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Hiii !
My name is Flo ! I'm a 61yo, arts & craft teacher for children and host family for people with disabilities. I live with Samuel in a old farm in Chauvé, 45 minutes from Nantes by car. That place is very quiet in the country side but not far to the beach (Pornic, 15 minutes). Our 4 children have left our place, "la chantrie", but they often visit us and it's almost always full of friends and family here !
I try to produce with my garden a lot of different fruits and vegetables in a biologic way (sometimes it's not that easy...) to eat good food :) ! I also created a flower and herbal garden in the shape of a giant leaf and flower for my NGO. Its very time consuming and that's mostly where I need help, weeding, planting, watering... The garden slowly takes shape and I have many projects related to this garden in my head that I would love to bring to life.
Next door to our farm, you'll have time to visit the project Sam and I created 20 years ago (an other NGO!) with donkeys to make animal mediation with disabled persons. Today it includes 2 employees and 14 donkeys and a few volunteers.
Last but not least, we have a few chikens (fresh eggs!!), 1 goat and "Babouche", the friendly cat.
I'm also the happy grand mother of Soline, half-French/half-Italian. That's why I would be so glad to host Italian !!! :)
For November/December : This year, I decided to create a local Christmas market in my garden, It will be in the 9th of december and I need help to prepare the place. So if you are interested in this kind of project you are welcome !
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Animal Care
Language practice
Art Projects
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are very open minded and love to meet other ways of living and doing. Sam and I love to shape up old things and give them a second life or new face. We are very much into auto construction and would be happy to share this with you if you are interested.
Projects involving children
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Help
I need volunteers mainly to help in my garden. Type of work go from seeding, weeding and digging to watering and harvesting but it will depend on the season...
I sometimes need to build some wooden structure for the garden and to decorate it. So I'm open to any idea you could have :) !
Even if gardening is the priority I could need help with general house tasks (cooking, cleaning, ...).
As I said before, I would also be very interested if you can help me to practise Italian !!!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
je parle un petit peu anglais et mes échanges avec les workers accueillis sont de bonnes occasion de me perfectionner. <je m'intéresse aussi à l'italien car ma fille et mes petits enfants vivent en Italie et je pourrais mieux profiter de l'Italie pendant mes séjours chez ma fille si je pouvais apprendre un peu l'italien . Jai aussi quelques notions d'espagnol
Accommodation
Of course we will share all meals with you. We have lot of space to sleep (bedrooms, caravan, but you can also pich your tent if you prefer). We have dry toilets outside but normal ones as well available inside. During the summer we regularly go to the beach and to some concerts and art shows !
We are 2km far from a little supermarket. We can drive you to a bigger one when we go there (quite often).
What else ...
As I said, you can come with us to the beach when we go there. Also during the week end you can easly take a bus to visit Nantes, there are many things to see there, it's a big cultural city with lots of concerts, exhibitions, the fantastic "Ile aux machines"... or only enjoy the quiet country atmosphere over a drink ;)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Les personnes accueillis peuvent accéder à internet avec la wifi qui fonctionne correctement
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Estuve dos semanas en su casa donde ayude en el jardín y un… read more
Merci Flo et… read more
This was a marvelous experience with Flo… read more
thank you for those days there were really fun, tres rigolo! we will try to come back on summer beacuse she has a very nice garden and her… read more
It was the best place to improve my french. Flo is always willing to help you.
They are not ordinary… read more
Un coup de coeur pour les toilettes sèches que nous ne manquerons pas d avoir chez nous dans les années… read more
During this time me and Flo worked in the garden, planted some flowers or plants, cut the old ones and moved some ground in order to make space for a parking. But she often took me to the ocean with her family, to cities around her… read more
We spent time gardening, feeding the animals,… read more
We passed 15 days very fun with her and we hope she could come back in France to see us again.
Hannah can make many different tasks in garden and help me to sew with always smiling.
Thank you for this message, I spend good times with you !
Motivated, happy to learn and to share, it was a pleasure to gardening with you !
Thank you and I hope you will help me again the next year !
Thank you for all, you are the best of the world !
The next year, for sure, we will come again to help you more in this beautiful house !
thanks for these two weeks
laughing together. he was always ready to help with anything.
Thanks Venki for these good moments
For us it was a very beautiful encounter. Sacha is a very enjoy person and always ready to help.
we learned a lot about their country and even tasted their traditional dish with lots of fun.
perhaps see you soon.....
Moi et ma copine Lise, nous étions bien étonnées de l'hospitalité et de la bonté de votre famille.
Nous avons travaillé un peu dans le jardin, dans la maison, mais nous… read more
