Help with organic gardening for our association in Villemercier, France

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  Description

  🌱 Welcome!
  An autonomous place for experimenting with nature, simplicity, and shared efforts.
  
  Hi! I’m Adrien.
  I coordinate a small association (non-profit, French law 1901) that supports ecological transition and rural resilience. We are not a permanent community, but a network of people who collaborate around shared values: autonomy, ecological practices, and mutual help.
  
  You’ll be welcomed on our land in the **Périgord Vert**, in southwest France — a calm and inspiring region. Here, we cultivate a large garden without machines, experiment with medicinal plants, and explore low-tech living.
  
  ### 🧑‍🌾 What you can do here
  We usually work **3–4 hours in the morning**. Afternoons are **free**, and sometimes we share activities (sports, walks, preserving food, etc.) if people are around.
  
  Tasks may include:
  - Gardening (sowing, weeding, harvesting)
  - Processing herbs (tisanes, oils, hydrolats)
  - Small DIY & land maintenance
  - Seasonal planting or helping with small construction projects (low-tech)
  
  This is a place where your ideas and initiatives are welcome — as long as you’re autonomous and resourceful!
  
  ### 🛖 Accommodation & Meals
  You’ll sleep in one of our **two yurts**.
  **Food is provided**, and a kitchen is available with everything you need (gas stove, fridge, coffee machine, etc.).
  Meals are mostly **prepared individually**. Occasionally, we’ll share lunch or dinner, depending on the energy of the day.
  
  ### 🧘‍♀️ The vibe
  Please note:
  - This is **not** a structured eco-community.
  - Some days you might be **alone on the land**, other days there are neighbors or friends helping out.
  - You need to feel comfortable with autonomy, both for work and daily life.
  
  If you're looking for quiet time in nature, learning about plants and simple living, with occasional shared moments — this place could be a good match for you.
  
  Looking forward to hearing from you!
  
  Adrien

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Farming

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Team sports

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Beach

  

  Adventure sports

  

  Camping
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Here you will meet people with an energy of acclimatization and return to earth as well as people who are passionate about finding solutions for tomorrow, but you will also practice various activities until you find what suits you best.

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  Help

  We will cultivate our small personnal use productions which are:
  - Herbal teas / Medicinal plants
  - organic plants and vegetables
  - organic berry plants
  - kombucha drinks
  - Plant hydrolats
  - pottery including Oya for garden water
  - Honey
  
  and also
  - Prepare teas, Put plants in pots,
  While meeting other people
  and doing other activities in or outside the commune

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  French: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Depending on the season, we have private beds or dormitories, in yurts. We also have caravans.
  There are tents and teepees.
  Foods is include 3 times a day

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  What else ...

  The region is the Perigord Vert,
  it is a countryside active in changes and in agriculture and mutual aid but the places are 10km from each other so you have to be able to move by bike or by car
  There are many things to do and not to do.
  Spring, summer and autumn are exceptional
  Winter is difficult :D

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  I'm also working online on my spare time

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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