Gardening on our small family farm in The Crags, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

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  2025 

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  • Description

    Description

    Clifford is an architect and TV producer and also runs an NGO that supports interventions in public schools and his wife Erica is a public interest lawyer and author. We have recently relocated from Johannesburg to live on a small non-productive farm in the Crags, near Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. We have completed refurbishing and renovating the existing farm buildings and are in the early stages of learning about self sustainable living that includes rainwater harvesting, self supply of electricity and sewage, the growing of vegetables, alien clearing , fynbos management, maintaining firebreaks, cutting in pathways and walkways and creating natural dams. Our plans include exploring ideas of how to monetise the fynbos botanicals growing naturally on the farm to generate an income and also the designing and building off-grid cottages out of timber and corrugated iron as guest accommodation. Our longer term plans include hosting retreats for writers and creative people. We have two children that still live in Johannesburg - our daughter Rosa (30 years) is a primary school teacher and our son Jesse (24 years) is a musician and music producer.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Jardinage
    S’occuper des animaux
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Accueil / tourisme
    Entretien général
  • 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

    We think the traveller will find our family well read, very connected and engaged with the social issues and challenges facing South Africa today, and they will co-travel a journey of self-discovery with us as their hosts as we transition from city to country living and try to master existing in a off-grid and more sustainable way in one of the most beautiful locations in South Africa. The south-western cape is heaven for the adventurous, renown for trail running, mountain biking, hiking, sky-diving, para-gliding, kite-surfing, surfing, to whale and big game watching.

  • 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

    We would like the traveller to have general maintenance tasks and handy skills to be able assist with land management related issues, some knowledge of gardening and vegetable growing, be comfortable with dogs and happy to spend time reading, debating issues and cooking in the kitchen. As we both travel back and forth to Johannesburg for work, the traveller may be left alone to care for the property and dogs.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Anglais: Courant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    Portuguese

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    The main dwelling of the farm is a series of connected and converted out-buildings which provides private sleeping quarters for everyone. These are arranged around the family common living area of kitchen, dining room, lounging area, terrace and swimming pool. The traveller will have access to all the common shared spaces but also have their their own private sleeping quarters, bathroom and terrace made from a converted shipping container. Breakfast and lunch is often taken on the go as we all have different work cycles, but the plan would be to cook together and share dinner as the main meal of the day on a few evenings a week.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    Our farm is located some 20km out of Plettenberg Bay and 12km from Nature's Valley, both considered as the jewels of the Garden Route a 900km coast line stretching from Cape Town to Gqeberha. The Garden Route has some of the most spectacular beaches, hikes and mountain bike cycling routes in the country that are freely available and accessible. It is littered with small coastal and inland towns including some of the famous western cape wine estates. Having access to a car would make exploring this area that much easier but there are inter-city buses as well as a hop-on hop-off backpacker friendly transporter that traverses this route.

  • 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

    We have decent fast speed wifi BUT it is line of sight and weather can impact this from time to time

  • Espace pour garer des vans

    Espace pour garer des vans

    We have sufficient space to accommodate a camper van

  • Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

    We have a pack of 4 dogs and a cat - dogs or cats can be integrated

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Un

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