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We are a retired but active couple living in an eighteenth-century country house in central Ireland. We are keen to host workawayers, preferably a couple, to help us with restoring woodland gardens, a rock garden and growing vegetables. We also have about 18 hectares of woodland, peat bog and pasture to be managed for biodiversity.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are keen to share our interests in archaeological heritage, landscapes, and biodiversity, drawing on Emma's professional background in leading the National Trust of Wales and Henry's experience as professor of botany, geography and earth sciences at Trinity College Dublin and Aberystwyth University. We would like to take our Workawayers on trips to heritage and nature sites in central Ireland. We will also share skills in gardening, and horticulture while working alongside our Workaway guests. We will enjoy learning more about the cultures of other nations, and would welcome opportunities for conversational practice in French, Spanish or Italian.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Tasks could include mowing and scything the orchard, clearing scrub, planting trees, painting gates, moving rocks, digging out old trees and removing ivy from old walls.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Accommodation
We will provide a large double bedroom, a private bathroom and a kitchen, with shared use of a study and library. You will have use of a separate kitchen, but we will expect to share meals with us once or twice a week. We have fast and reliable broadband internet connection.
We will share meals two or three times a week, as well as providing food and a separate kitchen to guests who might wish to prepare their own meals.
What else ...
We are well connected to Dublin and Galway, each being just 90 minutes away by train or motorway. Athlone, the River Shannon and Lough Ree are within easy reach.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have fast and reliable internet connection. You will have shared use of our study and library
Space for parking camper vans
Plenty of room in our large yard for cars and motorhomes
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs welcome.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
