Transforming an old vineyard into an Art yard, organic garden and food forest in Cinfaes, Portugal

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  Description

  Quinta Floresta is a project in the North of Portugal in the Vale do Bestanca, Douro Verde Region. The Land is in a mountainous valley with regrown natural forests and wild creeks.
  
  Help to transform the hectar of terraced land into a food forest,Nature Retreat and Creative Art Space.The Project is experimenting with different organic gardening techniques to improve soil quality and create a green oasis. On the Land are Growing allready some old vines, olives and fruit trees (figs, tangerine, cherries etc), some forest and a lot of open space that wants to be taken care of.Allready some new fruit and nut trees and bushes but are planted and the Plan is to add more each year.
  Next to the land there is a small creek running all year round in a shady forest that invites to chill in a hammock on hot summer days.
  I love to grow own organic veggies, herbs and fruits. When iam are not working on the land, in the garden, renovating a house or creating new living spaces, i like to make music, art, acrobatics or yoga.
  
  The philosophy behind is based in Permaculture principles, even though take interesting concepts from all different kinds of land management practices and experimenting what suits best for the local climate and geography. The Project is trying natural building using wood and recycled materials from the land but some times there are also compromises to make.
  The Project tries to combine intuitive knowledge with science. I like to have people around to drink a glass of home made grape juice (or wine), laugh, talk and discuss, share stories and experiences.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  You can learn how its possible to life sustainable in the Mountain Region. Restoring old granite houses and walls,learn how to plant vegetables,make music together on the campfire,learn about composting toilets and low tech solutions, making vine, Juice,Herbal tea and Olives.

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  Aide

  The tasks depend on the season. Cleaning the land/pulling brambles, building new garden beds, planting, designing/building shelters,making wood chips, recovering the old water channels,restoring the ancient stone walls. Cutting firewood, harvesting fruits, making jams and so on. Depending on the building projects help is needed in natural) building, wood tasks and stone tasks.
  
  Whatever your skills are, let me know! There is allways a variety of tasks and iam sure you find something you like. Either because you want to learn something new or because you can teach what you know.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Portugais: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  As iam restoring an old stone house and live in a Tiny house at the moment,i can offer a caravan for accommodation. There is lot of Space to Camp on flat Sunny teraces or in the Shady forest.It is also possible to Park up in your Campervan.
  
  There will always be plenty of fresh food available. We make two vegetarian meals a day. Whoever feels like cooking can prepare the meal.Breakfast is usually Herbal Tea from the Garden,Fruits,Muesli,or Bread.

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  Autres infos...

  It is a 30 minutes walk to the small town where you can find all type of small shops,Restaurants,Cafes and a Library and a supermarket. There are hiking trails and old caminhos around in the mountains or down to the river along the valley. On a nice day in summer you can swim in the natural pools in the valley or go kayaking at a friends place. There is a train station not far away if you want to go to Porto or the Alto Douro Port region.I can pick you up there.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Internet is stable but not the fastest, as we have only a mobile router. Usually videoconferencing works well, but when we have clouds it gets slower. Let us know about your schedule and amount of work you plan to do per week, so we can see if it fits.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  The space to park your car is our topmost terrace where you will have a nice view and some privacy.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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