Learn about garden restoration, rewilding and biodiversity in central Ireland

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are a retired but active couple living in an eighteenth-century country house in central Ireland. We are keen to host workawayers, preferably a couple, to help us with restoring woodland gardens, a rock garden and growing vegetables. We also have about 18 hectares of woodland, peat bog and pasture to be managed for biodiversity.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We are keen to share our interests in archaeological heritage, landscapes, and biodiversity, drawing on Emma's professional background in leading the National Trust of Wales and Henry's experience as professor of botany, geography and earth sciences at Trinity College Dublin and Aberystwyth University. We would like to take our Workawayers on trips to heritage and nature sites in central Ireland. We will also share skills in gardening, and horticulture while working alongside our Workaway guests. We will enjoy learning more about the cultures of other nations, and would welcome opportunities for conversational practice in French, Spanish or Italian.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  Tasks could include mowing and scything the orchard, clearing scrub, planting trees, painting gates, moving rocks, digging out old trees and removing ivy from old walls.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Intermedio
  Español: Principiante
  Italiano: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  We will provide a large double bedroom, a private bathroom and a kitchen, with shared use of a study and library. You will have use of a separate kitchen, but we will expect to share meals with us once or twice a week. We have fast and reliable broadband internet connection.
  
  We will share meals two or three times a week, as well as providing food and a separate kitchen to guests who might wish to prepare their own meals.

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  Algo más...

  We are well connected to Dublin and Galway, each being just 90 minutes away by train or motorway. Athlone, the River Shannon and Lough Ree are within easy reach.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  We have fast and reliable internet connection. You will have shared use of our study and library

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Plenty of room in our large yard for cars and motorhomes

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Dogs welcome.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week