The image depicts a man and woman posing for a selfie on a rooftop, with a picturesque rural landscape featuring trees, fields, and a tractor in the background.
The image depicts a vibrant garden with a variety of flowers, including pink and purple blooms, set against a backdrop of a red house and trees.
The image depicts two individuals wearing lettuce as headpieces, standing behind a counter with a sink and cutting board, in what appears to be a kitchen or food preparation area.
The image depicts a man and woman harvesting leafy greens from a garden, with the man kneeling beside the woman and a green crate of greens in front of them.
The image depicts a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a white bucket, featuring a diverse array of blooms in shades of white, orange, red, and green.
The image depicts a cluttered room filled with an assortment of flowers and plants, featuring tables and shelves, with a concrete floor and a bright light source from the right side.
A woman with blonde hair stands in a grassy field, holding a yellow bucket of pink flowers above her head, smiling at the camera.
The image depicts a rustic wheelbarrow filled with green plastic crates containing fresh vegetables, situated in a lush field with a small dog standing nearby.
A man is bent over in a garden, tending to a row of flowers and plants with wooden stakes in the background.
The image shows a greenhouse with a wooden frame, featuring a large windowed door and a smaller door, surrounded by a fence, with a grassy area in the background.
The image depicts a person raking soil in a field, with another person working on a tractor in the background, surrounded by trees and a clear blue sky.
Two men are building a greenhouse, standing inside the structure with wooden frames and plastic sheeting, surrounded by trees and a blue sky with white clouds.
The image depicts a white camper trailer with red stripes and a Swedish flag on the front, parked in a grassy area surrounded by trees.
The image depicts a small room with a black and white checkered floor, featuring a couch, a kitchenette, and a doorway leading to another room with a window.

Learn about organic gardening and connect with nature outside Örsundsbro, Sweden

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  • Description

    Description

    Our name is Karl and Malin and we are living on our farm since 2016. We have a couple of kids and also a fat cat (that likes to be left alone).

    We met in gardening-school and have since then worked as gardeners and farmers for a few years in England and Norway and are happy to finally have our own farm!
    We grow flowers, veggies and fruit for the farmers market in Stockholm (which runs May and Aug-Oct). We also run a small fruitree nursery and there is a small farmshop here on the farm.

    But since we cant offer paid possition we invite volonters to help with other projekts on the farm, not with our business, like tendning our private garden, paint barns and other projects with buildings, grassland, firewood chopping, artwork etc
    There is always things to be done around here =)

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    General Maintenance
  • Interests

    Interests

    Politics / Social justice
    Sustainability
    Farming
    Plant care
    Cooking & food
    Gardening
    Nature
    Winter sports
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Since we are both experienced gardeners you will have the opportunity to learn about organic vegetable growing, gardening, flower farming and nature.

  • Help

    Help

    It is a lot of basic things that needs to get done around here.
    I.e. moving stuff/rocks/dirt around, painting barns, cut and staple firewood, cutting down trees, trim grass, tend the garden and so on. The work varies with the season and the weather.
    We are outside most of the time! In all kinds of weather. (So you have to bring clothes/boots to accommodate this)
    And the help is mostly physical (not always hard but you will at least use your hands and feet to get things done). This means that you need to be in some sort of active condition to like to be here.

    It´s important that you both can and feel comfortable with doing tasks on your own!
    We are not always here during the days. But most days we are and we are always back in the afternoon tho.

    We understand that you are on some sort of vacation, but it is important that you understand that we are trying to make a living from farming and respect that by doing your best at the tasks you are given.
    We always communicate with the volunteers to find good work that they are comfortable doing.

    We only accept volunteers 26 years old or older.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a sweet caravan for you in sunset position.
    We prefer to have a couple of volunteers at a time. We eat together in our house and we help each other with cooking and doing dishes and cleaning up. We can not normally cater any special diets except vegetarian.
    If you have a suger addiction, BYO suger.
    You are welcome inside our house until 19.00 in the evening when we need to put kid to bed etc.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There is wi-fi access in/by our house.
    The farm is about 1,5 h away from Stockholm (by public transportation) and 30 min from Uppsala and Enköping. Closest bus stop is 8 km away.
    You can always get a ride to/from the buss in Örsundsbro with Kalle then he goes/comes from work.
    In the nearby village Örsundsbro (12km) you find a supermarket, some small shops, café, a small marina, a small rural cinema and a lot of busses taking you to Uppsala, Bålsta, Enköping and Västerås and so on. See ul.se for timetable.
    Around the farm there is forests, lakes and farmland to explore.
    We have bikes you can borrow.
    When we go to farmersmarket in Sthlm, in the autumn, there is sometimes 1-2 seats available in the van if you want a ride.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There is no problem to park a caravan or similar or pich a tent =) We can offer electricity and an outdoor composting toilet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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The image depicts a vibrant garden with a variety of flowers, including pink and purple blooms, set against a backdrop of a red house and trees.
The image depicts two individuals wearing lettuce as headpieces, standing behind a counter with a sink and cutting board, in what appears to be a kitchen or food preparation area.
The image depicts a man and woman harvesting leafy greens from a garden, with the man kneeling beside the woman and a green crate of greens in front of them.
The image depicts a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a white bucket, featuring a diverse array of blooms in shades of white, orange, red, and green.
The image depicts a cluttered room filled with an assortment of flowers and plants, featuring tables and shelves, with a concrete floor and a bright light source from the right side.
A woman with blonde hair stands in a grassy field, holding a yellow bucket of pink flowers above her head, smiling at the camera.
The image depicts a rustic wheelbarrow filled with green plastic crates containing fresh vegetables, situated in a lush field with a small dog standing nearby.
A man is bent over in a garden, tending to a row of flowers and plants with wooden stakes in the background.
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The image shows a greenhouse with a wooden frame, featuring a large windowed door and a smaller door, surrounded by a fence, with a grassy area in the background.
The image depicts a person raking soil in a field, with another person working on a tractor in the background, surrounded by trees and a clear blue sky.
Two men are building a greenhouse, standing inside the structure with wooden frames and plastic sheeting, surrounded by trees and a blue sky with white clouds.
The image depicts a man and woman posing for a selfie on a rooftop, with a picturesque rural landscape featuring trees, fields, and a tractor in the background.
The image depicts a white camper trailer with red stripes and a Swedish flag on the front, parked in a grassy area surrounded by trees.
The image depicts a small room with a black and white checkered floor, featuring a couch, a kitchenette, and a doorway leading to another room with a window.

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