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Big garden in beautiful, peaceful West Wicklow, Ireland

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello!

    Update : We can welcome helpers from now until the end of March. A stay of 1-3 weeks is ideal and we can only host one person at a time.

    I live in a big house on 2 acres with my teenage daughter in beautiful West Wicklow, beside a forest and near the mountains. It's a peaceful, quiet, rural location. We are an hour from Dublin and Kilkenny, 25 mins from Carlow, The Glen of Imaal and the original Hollywood, and 45 mins from Glendalough.

    You will have your own bedroom and bathroom, and share the kitchen, living room, TV room and art room.

    I'm a part time primary school teacher. I'm also a yoga teacher, sound therapist and music teacher and work 3 days from home and 2 days in primary schools. I am passionate about health, well being and self healing and am building my new business around that.

    I'm a musician who plays and teaches traditional Irish music, so you will have the opportunity to hear authentic music and to come to local music sessions. There are spare instruments in the house which you can use if you play music. (fiddle, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, tin-whistles, charango) We both love art and crafts and you're welcome to use the art room.

    I love hiking and yoga and practise yoga daily. If you're brave you can swim in the local freezing river with amazing health benefits! Walks from the house are on small roads. You will need lifts to local mountains for hikes. There is the use of a bike.

    We have a dog and cat and hens. We grow our own vegetables.

    You will need good outdoor, waterproof clothing, footwear and gloves for gardening tasks in all weathers.

    These are some jobs we need help with:
    Lots of weeding, mowing and strimming. Cutting back and removing meadow vegetation. Landscaping and gardening design skills welcome.

    Caring for over 450 native young trees in our field:strimming around them and mowing paths.

    Preparing the greenhouse
    for new planting. Construction of a wooden vegetable bed in the greenhouse. Sowing vegetable seeds, caring for young seedlings. Repotting young plants. Watering. Preparing vegetable beds for later in spring.

    Moving and dividing plants. Cutting back dead growth. Composting.

    Daily tasks include cleaning the kitchen, walking Fia, bringing in firewood, setting the fire. Help is also needed with laundry and other household tasks. Sweeping, hoovering and mopping floors

    Construction of a lean-to for my campervan.

    Woodwork:restoring, fixing and painting some furniture.

    IT and social media skills welcome.

    On days when weather is really bad the focus will be on housework: cleaning, hoovering, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, windows etc. .I love cooking. I'm vegetarian so the healthy meals will be vegetarian. If you love cooking you are welcome to cook as part of your hours.

    You need to be fit and able for using a spade, strimmer and lawnmower. We've hens that need to be fed daily, have bedding changed and eggs collected.

    I need help for 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week and the hours can be flexible.

    We love travelling and meeting people from other countries and learning about their culture, language, food etc. We've really enjoyed hosting and getting to know helpers last year from Workaway and HelpX, and the conversations and connections have been very special.

    We had aupairs in the house for years and two years ago had a Ukrainian family live with us for some time. We now have a tenant staying in our studio. Anyone who stays with us will be treated fairly and as part of the family and included in activities and outings if they wish, and won't be expected to work in their free time.

    However, I expect the helper to cooperate and help with basic housework as any family member would. I only have one spare room as the other spare bedroom is now a clinic for sound therapy, so can now only host one helper at a time. You will be on your own during the day until we both get home from school or if I have music students or sound therapy clients.

    I can occasionally give lifts to local towns (Rathvilly and Baltinglass) where there is public transport. On a day off I could drop you to a morning bus to Dublin and collect you in the evening once it fits around my work schedule. It is a very remote location though so a stay of 1-3 weeks is ideal. Our place is ideal if you feel like a break from a city as it's quiet and peaceful. We look forward to welcoming you to Wicklow!

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Pratique d’une langue
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    S’occuper des animaux
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    We can help with language practice. I'm a primary teacher and also studied English literature alongside a teaching degree. I no longer teach full time, and am now working as a sound therapist and yoga teacher. I'm also a musician so could help musicians interested in Irish traditional music. I play fiddle mostly. There's also an art room available with use of art materials. I'm vegetarian and love cooking so you'll have healthy food. I a

    I practise Wim Hof breathing and yoga daily. We love hiking in the local mountains. There are road, forest and mountain walks locally.

  • Projets impliquant des enfants

    Projets impliquant des enfants

    Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

  • Aide

    Aide

    Gardening: removing /cutting old growth , planting vegetables, watering greenhouse, mowing grass, caring for raised beds for vegetables, strimming in garden and around young trees, weeding flower and vegetable beds and the gravel yard, caring for plants etc. Gathering and storing firewood. Looking after hens. Walking the dog. Building a lean to for a campervan. Housework. It's all organic so no chemicals are used. Also, general help around the house would be great.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Français: Intermédiaire
    Irish: Intermédiaire
    Espagnol: Débutant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    I'd love to learn more Spanish as I'm a beginner.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Double room with bathroom that's mostly private, as my daughter and I both have ensuites bathrooms in our bedrooms. Shared kitchen, art room, living room, TV room. You can cook your own meals or eat with us.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    There is the use of a bike. There isn't much public transport, just an occasional bus. Lifts can be offered to local town or village where there are buses to Dublin.
    The Baltinglass area is the 'Hill fort capital of Ireland' and there are some historicical and sacred sites locally. We're half an hour from the picturesque Glen of Imaal, and half an hour from Carlow Town. Glendalough is 45 mins drive away. We're just over an hour from Dublin which is accessible by bus locally.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    I have a campervan too that I built during covid and there's lots of room in the yard to park. There are outside sockets for you to plug in.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Un

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