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We are a multi-generational family that is deeply concerned with creating a place of food autosufficiency by re-creating the vegetable garden and orchard that used to be present on the land around our home. Most of that work will take place in from January through October. Participating in this project would be a great opportunity for someone wanting to do this later for themselves. Besides that the experience is more about country life with long discussions about how to become a better human being and a force for good . We are bilingual and love to share our knowledge of the beautiful places around our home that people can visit. Deborah and Caroline who are both former gourmet vegan chefs and now professional vegan culinary teachers , and you will surely learn by helping to prepare daily meals with them. When our cooking classes are on, help with clean-up ( zen activity if ever there was one:) is always a wonderful help in making things flow.
Deborah can teach both English , French, veganism, permaculture, vegan cooking and pastry and French art and culture . We are a practicing Christian family that tries to embody the qualities of compassion, tolerance, and charity!
Looking forward ot getting to know you!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can practice and teach French and English and vegan cuisine and gardening
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Our biggest challenges are redoing the garden so any help will be much appreciated. Deborah can teach a lot about organic, veganic gardening to those interested.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Our grandson would like to improve his English, Vietnamese and piano skills so any one who is interested and loves children is very welcome. I would love to improve my Spanish. I can teach both English and French perfectly.
Accommodation
We have independent lodging for two helpers who will have their own bedrooms and simply share a bathroom. The property is lovely with a brook, a pony, two dogs and two cats!
Workawayers can help make meals with me during which I will teach them ( and give them recipes.) They will definitely find it to be a huge and valuable learning experience
What else ...
In addition to relaxing in a great garden, there is a bus right in front of the house which can take people into the local villages or the bigger city of Rouen. We also can take people who stay several weeks to Paris for the day or Versailles or to the coast! There are many chateaux and famous gardens and hiking paths in our area.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (7)
We felt at home from the first day on and all of them made our first workaway stay pretty amazing and helped us with an easy start.
We learned a lot about permaculture and gardening while working in the huge vegetable garden and had a lot of good conversations (even while… read more
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We felt at home from the first day on and all of them made our first workaway stay pretty amazing and helped us with an easy start.
We learned a lot about permaculture and gardening while working in the huge vegetable garden and had a lot of good conversations (even while… read more
We had a chance to spend time with all of them, Caroline, Deborah, Olivier, Jc and Liam, and they turned out to be interesting, fun and welcoming people. We felt part of the family and we're very grateful for the time spent with them.
The family… read more
1. Location - the worksite is in the Iton River Valley in Normandie and so it is a beautiful, quaint, walkable, bicycle, bus area that can be enjoyed. The property has a lovely back pasture for the pony with a creek and ducks, a… read more
Because Deborah gave classes in the months I stayed with her, my task was to help Caroline with cooking the… read more
Talk to Deborah if you want something or want to talk about something...she'll be there for you!
Deborah will also make sure you do… read more
