we love to welcome new family member-we will keep update.

Till things get better, stay safe and happy travelling
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We will support you with the most important needs such as a place to stay (your own room), food and drinks, transportation and sightseeing around Brunei.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Currently and on going we are looking for people who are keen to set up e.g. a terrace, a small cottage house, creating a small Permaculture garden, building paths to and from structures, providing some creative ideas (painting, decorating) on how to improve the garden.

Some tasks can be extremely strenuous while others may be rather sedentary.

We are open to any ideas, if you have something else you think you can offer please let us know.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Indonesian: Fluent
Malay: Fluent
Accommodation
You will have your own room. We are cooking regularly our own food coming straight from the garden and community stall.
What else ...
When ever you have nothing to do or you feel like discovering the near vicinity you are free to get in touch with us and we arrange transport to some beautiful areas around the country. You can see e.g. crocodiles, monkey (proboscis, long tail monkeys etc), monitor lizards, hornbills and many more. We have a great white sand beach in Tutong and a beautiful national park in Temburong. There are plenty of options for you
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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01/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Corentin) for host

I spend around 3 weeks in February at the Garden, and I am glad I did! Yanong and Eyon are two extremely motivated women about their project, and you can see the amount of work that has been put in over its 5 years of existence!
Living and eating with the family inside the main house definitely helped me feeling like I was part of their family,… read more

(Excellent )

27/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Corentin)

We had a great three week experience with Coco. He is really good in drawing and good help in other chores. Thank you very much Coco and whenever you want to come back, you will be welcome and you always have a place on board.

(Excellent )

27/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Keisuke)

Due to his study commitment, Keisuke only able to stayed for a short time. We are happy to welcome him on board. Hope you have a great time. We wish you success in all your future endeavour.

(Very good )

27/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Adib)

It's was very late feed back. Jaga stayed with us two weeks in January 2020. His help very much appreciated during his stay with us. We wish him all the best in his travelling.

(Very good )

22/01/2020

Left by Workawayer (Allee) for host

Both the girls were great, it felt like I was just a friend from out of town that they wanted to show around. I really appreciate all they were able to show me and I feel like I got a good glimpse of the culture in Brunei. The work wasn’t exactly what I expected but I still enjoyed my time there.

(Very good )

20/01/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Allee)

Allee is very friendly easy to hangout. She is very independence and can adapt to every situation. Thank you for your time and hard work. We wish your happy travel.

(Excellent )

08/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Ana) for host

I stayed 1 week here and had a good time. I had opportunity to meet all family and community. From the beginning they gave me freedom to create my own project and schedule, sometimes I felt a bit lost looking for the right tools and materials to use, but at the end it was possible to finish my small garlic garden project. It's very calm area,… read more

(Very good )

21/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Libby)

Libby is extremely motivated, always respectful and polite young soul. She was great help in the garden, helping with cooking and cleaning and also with the general maintenance, painting and assist during the activity. It's was a huge help.

Libby also love of a good play with young kid and have enjoy time playing with baby Nadim.

It was a great… read more

(Excellent )

07/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Charlie)

Charlie and Libby were warm and full of energy young soul. They helped us a lot with the general maintenance, painting and make pan cake for our visitors during our star gazing event. It's a huge help.
We very much appreciated all their helped and would happily welcome them back.

(Excellent )

21/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Simon)

Very late feedback! but Simon is dearly missed as a family. He is a very easy going, good listener and down to earth person. He has carpentry skills and arts talent. Two week with us, too short but its always a great help as he never says no to a task. He will think through what he is going to do and make sure he does a good job, therefore it is… read more

(Excellent )

21/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Rebecca & Richard)

Rebecca and Rich were lovely and always smile . They are enthusiastic! They did lots of general maintenance and painting. The time with them little bit short due to their travel scheduled. Its a huge help when they are around and we learned little more about the forest bathing! We wish you both well in all your future adventures.

(Excellent )

14/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Rebecca & Richard) for host

Thank you Eyon and family for a fantastic stay. We came for just over a week and had a brilliant time building paths and painting. As well as helping with a couple of garden events. Eyon and her family are extremely welcoming and the work they do with the community garden is really impressive - bringing everyone together in a beautiful natural… read more

(Excellent )

02/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Maximilian) for host

I really enjoy my time here. We built a bar out of wood and did some maintenance work. Also we helped preparing food. Apart from that, the family did lots of sightseeing with us. We had a great opportunity for cultural exchange. Also the nature in Brunei is really beautiful. I can recommend the workaway!

(Excellent )

19/09/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Maximilian)

Max is very pleasant, always interested, keen to help and willing to do any task. It was our pleasure hosting you and please come visit again anytime !

(Excellent )

27/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Karolina & Ewelina) for host

It was our first workaway experience and we couldn't have find better host! We had planned to stay just for one week but we extended it for one more. The work was pleasant and creative based on helping in the garden. Everyday Eyon took us to different place and showed us local culture. We stayed at her house so we befriended with all family and… read more

(Excellent )

01/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Karolina & Ewelina)

Sorry for the late feedback.

We loved having Karolina and Ewelina, both are bright and bubbly individual.

They help us makes the garden become more lively with their own creative ideas.

Thanks a lot for joining us and you are always welcome here!

(Excellent )

09/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Daniele) for host

Thanks to be the place that you are and hosted me.
I've been there almost 2 weeks. Most of the work was pretty easy, maintenance, cleaning, painting, helping in the kitchen etc. I also took some pics. There are a lot of different kind of visitors so is cool to keep the garden always nice.
The food is really strange... In a good way! They have… read more

(Excellent )

22/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Daniele)

Daniele is very dedicated, enthusiastic young man and brought so much of positive energy.

