Help around the garden and house in an inclusive, vibrant and fun environment on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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  2026 

 Estancia mínima: Una semana o menos

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Hello!
    We live on Vancouver Island in beautiful Victoria, BC. We are extremely fortunate to be close to the University of Victoria and a mere five houses from gorgeous Cadboro Bay Beach. We are partially retired teachers, and athletic (love to run, bike, paddle, swim, wilderness camp, skate, ski- you name it). We love to travel; we taught in Slovakia for two years, and my mum was Dutch. Because of our proximity to the university, and because of links to other countries, we've hosted many international students. We have a large beautiful urban garden filled with food and permaculture where we work quite hard assisted by our dog and cat. We have an active house (parkrun every Saturday at 9!), with offspring (who climb) living in a separate suite. We enjoy hosting and we hope to travel and do "Workaway" ourselves in the future.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Jardinería básica
    Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»
    Cuidado de animales
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento básico
    Cuidado de casas y mascotas
  • Intereses

    Intereses

    Trabajo de caridad
    Cultura
    Eventos y sociedad
    Política / justicia social
    LGBT+
    Vida en autocaravana
    Sostenibilidad
    Mascotas
    Agricultura
    Películas y televisión
    Carpintería
    Jardinería
    Música
    Escritura
    Artes escénicas
    Cocina y alimentación
    Libros
    Animales
    Montaña
    Yoga / bienestar
    Deportes de equipo
    Acampada
    Fitness
    Naturaleza
    Deportes de invierno
    Baile
    Deportes acuáticos
    Senderismo
    Ciclismo
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    As we are both teachers, one history/woodshop and literature/writing/Indigenous literature/English Learners, we live our lives as lifetime teacher-learners. We've both coached several sports and love interacting with humans from all corners of the world. Our house is inclusive, vibrant, and often fun. A prospective Workaway person would need to be LBGTQ2S+ accepting and like (love?) pets. ☺️

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    Gardening (some heavy), pruning, clearing lifting, general property & woodwork w carpenter hubby, and some help with housework, sorting and cleaning etc- cat sitting & cuddling if we go away briefly.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    Love languages and attempts to learn but I'm not very fluent in any other than English.

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Garden "Sleeping" Cabin with a queen-sized bed. Handcrafted in 2010 by hubby and offspring. We share our main floor so you must come inside for the toilet and bathroom facilities, steps away. The cabin feels very private looking toward the garden, trees, fruit trees; it is quite paradisal. Breakfast and lunch can be negotiated. We're used to group/house dinners once a week when we are here, and we shop and cook according to a shared table. For better or worse, we tend to be extremely healthy eaters with several plant-based meals per week but we still enjoy animal protein as well. We've found that negotiating details is best with individuals. As described in another box, we make dinners. We could also make lunch unless the Workaway person would like to make their own. We try to be flexible.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    We are on the number 11 bus route 20 minutes from downtown Victoria's vibrant inner harbour. If you love to hike, run, walk, swim, paddle, breathe in natural beauty as well as a super arts scene, Vancouver Island is fabulous.

  • 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 a separate sleeping bunkie with ONE queen sized bed and excellet internet access

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    A van-sized vehicle could possibly go into the driveway

  • Podría aceptar mascotas

    Podría aceptar mascotas

    We have 1 big dog and 1 cat so we'd rather not... sorry!

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

    Mis animales / mascotas

    Bear

    Non-shedding red Standard Poodle - her name is Bear and I call her my bearapy dog- she's my running pace dog, gone into high school- she's 9 and amazing

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 858245688436

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