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Organic Permaculture Family Farm in rural Co. Meath, we are located 10km from the town of Kells.
***Current projects***
Looking for workawayers with construction experience to help build a supplementary workaway accommodation
***Long-term project***
Looking for a long-term couple to stay in our guesthouse and take care of our workaway accommodation and assist with daily meal prep for the workaways and other household tasks. Would be suitable for couples where one partner works in their own job off site and the other partner volunteers here with us. This arrangement would include free accommodation and utilities ... as well as all food including all of our lovely organic produce. Great for couples looking to build up their savings ... we would also be open to motivated individuals for this same role.
We would be looking for 40 total hours per week from couples (divided amongst yourselves however best suits you), or 25 hours per week from individuals. Contact us here for more details :)
***Ongoing (year-round) projects***
We need help in the overall operation of our non-profit centre where we produce fresh organic produce, eggs, and medicinal herbs for the family and helpers. Experience is great, but as long as you have an interest and willingness to learn, this is always sufficient :) We are hoping to find a couple students studying in herbalism with a passion for mother Earth to participate in some hands on practice with a variety of tasks, such as sowing seeds, transplanting, tending, harvesting and drying the herbs that we grow here on the farm, as well as sharing our knowledge on how to make tinctures, oils, balms etc.
We are also making various ferments produce from the land, including sauerkraut, cider, apple cider vinegar, and even beginning to experiment with making wine with grapes from our polytunnel. Bridget is an Organic and Biodynamic Farmer and Medicinal Herbalist, mom of 5 and granny to 2 :). She is also an avid baker and would be happy to share her techniques for making organic soda bread, sourdough bread, and various other baked goods.
Looking for help around our home and in our gardens primarily - a non-profit project focused on enhancing the biodiversity and regenerating the lands in our area.
We incorporate Permaculture principles on our farm, and are also practicing Biodynamics. There is so much to learn and we are excited to share our lifestyle with you.
Come and benefit from fresh organic food, air and water and feel the benefits of an active lifestyle.
We have dogs, pigs, ducks, chickens, Kevin the cat, and cattle on site roaming around.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer payment at this time.Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Proyectos artísticos
Práctica de idiomas
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Enseñanza
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
You are welcome to
- cycle to the bog lands
-contribute ideas
-help your English
-meet new people
-escape the busy life and bring your body into better balance
-soak up the peaceful, calm and relaxed atmosphere
-learn about herbs and their medicinal uses
-attend any seasonal workshops we run (e.g. meditation, foraging, herbal medicine, health and wellness)
-occasional fire ceremonies and get together!
-enjoy Irish cuisine and locally produced foods
-connect with the land
-we have a lot of books, many on nature, healing, natural health and spirituality
-we also have tonnes of DVD's if you fancy a movie night
-be part of our organic community
-learn about Irelands ancient East
we are located a 30min drive from the wonderful Hill of Tara, Bective Abbey, Newgrange, Dowth, Knowth and Loughcrew. 10mins from Kells heritage town. 40 mins from Trim.Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
Construction help: carpentry, polytunnel maintenance
Gardening help: help with organic produce and herbs, mowing lawns, helping set up for workshops/demonstrations, watering and weeding, helping out the family with indoor clean up, as well as help renovating and re-decorating the buildings, feeding and looking after the animals.
Preparing herb products for family/helper use, developing recipes etc.
General help in our home.
Please feel free to communicate your abilities as we want you to be comfortable and happy in your activities.Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Alojamiento
Helpers will have comfortable accommodation in our home or in the guesthouse next to our home family house.
There is always a wholesome and plentiful supply of food available.
We offer meals/ food to prepare own, much of which is sourced from our own organic produce. And you are most welcome to get busy in the guesthouse kitchen.
You will have a comfortable bed, and use of shared bathroom, communal areas etc. We ask that quiet hours at night are respected, as this is our home and we need our sleep :)Algo más...
If you are taking trips we are happy to drop you to local bus stop or you can use a bicycle.
We live 1 mile from forests and a bogland in Rural County Meath.
Local activities include horse riding, cycling, hiking, and there is a nearby gym in Carlanstown.
We are easy going people and enjoy life's simplicity, no drama :)
There is a shop/cafe/deli 1 mile away and closest village, Carlanstown (3.5miles), and town Kells (7 miles away), we sometimes go to Drogheda or Navan too as these are bigger towns - a family member will offer you lifts if you want to tag along on trips to town.
We do have a 7 day probation policy - to ensure both helpers and hosts are comfortable and working well together.
The happier you are, the better it is for everyone, so we encourage open communication always.Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
Podría aceptar mascotas
Este anfitrión dice que acepta a viajeros con mascotas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
4-5 hours a day, 4-5 days a week
Comentarios (47)
They're a very caring family, always ready to help by picking me up or driving me to the village and very welcoming and generous. They're also very considerate, always looking that I was doing ok, always grateful for the job done and they made… read more
I fed cows, pigs, chickens and ducks. a great experience the animals are adorable too 😅 .
