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Description
"We are a small rural homestead nestled along the banks of the River Boyne in the UNESCO World Heritage Park near the historic Newgrange site.
Our homestead includes pet cats and dogs, vibrant vegetable gardens, beehives, a flourishing orchard, a mix of chickens, ducks and geese that all add life to the land.
We're passionate about sustainability and often engage in a variety of interesting projects, from eco-friendly builds to creative upcycling.
If you love nature, gardening, animals, or hands-on projects, our homestead offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in rural life. You'll have the chance to learn about organic gardening, help care for our animals and work with bees. You can learn to cook, bake, make jams and preserve food.
Join us to experience the peaceful charm of living by the river in Co Meath, while contributing to our sustainable way of life!".
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
House sitting
Interests
Events & social
Movies & TV
Culture
Pets
Sustainability
Farming
Plant care
Photography
Performing arts
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Music
History
DIY & crafts
Books
Architecture
Art & design
Fitness
Winter sports
Beach
Camping
Hiking
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Outdoor activities
Animals
Cycling
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Living and sharing with the Family, we are multilingual. Our house is situated by the River Boyne in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Park and a short walk from Newgrange Visitor Centre, one of Ireland's 'must see' tourist sights.
We love to grow and eat yummy food. We'd be delighted to share all our knowledge on organic gardening, harvesting, cooking and baking. We make jams, pickles and harvest honey from our bees.
If you are interested to learn about our traditional building methods like whitewashing and willow builds using ecological and salvaged materials we'd be delighted to share this knowledge with you too.
In your free time, the local villages of Donore and Slane offer pubs with traditional music evenings and great food, sight seeing, historical walks, a museum, Slane Castle famous for its rock concerts etc. etc...
Wonderful opportunities for those interested in local history, river walks, photography, nature, art, languages lots of fun and the good life.
Help
We would like help in the garden growing our own food, from sowing seeds to weeding and composting.
Harvesting fruit in season and tree care.
Caring for the animals.
We have Bees which are also very interesting to work with and learn about.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We speak English at home and we love chatting to people, it makes life interesting and great fun. We are both learning Irish at the moment we've very happy to teach you a few words.
Accommodation
We offer a nice bedroom and a family bath room. Shared living room area and kitchen in our historic Water Mill.
We love to have at least 1x meal a day together as a family.
Yes, there will be Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in our house, most of the time with family, but sometimes you will have to help yourself.
What else ...
Getting around:
We are a 30+ minute walk from Slane village, where buses depart every hour for Dublin, Navan and beyond.
There are local buses leaving Newgrange visitors centre (a short walk away) for Donore and Drogheda where you can get another bus to Dublin Airport, and from there, to anywhere in Ireland!!
We offer lifts at times when needed and we have Bikes available too.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a space at the side of our house and you can plug into the electricity if needed.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Florian worked so hard at clearing and chopping wood. He prepared a excellent wood pile for us.
Our young grand daughters miss him too, he was excellent doing art and crafts with them and reading with them...even in Irish!
We would highly… read more
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Florian worked so hard at clearing and chopping wood. He prepared a excellent wood pile for us.
Our young grand daughters miss him too, he was excellent doing art and crafts with them and reading with them...even in Irish!
We would highly… read more
As for the actual day to day, I mostly worked with… read more