Two weeks with him is too fast because of his energetic personality. He is always welcome in the garden whenever,wherever. Thank you for your time and all your hard work,

We wish you all the best for your future endeavours.

(Excellent )

13/08/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Kristina)

We are terrible sorry for the very late feedback. Kristina & Viktor are lovely and easy going soul. They help with the rooms painting, which long due task we are dying to do. It's a huge rescue for us. They also help with cooking and maintenance and always willing to help with whatever task needed to be done .

Thank you for your time with us and… read more

(Excellent )

08/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Tetiana) for host

Eyon's family has a large garden near the quiet village Tutong.
It's a magic place! You can pick mangoes and durians directly from the ground or see how lizards are coming out from eggs. You can meet there travellers and students from all over the world. You can cook and try local food, work in the garden and communicate with pets (turtles, cats… read more

(Excellent )

21/05/2019

Left by Workawayer (Carla) for host

Beautiful place, very cozy!
The house is very comfortable with all that you need, the food amazing, you can not stop to try all the plates!
And the project is very interesting, you can work with so many different things, they are very open to listen your opinion, new designs, builds, creativity... Is a big family!
Thanks for this experience! :)

(Excellent )

16/05/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Carla)

Carla was amazing and easy going. Very diligent and very helpful throughout the stay. During her stay the task more into building. Our sincere thanks to you! Hope you will be able to find more fun and thrill adventure in Asia!

(Excellent )

25/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Cristiana & João ) for host

This is an on going project and being able to help in any way we could was a pleasure.
We helped with their website and YouTube channel, did some promotional videos and helped with some construction work (bamboo hut, renovating steps, creating new signs for the garden...) and we also helped cooking sometimes.
We were welcomed into their home and… read more

(Excellent )

25/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Cristiana & João )

Cristiana & Joao were perfect workawayers. They have amazing personalities and enjoy learning about the culture and life of the people in the country. They help us a lot on our website. They are very enthusiastic and very supportive when there was anything we needed. We enjoyed their company a lot. See you again! We will meet many times again.

(Excellent )

20/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Greg & Maja) for host

What an experience! This place has everything that a proper Workaway project should be like: you are not only helping, you are becoming a part of family, community. Eyon and her family were extraordinary and gave us a lot of freedom so we could go ahead with the projects we came up with. We only stayed for one week as we were tight with a time but… read more

(Excellent )

19/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Greg & Maja)

Greg & Maja very lovely and amazing couple with full of positive energy and always smiling. Both very responsible and with their charming attitude they get along easily with everyone. A week stayed too short as time fly fast but they shared lots of enthusiastic ideas with lots of love and energy to improve the garden.
It was such a pleasure… read more

(Excellent )

17/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Hugo)

Hugo is self motivated, hard working and super energetic. He has lots of skills and experienced. It's a great pleasure to host Hugo. The bioconstruction project is very challenging for both of us, it's lots of hard work. He has put all his skills and take a very details that turn this project so beautifully. We can't thank you enough. We had… read more

(Excellent )

15/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Hugo) for host

After spending 9 weeks in this eco-garden I just can say this had been my best experience volunteering in projects like this.
The family is so charming and they help you to feel part of it since the very first moment.
The food they provide is the so healthy, is made with tones of love and extremely tasty.
I had my own room, so it's also easy to… read more

(Excellent )

06/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Aldar) for host

I wish workaway had more projects like this one! It was a great week in such a calm and nice place like this. Its pity I had stayed there only for a week, but I hope my help was useful for the garden. Eyon, Yanon and their family were so friendly and generous all the time. They are very communicative and can answer a lot of your questions about… read more

(Excellent )

04/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Aldar)

It was great to be able to host Aldar. He is independently, friendly, easy going and energetic. We are very much appreciated for all his hard work and time. He is always welcome back to the garden. Travel safe our friend!. Hope to see you again.

(Excellent )

31/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Pelle) for host

It was amazing time. Everything was perfect - food, accommodation, friendly people. If you have fantasy to create something in the garden they give you green way to do it. Especially nice was meeting local people, see how they really live, eat with them.

Thanks!!!!!!! Pelle

(Excellent )

15/03/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Pelle)

Pelle helped us for 3 weeks ++ , he has building skill that helps a lot. He works so hard. We are appreciated his effort and attention to detail when completing the task to the very highest standard. He is a great company and easy going and become a great friend. All the best big Pelle!

(Excellent )

08/03/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Rebekka)

Rebekka and Leon have made best of their effort, adventurous soul whose willing to take up new challenge. During a week stay, they help us a lot with the eco project which is into building. The building is fun, hard work and with the dry and hot weather, we understand its very challenge for them but with good working and learning attitude, they… read more

(Excellent )

07/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Rebekka) for host

Even though we helped only one week everybody let us feel like a part of the family - a really big one!
The work was more building than gardening during our stay, but it was fun as well and we learned a lot. Thank you for this experience and the amazing food!
We really enjoyed this volunteering and would definitely go back.

(Excellent )

12/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Ginny & Jose )

Throughout his stay Jose had helped us a lot on the technology part. He is an excellent photographer. He helped us creating video and took wonderful photo of the garden for our IG & Facebook. He is also handy in maintenance work and general task around the garden. He has contribute a lot to the garden and we wish him all the best for his new… read more

(Excellent )

12/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Syed Mohamed khidzir bin Syed)

Syed had been a great help and asset to us throughout his stay. He had been helping us with landscaping and looking after the garden. He always make sure the garden is tidy and presentable to our visitors. He is very pleasant, full of energy and dedicated to task given to him. He has contribute a lot to the garden and we wish him all the best for… read more

(Excellent )

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