Picked potatoes, planted vegetables, medicinal plants with Bridget who knows her subject well, so we learn a lot 😉...and then lots of other work around the… read more
it was a short week but a week with full of Impulses and great memories. I met Dessie Brigite and Shannon… and other guests and workawayers.
After this week I am encouraged again to fight for my future… fight for a restart in business and a restart with my own… read more
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They're a very caring family, always ready to help by picking me up or driving me to the village and very welcoming and generous. They're also very considerate, always looking that I was doing ok, always grateful for the job done and they made… read more
I fed cows, pigs, chickens and ducks. a great experience the animals are adorable too 😅 .
Picked potatoes, planted vegetables, medicinal plants with Bridget who knows her subject well, so we learn a lot 😉...and then lots of other work around the… read more
it was a short week but a week with full of Impulses and great memories. I met Dessie Brigite and Shannon… and other guests and workawayers.
After this week I am encouraged again to fight for my future… fight for a restart in business and a restart with my own… read more
Dessie and Bridget demonstrate true generosity and selflessness, while running an organic farm is already a hard work for a family, they still try their best for giving their workers… read more
The work was quite physical (mainly digging spots & collecting them, cleaning them, morning animal feeding round) but i really enjoyed it, since it was sth totally different, as well as the nice company of the other workaways!
and quite nice to… read more
The work is not so hard if you like nature and animals, and there are always someone with you for sharing and chatting.
Bridget and Dessie really take care of you and it's a real pleasure to spend time in this amazing place.
They have… read more
What made my experience even more interesting was the chance to meet so many people from all over the world. Bridget and her family's house is a crossroads… read more
We can't thank Kelly enough for brightening up our festive holidays and helping on each of our projects on the farm. A truly inspiring and beautiful minded girl, a friend forever.
The farms comprises beds with vegetables and medicinal plants which are very rare to find in farms in Ireland.
The farm is part of a project yet to be completed and everyone is welcome to contribute with their ideas.
Bridget, Alison and… read more
Bridget is so good in hands on farming and as an herbalist i asked her constantly about which plant is what for. I soaked it in… read more
This family is a very kind, and humble family whom I am forever grateful to have met.
This family makes you feel welcome at the start and makes sure that all of their workawayers feel comfortable with both their living and working conditions.
The environment here was very stress-free and wholesome- it was a breath of… read more
Everyone treated me as a friend from the very beginning and I felt like part of their family.
The working was actually really nice to me, starting at around 9:30. In the morning most time I had to water plants in the tunnel (green house) and especially don´t forget the… read more
I had the opportunity to do various things around the farm: feeding the cows, getting busy in a greenhouse, learn about medicinal use of plants, sowing, tranplanting (plants obviously XD), working in the garden, learn about permaculture, helping with rennovating a building, helping… read more
The whole family is open-minded, we felt very welcomed. The place gave us the possibility to meet people from all the world. We loved that there was… read more
They really put me at ease. I loved Bridgets no nonsense approach and Siobhan made me feel very welcome.
There was a really nice vibe about the place. Bridget was on the ball with her knowledge of herbs. She gave me some sweet Annie for my cough… read more
She is so genuine and open-minded, a real child of nature, and everyone who met her just adored her energy. Sandra has great plant and herb knowledge and was most happy to share this with us to help us learn. She helped out in a variety of work activities - which was thoroughly appreciated, in the gardens… read more
I had a lot of luck with the family's choice as with my coworkers, who… read more
Ruben is passionate to help, extremely hard working and responsible. Accommodation was left in perfect condition and super clean. Ruben made great effort to engage with all of the family, animals and other helpers. I can highly recommend Ruben to any other host. We… read more
This time with you guys made us appear a beautiful interest in herbs and vegetables. We have learned a lot with Bridget, always happy to teach us… read more
Sophie always put in top efforts to any task asked of her - she brought so much loving care to the plants and gardens, ensuring… read more
I learnt so much about plants when we were in the vegetable garden or when we were building the polytunnel, it… read more
He was a great help putting… read more
I had a wonderful two weeks here. The organic fields and herb beds are a pleasure to work in. I helped Bridget to harvest and dry herbs, water everything, transplant herbs and veg and take away pests… read more
Laura was happy to get stuck into all tasks asked of her and always made sure other team members had a grasp and understanding of tasks too - a true team player.
I feel it was a really well matched… read more
It was my first workaway in Ireland and more than a beautiful and rich experience, I found a real family! <3 I spent two unforgettable weeks in a warm and loving atmosphere. All members of the family listen, take care of you and share their knowledges and skills. You will leave your heart filled, the mind filled with beautiful… read more