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Description
My name is Pavla, I'm Czech, but live in UK. I've studied arts at uni and followed with doing a permaculture design course. I'm a professional gardener and run a business with foraged foods. My interests and skills are foraging, gardening, growing, cooking, preserving and eating ethical and healthy food, herbalism, community gardens, meditation I'm fluent in English. I have got two boys 11 and 8 years old who are bilingual. We have got a small cottage with garden and small orchard. I'm establishing a forest garden at the moment and working on passive irrigation strategies. Our place is surrounded by gardens but is near woods and close to a village with amazing natural swimming pool.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We speak Czech and English, my older son is always happy to help translating or teach. I can share any skills I've mentioned - foraging for edible and medicinal plants, making remedies, balms, tinctures, permaculture, growing food, preserving harvest, healthy cooking, low impact living, nature connection. We welcome families with children.
Projects involving children
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Help
We have got 10 big cherry trees so end of June is busy harvesting, eating and preserving. There are some small finishing jobs on the house to be done and always a work in the garden. Skills and knowledge to share are appreciated but not essential. You can also help with the children if they're about, they love going to woods or playing in the garden, and speak both English and Czech and we're all interested in learning some Spanish.
Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
There is a small spare room with sofa-bed, caravan in the garden is sometimes available and we can provide a tent to put up in the orchard. Our bathroom, kitchen and living room are to share, as well as all the outside space, mud-kitchen, sandpit, slide.
What else ...
There are beautiful walks in the woods around here, the village is 15 minutes walk away, there is the natural swimming pool, some pubs, and shop, outdoors cinema comes in the summer. You can catch regular buses or take a ride with me to nearby towns. Brno is half an hour away, there is lots to do (I can recommend local young artscene and some interesting clubs, good veggie or vegan restaurants, ...).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
