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Help us bring back to life an abandoned vineyard and orchard in Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, Italy

  • Activité récente : 20 juin 2025

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi. My name is Tiziana, l am Italian and my husband is Canadian/Irish. We live in a beautiful little town called Citta di Castello in the region of Umbria, right in the very heart of Italy. My husband and l also have five beautiful hectares of hillside below the ancient hilltop village of Montone. The place was practically abandoned when we found it, we spent the past five years bringing back our piece of paradise to it's deserved glory. When we bought this place, it was an old abandoned vineyard, a few olive trees and an orchard in desperate need of some TLC.

    Having spent two lockdowns clearing the overgrown vineyard, we hired an expert in viticulture to guide us through the process of replanting all the vines, to rejuvenate the vineyard. We had the soil tested and the result was that our land contained exactly the right prerequisites for growing pinot noir ,the most famous grapes for making champagne! We are so excited, because we will be the first in our area to produce sparkling wine- although that is still three years in the future. Spring 2022 we have planted 1090 little vines from a French nursery. At the moment all we really need to do is keep the young delicate vines watered and reasonably weed-free.

    We also have a pretty decent area of woodland which every Autumn we cut trees down for fire wood. Next year we would like to cultivate a new vegetable garden in a specific area, so this Autumn we will build raised beds and prepare the soil for next spring. Fancy helping us?

    If you would to have an experience here in central of Italy your help would be much appreciated, the land needs constant maintenance, my husband and myself are not be able to do everything, specially because we have other jobs besides here (eg completing the restoration of our home in Citta di Castello). We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and frankly here in mid summer it is mostly too hot to get much work done. Please come and stay with us, we will be happy to meet new people all over the world!

    Our farm is growing day by day, we have also permission to build a barn and a wood cabin, so carpentry and building skills would come in very handy.
    If you like the idea of giving us 4 hours help a day, we will provide decent camping facilities, there is there a well equipped field kitchen, pure running water, outside but peaceful and private toilet, outside shower and electricity from our photovoltaic panel system,we will provide food, wine (but you will need to prepare all your own meals) and a bicycle to get you to Montone and the nearby local town Umbertide.

    Citta' di Castello is a beautiful renaissance city. You can use our bikes, if you like to visit around Town. We are both fluent in English and Italian and some rusty French! The area are well connected from public transport such as train and buses, Rome is two hours away from us as well as Florence.

    The work would be equally suited to a single person who's comfortable working alone or a couple- whatever suits you. We will do all in our power to make you happy! Years ago at our old property San Lorenzo Bibbiana we hosted many, many Helpxers for years with very good reviews. We are decent, well educated, well travelled hosts, LGBGT+ friendly, not some sketchy weirdos looking for free slave labour!

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
  • Centres d’intérêt

    Centres d’intérêt

    Dev. personnel
    Végétarien ou végan
    LGBT+
    Technologie
    Politique/justice sociale
    Dev. durable
    Animaux de compagnie
    Culture
    Ferme
    Bénévolat
    Histoire
    Soin des plantes
    Musique
    Bricolage / artisanat
    Langues
    Jardinage
    Cuisine et alimentation
    Dessin et peinture
    Menuiserie
    Animaux
    Camping
    Danse
    Yoga / bien-être
    Nature
    Activités en plein air
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    My husband and I are happy to offer an experience in the middle of nature, with an exchange of knowledge in the field of horticulture, how to cultivate the vine and why not a help with the Italian and English language. We will be happy to show you around our area including our community.

  • Aide

    Aide

    We need help doing gardening, stacking firewood, olive picking, pruning,weeding etc.-general outdoor work really. Spring and Autumn are most busy season for us at the moment and when is becoming to hot to be outside all day we can do some maintenance like painting fences etc.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant
    Italien: Courant
    Français: Débutant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
    Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    Our friend will stay in our bell tent 3meters diameter full equipped with bedding, towels and fan if needed, an outside shower, composting toilet and also a kitchen field for preparing food where our guest can prepare their own food

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    My husband an l we don't live in our land where our guest going to stay but half an hour away in a Town call Citta' di Castello. We will see them every day and work out what to do on the day. On a day off we can take the guest to our local train station where they can go and visit cities nearby like Perugia, Umbertide, Citta' di Castello,San Sepolcro.

  • 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.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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