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13 Sep 2025
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Hello, we are Petra and Dieter (64 and 65 years old), both studied agricultural engineering. Some time ago, we bought a house that is around 200 years old and are renovating it bit by bit ourselves. Our house has a large bee-friendly garden with several hundred roses and hostas. We also have a few fruit trees (apples, plums, pears, etc.). The fruit is for private use, for friends, family and neighbors. In addition to our old house, Petra loves restoring old wooden furniture as a hobby.
We are looking for help throughout the year to assist us with the help that needs to be done around the house. Depending on the season and weather, this involves help in the garden or on our fruit trees, restoring old furniture and so on. Feel free to write to us and ask what help is currently available :)
Our old cat Lucie and Petra's mother Bärbel live with us in the house. As Petra cares for her mother, she moved in with us a few years ago.
Each helper gets their own room, and Wi-Fi is available throughout the house. We usually eat breakfast and dinner together. At lunchtime, everyone can cater for themselves and cook something or simply take something from the fridge or pantry. Petra usually cooks in the evenings, but everyone is always welcome to help or cook for the family. We are always delighted when workawayers cook traditional dishes from their home countries for us. We buy locally from the butcher in the neighbouring village and the local bakery. However, you are also free to cater for yourself.
It is important to us that we live together as a family and not like a ‘hotel’. We help each other so that cultural exchange can take place.
In October, we enjoy going to the nearby forests to gather mushrooms and love sharing our knowledge of edible mushrooms.
Right next door, there's a small indoor swimming pool. Additionally, there are many lakes around our village where you can swim. We are also close to various sightseeing destinations like Regensburg or Nuremberg.
We are looking forward seeing you and would be happy to welcome you in our lovely home.
IMPORTANT: Please do not send requests for stays if this month in the calendar is marked red. We receive a lot of requests every day and cannot always answer them all. Unfortunately, we do not have the time to write several emails every day. Since we receive requests despite the calendar is marked, other requests unfortunately go under.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Farming
Culture
Sustainability
Pets
DIY & crafts
Gardening
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in Schwarzenfeld wich is located not far from Regensburg and Nuremberg. These are two of the nicest cities in bavaria with many sightseeing opportunities.
With us, you can learn how to restore old wooden furniture and renovate a house. We can also teach you about regional edible mushrooms and wild berries/plums (depending on the season).
Projects involving children
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Help
- Picking up fruits
- Gardening
- Housekeeping
- Restoring old wooden furniture
- Trimming rosebushes
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You have your own guestroom and privacy.
You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner with the whole family if you want.
We have one cat. It should be no problem for you and no pet allergy.
What else ...
On your sparetime you can explore our beatiful hometown and landscapes. You can travel to near big cities and see some sights. Also we can do some activities together if you'd like to.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Lucie
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The highlights of this Workaway experience for me were being able to smell the roses every morning in the rose field. Petra's cooking, sometimes freestyle and other… read more
From the first moment they made me feel at home and were very nice to me.
Petra is a very good cook and cooks some very good typical dishes from the area, which I really enjoyed.
I had never worked counting roses or any type of plant before, and Petra explained it to me… read more
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The highlights of this Workaway experience for me were being able to smell the roses every morning in the rose field. Petra's cooking, sometimes freestyle and other… read more
From the first moment they made me feel at home and were very nice to me.
Petra is a very good cook and cooks some very good typical dishes from the area, which I really enjoyed.
I had never worked counting roses or any type of plant before, and Petra explained it to me… read more
As the work depends a lot on the weather, some days we went to the field, and others when it was raining we did something at home. The work is hard but rewarding and it gave us time to explore schwarzenfeld and the nearest towns.
Petra is a really good cook and host… read more
it's a big dynamic house which lots of stuff going on, this makes it easy to feel at home, and i did right away. The work also depens of the weather, which in my case ment not much to do, so it can be usefull to… read more
It was one of the best places I visited. Its like Klondike for roses :) Petra is doing amazing job with lots of products (Bavarian hidden gem). And her husband Ditter making different varieties of distilled fruit brandies and herbal liqueurs. It was privilege witnesing all of this and I learned alot. Job… read more
It was a very nice and fruitful cultural exchange for me to stay with the family, I learned a lot (roses, culture, food, language) and movie nights were fun.
My stay was really… read more
Bcz of pandemic, I can't move anywhere at that time.
But it's good to know about the real roses, not in a flower shop.
Great thanks to you.
Hope to see you all in a future when I can travel again. 👋🏻
Marek
