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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.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
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.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
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.
Languages spoken
Dutch: Fluent
English: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
A single room (aprox. 20m2), with a double bed, a desk and a private bathroom (sink, shower and toilet)
What else ...
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!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host 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).
Space for parking camper vans
We have a parking lot where you can park/camp
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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