Help with gardening- building East Pyrenees , France

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    I live in de East Pyrenees at the bottom of de Canigou mountain in a little village called LOS MASOS with my wife Magali wich is artist and our 2 childs (Elyna - 18 years and Swan - 7 years. I'm 46 years old and speak french, dutch, spanish and english. I work since 20 years in a natural park in mountain pyrénees, I'm also mountain guide and i'm implicated in a few projets about environnement, organic agriculture, energy...
    Actually i start a little agriculture activity (roses and wine). I have some ground (historically cultures but now bushes and trees) wich i want to clean to prepare de ground for plantation :roses from Damas.

    My wife Magali is a director artistic of a street theater and danse compagny based on our territory
    she has many artistic project in our place
    We just by a new house in the nature and there is many things to do...

    Our region is rich in landscape, river, mineral hot spring, hiking. We are at 40mn from the mediteranian sea, and 45mn from the hight montain. This is a very beautifull country!
    We hope to welcome some people who like a simple, natural and organic life.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    The country:
    The exchange we propose is to discover the french and catalan culture in a very nice place in France where it's possible to discover a lot of differents landscapes, biodiversity, special birds, mountain goats... in a place where de gastronomic uses are very nice and from good quality and local productions. We eat a very good and local biologic food
    My project :
    Agro-ecological and organic farming, reflexing about sustainable development, using different materials and machines...

    Artistic discovering:
    my wife is a director artistic of a street theater and danse compagny based on our territory
    she create this compagny 20 years ago
    her web site : cielo.fr
    you can participate for free to différents show and wordshop if the date tally

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    I need one (or two) person who can help me with :
    - working outside to kut trees and bushes and clean the ground and take care about landscape and garden (it means activities like carrying wood, using different tools for kutting bushes... and a few plantations. It is important to like manual work outside.)
    - working in the building of a house and other construction activities (all technical aspects can be discovered )
    you can help also with our child Swan almost 7 years old, do a walk with him, to play with him,
    or some do it yourself, and why not keep the house clean ...

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Whe have a differents possibilities, close with us in a room inside our house, or alone in the nature in a wooden cottage for the volonteer(s). The meals wil be taked with us in our home but it is also possible to have facilities in your own room.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    You can arrive very close to the place with train or bus, the nearest airport is in Perpignan
    Whe live at 45 mn from de sea, one hour from spain.

  • 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

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    bonne connexion a un bureau

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    chat, petit chien

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    4 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.

Host ref number: 447569181985

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