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Hands-on learning and sustainable living in our permaculture farm in Brittany, France

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  2025 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos una semana

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    We are looking for enthusiastic, hard working people/person to assist with lots of timber related tasks in September and October.

    Welcome to Our Permaculture Smallholding in Rural France

    After many years of travelling the world, we finally put down roots in rural France in 2017 to bring our vision of a sustainable, educational, and demonstrative smallholding to life. Since then, we’ve been steadily renovating our home, regenerating the land, and creating a self-reliant lifestyle in the heart of the beautiful French countryside.

    We are Glen (UK) and Karen (South Africa), and together we’ve made France our home. Our lives are guided by permaculture, creativity,nature inspired,hard work and community.

    Karen is a certified permaculture designer, educator, and life coach.
    Glen has a background in engineering and a love for practical problem-solving. His passions include woodland management, forest gardening, charcoal/biochar production, and aquaponics (a project waiting in the wings!).

    Life on the Smallholding

    Our land is alive with activity and projects. We share it with dogs, chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, and goats. We grow vegetables in raised beds and in a broadbed area and are busy establishing a low-maintenance perennial food forest. Our pigs are pasture-raised for meat and land clearance and are part of a local Community Pig Club, and we use our sheep’s wool in craft projects. Animal welfare is central to what we do, and we treat every creature here with respect and care.

    We also manage our pastures through rotational grazing and run an eco-grazing service in our local area to improve biodiversity and degraded land. As co-founders of a local community association, we often get involved in collaborative projects and events — and volunteers are welcome to join in!

    Current Projects

    We’d love your help with a variety of hands-on tasks. Current priorities include:
    * Small building projects (e.g. pergola for solar panels, gates, and other improvements)
    * Fencing for sheep and pigs
    * Land clearing and maintenance
    * Splitting and stacking firewood
    * taking down several dead trees

    🌿 What you’ll experience here

    Staying with us is more than just helping out — it’s about learning, sharing, and immersing yourself in permaculture life. We’re always happy to share what we’ve learned (the successes and the mistakes!) and we love hearing new ideas too. Volunteers often say they leave with fresh skills, new confidence, and a deeper sense of connection to the land.

    If you’re curious about sustainable permaculture, enjoy being outdoors, and want to experience a working small farm in action, this is a place to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.

    ℹ️ Important Notes

    * We have four friendly dogs, so volunteers must be comfortable around animals.
    * We ask for a minimum stay of one week (7 days) so that you can settle in and have a meaningful experience.

    ✨ Come Join Us

    If you’re looking to immerse yourself in nature, learn more about permaculture, and contribute to a living, breathing smallholding, we’d love to welcome you.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Práctica de idiomas
    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de animales
    Ayuda en una granja
    Mantenimiento general
  • Intereses

    Intereses

    Sostenibilidad
    Política / justicia social
    Cultura
    Agricultura
    Fotografía
    Cuidado de plantas
    Libros
    Bricolaje y manualidades
    Cocina y alimentación
    Carpintería
    Animales
    Naturaleza
    Actividades al aire libre
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Chance to experience the French countryside.
    Great food and drink in a friendly warm household
    Sharing our experience and knowledge in the field of regenerative agriculture, permaculture and woodland management.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    Helping out with animals routines, moving animals, cleaning animal areas setting up new camps
    Growing food - planting seeds, weeding, harvesting
    We also need help with log splitting, wood chipping (which we use for mulch) and woodland management
    Mowing, hedge trimming and any other general garden duties

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Afrikaans: Fluido
    Inglés: Fluido
    Francés: Principiante
    Holandés: Principiante

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    We are still learning French and would love to improve our basic skills, in exchange we would be willing to help you improve your English language skills.

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Comfortable yurt accommodation with a double bed including linen and towels. Compost loo and shower right next to the yurt. Your own private outdoor kitchen which is well equipped.
    We usually have breakfast and lunches together (we can cater for vegetarian diets but not vegan unfortunately) and you are then free to prepare your own food in the evening.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    We have bikes available to explore the local area. Lots of walks from the house. Unfortunately as we are quiet rural there is no public transport direct from our property, but we are only 5km from 2 nearest towns.
    Larger city such as Lorient 35km away, and many interesting and historic villages in the area.
    We are willing to pick up workaways from train stations within reasonable distance, and offer lifts to shops or local attractions when we are able.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    We have satellite internet connection which we have found more effective than other services, however you will not have wifi signal in the yurt but there is local 4g connection. The wifi is effective and adequate for most remote working needs. We are happy to host digital nomads by prior arrangement.

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    We have a flat field space that is suitable for camper vans and motorhomes.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

    Mis animales / mascotas

    Jerry, Jet, Millie and Syrah

    Jerry, Jet, Millie and Syrah

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 665244591686

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