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Do you have experience of, or an interest in permaculture design or biodynamic farming?
An exciting new permaculture project, my family and I have a dream of creating a community permaculture garden.
Starting from scratch with nothing but 5 acres of grassy field in the Somerset village of Spaxton, the family consists of Grandad (John, residing in the farm house, likes growing tomatoes in his greenhouse) Amanda (me, passion for nature and growing stuff,) Anthony (brother, loves sustainability and getting his hands dirty,) Gavin (brother, loves the heavy lifting,) and Pete (my partner, a plumber, loves to spend his time building things and finding solutions.)
Together, we are embarking on this new project to be able to sustain ourselves from the land, to increase biodiversity as much as possible, to help people find joy and love in their life and to bring the local community together.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers can learn English language (Amanda speaks French, Spanish and some German,) learn about permaculture, farming, building and we will also organise trips to events from time to time, for example to the summer solstice at Stone Henge.
There are so many local places to visit in Somerset! We are 3 miles from the Quantock Hills for hiking, or for more ideas, check out the somerset-life website.
It's a small village that only has a small community shop, a village hall and a pub, that's it! We therefore recommend that volunteers have their own transport if they plan to explore / need access to town as there is no public transport that comes to the village.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Help from travellers can be varied and chosen based on what you wish to contribute but is mainly gardening & work in the field & polytunnel
Our current projects for workawayers include:
Weeding & harvesting (weeding is a big part of what we do - so volunteers need to be prepared to do a lot of it!)
Develop new vegetable beds using a no-dig method
Develop the food forest
Seed propagation
General tidying & prettying of gardens
Look after chickens
Decoration (painting signs and artwork)
Longer term volunteers could work on bigger projects:
Creating meditation spaces
Building wooden buildings for compost toilets & showers
We are particularly keen to hear from people who have knowledge and passion for permaculture, biodiversity and community. If not, then some experience of gardening would be very helpful.
When you get in touch, please do mention in your email what kind of tasks you'd be most interested in doing when you come to stay. This is how we check you've actually read our profile!
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I love learning languages!
Accommodation
Accommodation can only be provided in tents at the moment, so please only apply if you're up for that! Tents, camp/air beds, sleeping bags, blankets etc can be provided if you don't have your own (please let us know in advance what you need so we can prepare it for you.)
Workawayers are also welcome to stay in their own tents /camper vans on the land. You will have access to outdoor toilets and the bathroom inside the farmhouse for showers / baths.
When you contact us, please include in your email that you're happy to be outdoors and stay in a tent.
You can help yourself to breakfast and lunch from food provided and a group vegetarian dinner will be provided (if you like cooking, then making dinner could be part of your volunteering hours!)
What else ...
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We can sometimes offer lifts to and from town on Wednesdays and Thursdays and occasionally on other days.
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.
Space for parking camper vans
Campervans can be accepted when the gound is dry enough to permit - probably from around April to September.
Can possibly accept pets
Well behaved pets welcome. No dogs that jump up at people as we have people who are vulnerable to being knocked over.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
20 hours / week (flexible to what times you like to work)
Feedback (8)
Being 8 months pregnant when he arrived, I was not up to my usual ability to host and work and Ben was invaluable in keeping the vegetable gardens maintained by himself, with only the company of his little dog. When situations… read more
It's a rather spacious place, so chances are that there will be at… read more
They are trying to start a community project motivated by respect of the environment, and it has been a real pleasure to be a part of the evolution of the project.
If you want to feel useful for something that makes sense, and have a beautiful human experience, don't hesitate for a minute to… read more
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Being 8 months pregnant when he arrived, I was not up to my usual ability to host and work and Ben was invaluable in keeping the vegetable gardens maintained by himself, with only the company of his little dog. When situations… read more
It's a rather spacious place, so chances are that there will be at… read more
They are trying to start a community project motivated by respect of the environment, and it has been a real pleasure to be a part of the evolution of the project.
If you want to feel useful for something that makes sense, and have a beautiful human experience, don't hesitate for a minute to… read more
Both are very welcoming. I really liked to speak with them and their families so i felt well included in social relationship. We also did activities together like hiking, going to the café of the village, playing board games, watching videos/movies...
In addition, I worked with them,… read more
Spaxton is a lovely village & with the beautiful surrounding Quantock hills there are lots of great places to explore.
We… read more
