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༄ Welcome! We are Francesca, Sergio and our daughter (8 yo), working to build step by step an enlarged soul family based on the love for art and nature connection, rich soil for our and others kids' growth too.
We live in a four hectares land 5 km from a little town in Lazio, near to both sea and mountain, 2 h from Rome.
A magic quite woodland with neolithic sacred spots, wild animals, an olive grove, a river at some minutes of sloping hike, a lot of biodiversity that we are spreading more and more (we love to propagate from cuttings!).
We have done our little house with what we had: good friends, soil, straw, stones and some recycle. It's made accordingly to principles of permaculture and is off-the-grid (solar electricity, wood stove, compost toilet, rainwater collecting system, phytodepuration, etc).
We are open minded, love to learn and connect with ourself, others, nature. We take ecologic care in every aspect of our life.
Sergio: makes extravergine olive oil, veggies, fermented food, greenwood carving, smithing jewlery, is a Wimoff practitioner, loves table tennis, literature, cinema, hiking in the woods discovering ancient caves.
Francesca: does basketry, bushcrafts, vegan cooking, loves dancing, stearing at the nature, experiment.
Our kid: she is a wonderful soul, very kind, sociable, playful, respectful, enthusiast; she loves to cook, do yoga and dance, draw, art and craft, help, be around flowers, seeking for specific things in nature to use, role play with costumes and props and she is studying guitar with every volounteer wiling to give her lessons.
WHO WE CAN HOST
This is a place for people with some skills, comfortable with wild camping lifestyle, independent, very energetic, on a conscious path of personal growth, playful, generous, with sense of humor and able to express fully their emotions and needs and to communicate fluently in English and/or Italian.
Our daughter is single child homeschooler and a social being so she is really happy with people around that are emotionally and playfully availble for her and the childrens' magic world.
Our place is wide open for children and other wild animals, not pets at this time sorry.
As the same time in this land we ask not to eat meat nor cheese if possible, since the suffering of the animals is quite similar. Eggs only from our safe sources.
Sorry but we don't host regular smokers.
HOSTING
We welcome supporting guests with free accomodation and organic plant based food supply for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We cook in turns the lunch that we eat toghether but other meals we all are free to take care after ourselves.
Cooking and dishwashing chores are part of the community life.
The community kitchen "BarBosco" is outdoor (with a small shelter), next to the caravan.
WORLDSCHOOLING HUB
We are also happy to offer space to resonating families with kids 7-10 yo that want to spend here some months (with their own van) or even settle in the area buying a land.
Our attitude with children is based on: love; respect; nature as the teacher and adults as facilitators of discoveries; empathic communication; create learning contexts from concrete experiences; the need to let children play in a free way... but also to offer them the possibility of creative and enriching guided experiences.
HOW TO REACH US
At the train stops of Viterbo (1 h train from Rome check Trenitalia.it) you can take a bus (Cotralspa.it) that will bring you to our town (name in private message) in 1 hour. Attention! Don't travel on Sundays, check timetables before booking the train and call the Cotral to double check timetables. Italian buses can be a bit confusing.Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Vegetarian or veganSustainabilitySelf developmentEvents & socialFarmingCharity workCultureGardeningDIY & craftsBooksArt & designYoga / WellnessNatureHikingDancingUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn from Nature in its wildesty and from conscious humans how to live respectfully thanksful to permaculture and our experience in eco-building, off grid technologies, veganism, olive tree respectful care, brewing, fermenting, wild weaving, sewing...
From our child you can also learn how to live simply, laugh and rest!Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are a community, we love to share, our land is big and our welcome too. We are very grateful that you come with the will to give us an hand as a part of your experience with us!
We are hosting most likely volunteers that can offer to kids 6-9 yo meaningful activities like guitar lessons, singing, scout skills, yoga, art&craft, role and creative play, anything you are passionate about really.
In addition to this, help may be requested while we are doing small structures with wood, gardening or other practical activities.
The thing we love the most is when people are really part of the community showing up for tasks waiting to be done without waiting someone to ask... like when you see your pal has left a tool on the grass that can get lost and you can tidy up it and tell him/her instead of thinking is not my business. We love to help each others and felt loved by them too :)
In our spare time we can share some skills we have acquired over the years from craft to plant world insights, nutrition principles, meditation and all the other numerous activities requested to live in nature, finding our own space in it with respect. We can also sew toghether and you can use fabrics for free.
