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La Vigna is a small house in the woods in the Bologna hills (45 min drive from the city center) in the beautiful Val di Zena (near to Botteghino di Zocca). Come here and help us with forest work and enjoy a peaceful life in nature.
We are a 31 years old couple : Marco is an environmental educator and Paola is a primary school teacher. In 2023, we decided to leave the city in search of a place of peace and connection with nature. We no longer wanted to hear traffic noise or breathe polluted air. We dreamed of keeping warm using wood rather than gas, drinking well water after purifying it, and eating vegetables from our organic vegetable garden. That’s how we ended up at La Vigna, our little house in the woods!
Life in the countryside requires a lot of work, all year round. That’s why, once we managed to set up a comfortable and independent room, we decided to join the Workaway network. Over the last two years, in addition to our regular jobs, three terrible floods hit our area. We were not flooded, but the damage caused by landslides gave us a lot of extra work.
The Val di Zena is a beautiful place: one of the most untouched areas in the Bologna's hills. We are both part of local association, which promotes and protects the area by maintaining and creating footpaths, that is just 500 meters from our home.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Centres d’intérêt
Dev. durable
Ferme
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Workawayers will experience authentic Italian countryside life and share daily moments with us in a peaceful, nature-based setting. You will learn about the seasonal foods we grow and about cooking pizza with a wood oven. Here you can develop your gardening skills and learn how to care for a vegetable garden.
If you are intrested you can learn how does our association works to protect and promote the territory of the Zena Valley (foot path planning and maintenance, ensure access to historical sites and the safeguarding of oral heritage).
We are quite close to Bologna. In your free time you can reach the city in 45 minute by car. If you don't have your own car we can give you a ride to Bologna after work. Here you can find everithing you want: cinemas, pub, exhibition, concerts... Even if it's not our cup of tea!
Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
Help with stacking and moving firewood, gardening, and working in the vegetable garden. Outside our proprieties there many footpath that need maintenance. We are used to work on those paths with a local association. A minimum level of experience in manual work and gardening is required! We recommend volunteers to have a valid health insurance valid in Italy for the work period.
Langues parlées
Italien: Courant
Anglais: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Français: Débutant
Hébergement
Private room with independent entrance, bathroom, sofa-bed, table, small kitchen, and portico. Wi-Fi access but no phone signal: calls via internet. No public transport to reach our home (or neither the near village!): own vehicle recommended.
We provide food and accommodation.
Breakfast is self-served in your independent kitchen, with coffee, tea, milk, biscuits, and homemade jams.
Lunch and dinner are prepared by us and enjoyed together at home: by the fireplace in winter or outdoors under the porch in summer. We usually eat pasta, rice, vegetables, cheeses, and legumes cooked in the Italian style, but we also love experimenting with Asian cuisine.
If you prefer to cook on your own, we can provide all the ingredients you need (pasta, rice, legumes, eggs, cheese, vegetables, and more).
Autres infos...
The place is only reachable by car. La Vigna is surrounded by nature and there are many opportunities for walks in the Val di Zena area. After work, we can give you a ride to Bologna (or San Lazzaro di Savena) if desired.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
Wifi connection is quite good. It's not possibile to use mobile phone: only wifi call. In your room you will have a confortable table and a chair, if you need to work on your pc after gardening.
Espace pour garer des vans
There are a parking that you can use but be careful: the street to reach our house is not paved!
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Mes animaux
