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The Best of Both Worlds
Come work and play in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Do you enjoy hiking, biking, and paddling in your spare time? Want to experience the Rocky Mountains of Alberta Canada? Want to improve your conversational English skills? Ever wished to attend the Calgary Stampede? We are a couple in need of two people who have experience with carpentry, masonry, gardening, and construction. Two week maximum stay in our house in the country and/or the city (Calgary, Alberta Canada). 1.5 hours from Banff. Our city home is within walking distance to downtown Calgary, to local shopping, trendy restaurants and beautiful parks. Our country log home is situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and is isolated. Our log home is open to two volunteers for the months of August, early September.
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Animal Care
Language practice
Enjoy a Canadian cultural experience with opportunities to explore the rockies.
Volunteers who select to come to stay with us can enjoy both rural and urban settings. We require assistance with gardening, building stone walls, constructing fences, and landscaping at both locations. We grow everything organically.
English: Fluent
Bedroom and bathroom in
log house (in the country) and/or Arts and Crafts Bungalow in the city (Calgary, Alberta).
This "workaway" would be ideal for someone who would like to experience wilderness living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains as well as all that a cosmopolitan city, like Calgary, has to offer.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Two
5 hours/day 5 days/week maximum two week stay July, August