Please share any skill or preferred activity of yours, and your Instagram name if you have one :)Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: FluentAccommodation
🚐 Flat park spaces for vans.
⛺ Plenty of tents areas under the trees. We have only one 2-3 persons pop-up tent to lend but please bring yours if you can.
🚌 An artistic caravan with a queen size bed, a table and sofa that can become a second queen size bed, usb recharge system and electricity (but no heating system by now).
Usually we keep this for families or free to use as a common space to hang out in rainy days but you can ask for it if you don't like the idea to be in a tent.
🪞Common outdoor shower, sink and sheltered compost toilet. The shower usually has warm water but in these days ha some problems to fix, but we can go the hotsprings!
🫕"BarBosco" community kitchen - outdoor next to the caravan.
🔥Two great fireplaces where we love to chill, play music and sing.
🎒Please bring with you:
- towels and sleeping bag (we can provide one extra blanket)
- waterproof boots and jacket
- trekking shoes and clothes
- swimsuit
- headlamp or a good torch since apart the BarBosco around the field there isn't any artificial light.What else ...
This territory, called "Tuscia", has attracted us for its unpredictable landscape, contested between woods, rivers, lakes and small villages and sites rich of history. And although, as everywhere, modernity also risks here to pass as a standardizing roller, for those who know how to look carefully the traces of the past are still visible, thing that gives depth to our gaze and a less abstract perception of the present.
Please take the time necessary to discover this straordinary territory full of ancient history and wild nature!
We are sorrounded by woods ("Riserva Naturale Selva del Lamone") with waterfalls and pathways to Neolithic and Etruscan archeological sites (Rofalco, Castro, Vulci);
There are free thermal springs at 20 min by car and at 40 min you can reach the famous thermal pools of Saturnia and San Filippo;
There are also beatiful waterfalls (Cascata del Salabrone etc.), rivers (Fiora) and lakes (Lago di Bolsena, Lago di Mezzano).
If you are interested in little medieval towns in 20-30 minutes you can see Pitigliano, Bolsena and Sorano.
The sea! Only 30 minutes from wonderful beaches of Monte Argentario
If you look for mountains we have Monte Amiata, 50 min far.
In this area there are also interesting local tiny museums (search for "Simulabo musei").
Our town in itself it's a very small town, but nice and usually welcoming.
Means of trasport:
• By feet: you can hike in the woods, go to the river next to our land, observe yourself in peace and silence... or go to town in 40 min.
• By bycicle: you can use ours.
• By bus: from town you can take a bus and go exploring surrounding areas.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have plenty of space for campervans and tents and an outdoor compost toilet + shower and an outdoor community kitchen with canopy.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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In two weeks we not only learned everything there is to know about olive harvesting, we also had a lot of fun and felt at home in the beautiful spaces that Francesca and Sergio have created in the middle of nature. It is nice to see how meals can be prepared with respect for nature and how positive the effects of worldschooling… read more
We will warmly welcome him anytime as a friend, with trust and love. Grateful for meeting him!
we were able to build some nice stuff and do a lot of fun things, including fire and meals in the evening!
i totally recommend and already miss my time with them and the other family from Germany who was staying… read more
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In two weeks we not only learned everything there is to know about olive harvesting, we also had a lot of fun and felt at home in the beautiful spaces that Francesca and Sergio have created in the middle of nature. It is nice to see how meals can be prepared with respect for nature and how positive the effects of worldschooling… read more
We will warmly welcome him anytime as a friend, with trust and love. Grateful for meeting him!
we were able to build some nice stuff and do a lot of fun things, including fire and meals in the evening!
i totally recommend and already miss my time with them and the other family from Germany who was staying… read more
I helped Sergio with the olive harvest and did other tasks in their field. The work is not hard and 5h/ day, 5 days/ week.
They… read more
I was there with another workawayer, so we were a team helping with the olive trees, the roof dismantling, and some external earth plaster. We also cooked fresh picked amarena cherries into jam!
They showed us beautiful biopools, lakes,… read more
Hugo and us have been workawaying for one month, and we have had a wonderful human expercience. He has been deeply kind and smiling, bringing in our daily life extra fun and art... and a good help washing our always waiting dishes and chopping wood for the stove in this cold winter. He… read more
We mostly worked in upgrading the area around the roulotte (the kitchen and roof) but also helped in the vegetable garden, pruning olive trees and clearing… read more