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Hello,
My name is Florence. I live in a peaceful place close to Nantes, surrounded by fields and horses. My son just went to Cambodia with a bamboo’s bike that he built it himself, and my daughter travels in Asia. I have a simple life and I like to share.
It will be a pleasure to share some moments with you and introduce you to our culture, our landscape and our activities.
I am garden's animator, we offer workshops to learn how to make natural products Bio.
The garden is in full transformation toward a permaculture design. We cultivate an organic growing and the meals are essentially vegetarian.
To get to know, I want to welcome you at least 15 days.
And don't worry, we also can pick you up at Nantes train station if necessary.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
It will be a pleasure to share these moments with you and introduce you to our culture, our landscape and our activities.
We propose you a seaside campsite
Help
We will need your help in the garden, to participate in the transformation of the garden into permaculture, manual weeding and various crops. You are able to work independently.
We want to build different wood fittings for the garden. You can tinker in the house.
You participate in the maintenance of the house and the preparation of meals.
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
Accommodation
You will have a room in the house or a tent in the garden in summer if you like.
What else ...
Nantes, green capital, is the 6th largest city in France by number of inhabitants, it is at 340km from Paris (2 hours by train) and it is close to Atlantic Ocean, 45 minutes.
Nantes in terms of culture: Nantes is town of art.
There are a lot of coffee-concerts, shops, restaurants, museums, concert halls.
In Nantes, you enjoy a varied cultural life: Castle of “Ducs of Bretagne”, the ”Voyage de Nantes”, “Estuaire” event which displays artistic works on the banks of the Loire, the theater company of “Royal de Luxe”, “les Machines de l’Ile”. Nantes hosts also throughout the year many festivals.
In the city of Nantes, there are some rivers, 2 marinas.
You're afraid of losing you in a huge city? Do not panic! Nantes is easily accessible; there are many public transports (bus, tramway) and "bicloos" (self-service bicycles).
Large student city, Nantes has 47,000 students.
I’m looking forward to seeing you at Nantes!
Florence.
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
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
4/5 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.
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Il a peut être trouvé sa voie lors de son séjour parmi nous .Nous… read more
J'ai été touché par leur sens de l'hospitalité et leurs attentions quotidiennes à mon égard.
Florence a cette énergie communicative et cette passion du jardinage riche d'enseignement et Chantal un amour de la vie et de la bonne cuisine, qui… read more
Aimable, simple et ouverte d’esprit, elle m’a tout de suite mis à l’aise et m’a fait découvrir sa maison et son incroyable jardin tout comme les autres résidents des lieux avec qui je me suis tout aussi bien entendu !
Le travail qu’on m’a offert était adapté à mes compétences,… read more
Ma première expérience de workaway était inoubliable. J’ai aidé Florence à semer et à planter, à désherber et á préparer le jardin (qui est magnifique) pour le printemps/l’été. Le midi nous avons souvent profité d’un petit café avec un petit bout de chocolat !
Les après-midi… read more
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Il a peut être trouvé sa voie lors de son séjour parmi nous .Nous… read more
J'ai été touché par leur sens de l'hospitalité et leurs attentions quotidiennes à mon égard.
Florence a cette énergie communicative et cette passion du jardinage riche d'enseignement et Chantal un amour de la vie et de la bonne cuisine, qui… read more
Aimable, simple et ouverte d’esprit, elle m’a tout de suite mis à l’aise et m’a fait découvrir sa maison et son incroyable jardin tout comme les autres résidents des lieux avec qui je me suis tout aussi bien entendu !
Le travail qu’on m’a offert était adapté à mes compétences,… read more
Ma première expérience de workaway était inoubliable. J’ai aidé Florence à semer et à planter, à désherber et á préparer le jardin (qui est magnifique) pour le printemps/l’été. Le midi nous avons souvent profité d’un petit café avec un petit bout de chocolat !
Les après-midi… read more
Merci à Florence, Chantal et Tony pour leur sympathie !!
A bientôt… read more
They made me feel like home and I got to improve my french A LOT!! Florence, Chantal, Nicole and Toni are awesome. Florence thought me a lot about permaculture and dedicated time to correct my grammar, Chantal had a lot of patience with… read more
I planned a 2 weeks workaway with Florence and I felt very welcomed and at ease from day one. I ended up staying for 5 weeks and wished I could stay more !!
Florence is a kind and lovely person, she has a… read more
