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Hi, there. We created our project in 2013 and it grows and flourishes every year. The farm is for everyone who wants to learn more about the principles of Organic Farming and experience the real value of Eco-Living and be authentic close to Nature.
We are welcoming all motivated, creative and fun-loving people and families, who are looking for natural Self-Sustainable Life Projects and want to apply all their knowledge and inspiration into it. Also, if you’re a traveler on the way from Europe to Asia, we are the perfect stop on the main road to recharge batteries, relax and help us.
What we do:
We cultivate an eco veg garden with many different plants, herbs and fruits etc, by following the Permaculture philosophy combined with the Biodynamic calendar. Doing so we believe that together we are creating a positive change for sustainable growth with care to ourselves and nature. We are also producing our own label for teas & herbs, jams, syrups, honey (yes, we also have bees :), candles etc.
Our Story:
Our journey started by purchasing a piece of land (3000 sq.m at first, now almost 1 ha) with an abandoned house for 15 years in a small village 20 km east from Yambol, Bulgaria. Our building and reconstruction efforts are directed toward the use of natural materials such as wood, stones, hempcrete, clay etc.
Our project is a work “in progress” and from an organic farm we also shifted into an eco camp place for many international cyclers, travelers, backpackers and campervans.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
All volunteers will have personal contact with many of the guests that will visit the farm and they can easily make new friendships or exchange ideas on topics of interest. We usually make some small events in the farm such as Hempcrete Building Construction, Kids Farming Academy etc so you can meet new people there as well. We will also present you many of the Bulgarian cultures and traditions, especially around cooking. So if you are a foodie you will have the opportunity to try some new recipes. We will apply many of the Permaculture techniques and will learn about Agroforestry, Green Technology, Allelopathy.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Activities:
Permaculture gardening
Greenhouse
Forest garden
Bees and birds houses
Cooking and general maintenance
Reconstruction and renovating (geodomes, A-frames houses)
DIY projects
Board Games
Darts
Fireplace
*No fixed daily schedule, we’re flexible depending on the weаther or other needs.
Languages
Languages spoken
Bulgarian: Fluent
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We live in an old house with one room for volunteers with 2 single-beds. Please note, that if the volunteer's bedroom is occupied, you will be asked to sleep in a tent in the garden. The summertime has the perfect conditions to stay in a tent in Bulgaria. If you don’t have your own tent, we are more than willing to provide you with one. The kitchen area is a shared space and we provide 2 meals per day and season fruits as much as you want. We encourage everyone to take the initiative to prepare the meals.
It’s good to mention that we also eat meat and dairy products (from free animals, local food only) and if you’re strictly vegan or vegetarian, it’s possible to cook for yourself a separate meal.
The bathroom is outside and we use sun-heated, solar water for the shower that is really hot during the summer period.
The WC is a dry, compost toilet.
If you're with a caravan or camper, we can supply you with electricity and water.
What else ...
Near our site there’s a nice forest that you can visit, and there are some other sites of heritage that you can check. We are also located only 1 hr drive from the sea coast where we have many nice beaches for camping, parting, etc.
In the village we have a little grocery store, post office, library and a bar.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Digital nomads can stay in a geodome organic house and work from there. We offer strong internet connection for all digital nomads.
Space for parking camper vans
All travelers are welcome in the farm. We have nice land to park, big garden with organic food and water and electric plugins.
Can possibly accept pets
We have 2 sweet Labradors who loves to play with anyone.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Roel was a really nice boy with so much knowledge and skills about gardening, maintenance and living in community.
Finally he stay 2.5weeks and help so much in the farm. He is organize and working hard… read more
We worked our way trough… read more
Her Quince jam is so delicious.
Highly recommend for all hosts.
I could help with many different things and Anton would trust me with the tasks. No control, no hours counted and just nice to share time together. I fixed the fence, harvested the vegetables, build some boxes for the tulips, cleaned the… read more
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Roel was a really nice boy with so much knowledge and skills about gardening, maintenance and living in community.
Finally he stay 2.5weeks and help so much in the farm. He is organize and working hard… read more
We worked our way trough… read more
Her Quince jam is so delicious.
Highly recommend for all hosts.
I could help with many different things and Anton would trust me with the tasks. No control, no hours counted and just nice to share time together. I fixed the fence, harvested the vegetables, build some boxes for the tulips, cleaned the… read more
him. He has a lot of experiences and share them all the time. He helped us a lot. He was always ready to work whatever the activity.
Indeed, our rythmes were different, but we always found a compromise, and everything was fine.
It was a pleasure for us to meet Alex. He arrived at… read more
If we are back in bulgaria we will definitely stop over… read more
We wish them easy trip and send all the best. Warm hugs.
All of us just fall in love with you :)))
Silvia was all the time with us very friendly and helpful, wanted to learn and feel everything. She help us with our preparation about Summer Children Academy a lot, made a recycled flags and decorations around, preparing food, played with the children...
With person like her… read more
Mona, Antoan, Dea and Moly.
But i did a family for life i have sure !
I don’t even know where to start because my experience with them was AMAZING !
They live a very good life doing permaculture and agroforest, so if you are looking to learn about it, this is the place for… read more
Thank you guys for… read more
I happened to live on the Dea’s farm in the birthday party period. That’s why I became a member of the family, not only Anton’s, Mona’s and Dea’s, but also their… read more
All in a beautiful green environment and relaxed atmosphere.
Back to basics. We… read more
He help us a lot in the garden, with building a geodome and the time spent with him was so useful for us. The conversation with him is very easy going and he has a lot of knowledge in various fields, specially in beekeeping. We are shure that he can be very good gardener, too.
Thank you, Witold!
All the… read more
Daiana and Simon help us in a very hardfull moment for us, they work a lot and they was right behind us in our initiative to make a construction for our geodome.
They are very helpfull, strong and good people for us was a pleasure to make some good time together. Dea send you… read more
Good luck and… read more
We wish you all the best and good luck, guyes!
Not too much work had to be done because of the hot weather during the summer, but we felt that we could help them, mostly by taking care of the garden. Mona and Anton were grateful hosts. We also learned a lot about making and… read more
