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Help us bring back to life an abandoned vineyard and orchard in Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, Italy

  • Última actividad : 20 jun 2025

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  2025 

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Hi. My name is Tiziana, l am Italian and my husband is Canadian/Irish. We live in a beautiful little town called Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, right in the very heart of Italy. My husband and l also have five beautiful hectares of hillside below the ancient hilltop village of Montone. The place was practically abandoned when we found it, we spent the past five years bringing back our piece of paradise to it's deserved glory. When we bought this place, it was an old abandoned vineyard, a few olive trees and an orchard in desperate need of some TLC.

    Having spent two lockdowns clearing the overgrown vineyard, we hired an expert in viticulture to guide us through the process of replanting all the vines, to rejuvenate the vineyard. We had the soil tested and the result was that our land contained exactly the right prerequisites for growing pinot noir ,the most famous grapes for making champagne! We are so excited, because we will be the first in our area to produce sparkling wine- although that is still three years in the future. Spring 2022 we have planted 1090 little vines from a French nursery. At the moment all we really need to do is keep the young delicate vines watered and reasonably weed-free.

    We also have a pretty decent area of woodland which every Autumn we cut trees down for fire wood. Next year we would like to cultivate a new vegetable garden in a specific area, so this Autumn we will build raised beds and prepare the soil for next spring. Fancy helping us?

    If you would to have an experience here in central of Italy your help would be much appreciated, the land needs constant maintenance, my husband and myself are not be able to do everything, specially because we have other jobs besides here (eg completing the restoration of our home in Citta di Castello). We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and frankly here in mid summer it is mostly too hot to get much work done. Please come and stay with us, we will be happy to meet new people all over the world!

    Our farm is growing day by day, we have also permission to build a barn and a wood cabin, so carpentry and building skills would come in very handy.
    If you like the idea of giving us 4 hours help a day, we will provide decent camping facilities, there is there a well equipped field kitchen, pure running water, outside but peaceful and private toilet, outside shower and electricity from our photovoltaic panel system,we will provide food, wine (but you will need to prepare all your own meals) and a bicycle to get you to Montone and the nearby local town Umbertide.

    Citta' di Castello is a beautiful renaissance city. You can use our bikes, if you like to visit around Town. We are both fluent in English and Italian and some rusty French! The area are well connected from public transport such as train and buses, Rome is two hours away from us as well as Florence.

    The work would be equally suited to a single person who's comfortable working alone or a couple- whatever suits you. We will do all in our power to make you happy! Years ago at our old property San Lorenzo Bibbiana we hosted many, many Helpxers for years with very good reviews. We are decent, well educated, well travelled hosts, LGBGT+ friendly, not some sketchy weirdos looking for free slave labour!

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Ayuda en una granja
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
  • Intereses

    Intereses

    Autodesarrollo
    Vegetariano o vegano
    LGBT+
    Tecnología
    Política / justicia social
    Sostenibilidad
    Mascotas
    Cultura
    Agricultura
    Trabajo de caridad
    Historia
    Cuidado de plantas
    Música
    Bricolaje y manualidades
    Idiomas
    Jardinería
    Cocina y alimentación
    Dibujo y pintura
    Carpintería
    Animales
    Acampada
    Baile
    Yoga / bienestar
    Naturaleza
    Actividades al aire libre
  • Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de las NU
    Fin de la pobreza
    Hambre cero
    Salud y bienestar
    Educación de calidad
    Igualdad de género
    Agua limpia y saneamiento
    Energía asequible y no contaminante
    Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
    Industria, innovación e infraestructura
    Reducción de las desigualdades
    Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
    Producción y consumo responsables
    Acción por el clima
    Vida submarina
    Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
    Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
    Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    My husband and I are happy to offer an experience in the middle of nature, with an exchange of knowledge in the field of horticulture, how to cultivate the vine and why not a help with the Italian and English language. We will be happy to show you around our area including our community.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and when is becoming to hot to be outside all day we can do some maintenance like painting fences etc.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido
    Italiano: Fluido
    Francés: Principiante

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    Este anfitrión ha indicado que está interesado en compartir su idioma o aprender otro.
    Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Our friend will stay in our bell tent 3meters diameter full equipped with bedding, towels and fan if needed, an outside shower, composting toilet and also a kitchen field for preparing food where our guest can prepare their own food

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    My husband an l we don't live in our land where our guest going to stay but half an hour away in a Town call Citta' di Castello. We will see them every day and work out what to do on the day. On a day off we can take the guest to our local train station where they can go and visit cities nearby like Perugia, Umbertide, Citta' di Castello,San Sepolcro.

  • 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

    Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Más de dos

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 676798422361

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