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Again, you are very welcome in 2025!
Retired social nurse Nina has been working in addiction care and is married to retired journalist/historian Wim. We have two adult children - our daughter lives in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel and our son in Groningen - and three grandchildren. Two boys and a girl. Wim's son Paul from his first marrige lives in Waverveen, near Amsterdam.
We can do with some help in our non-profit cutting garden. We only accept Workawayers of 25 years and older.
We are happy to see you from april 2025!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Around our house we have a garden of some 3.400 square meters. A part of that garden - approximately 1.200 square metres - consists of a beautiful cutting garden. In fifteen flowerbeds or so, of four by fifteen meters, many dozens of different kinds of flowers bloom from the beginning May up to late in September.
The garden is Nina's passion. And she can do with some help.
People can buy a bouquet of flowers for a small amount of money. They cut the flowers themselves.
The rest of the garden is mainly grass, hedges, trees, a swimming pool (8 x 4 m), a natural pond and upsetting.
The garden is a very attractive place for volunteers to help us with gardening, because:
• He or she (or they) can enjoy the outdoors;
• Can work with flowers and plants;
• Will be working in a relaxed atmosphere in the countryside;
• Where peace and quiet, nature and clean air can be enjoyed.
The garden is a non-commercial activity. The proceeds of the sold flowers return to the garden.
The village Ravenswoud (400 inhabitants) is located in the province of Friesland, in a beautiful but fairly remote environment (by Dutch standards), between two natural parks: the national park Drents-Friese Wold, 61 square kilometers, and the Fochteloërveen, more than 2.500 hectares.
Culturally important cities as the provincial capital and University City Groningen, the Frisian capital Leeuwarden (European Capital of Culture 2018!) and the Overijsselse capital Zwolle are nearby.
Aide
The volunteer(s) will have to help in the garden. That is to say assisting in the broadest sense of the word: digging, weeding, seeding, cutting, pruning, planting, flipping dead flowers and all the other garden works that need to be done. Sometimes it's hard work, sometimes the job is easier. And there is always the the weather. You never know what you are going to get in the Netherlands...
And maybe - if you are able to - we like you to do some odd jobs like laying tiles, easy repairjobs, pikling barns and so forth. Call it general maintenance, if you like.
We can accomodate two workawayers at the same time. For a maximum duration of two weeks.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Français: Intermédiaire
Hébergement
You will have your own, private bedroom and bathroom in a spacious house. In the summer you can use the swimming pool and several terraces in the garden. Free Wifi is available. Smoking in the house is not allowed.
Autres infos...
Southeast Friesland, where Ravenswoud is located, is a rural area and has a beautiful scenery. Het Drents-Friese Wold and het Fochteloërveen are famous natural sites all over the Netherlands and beyond.
The volunteers can relax if they like, but the can also enjoy cycling, walking, running and mountain biking in the clear air of south-east Friesland (Fryslân). The village Oosterwolde (12 km / 10.000 inhabitants) has shops, restaurants, several sports facilities (tennis courts for example), a fitness centre and an indoor swimming pool. In Appelscha (2 km) is a lovely outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts as well and a golf course.
If you wish we will take you on trips in the neighbourhood of Ravenswoud.
The University City Groningen (230.000 inhabitants) is about 45 km away, Leeuwarden 55 km and Zwolle 62 km.
The larger cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht are 2 to 2,5 hours away, by car or by train. The nearest railway station is in Assen (the capital of the province of Drenthe), 20 km from Ravenswoud.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
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She told us a lot about her self and her life in Singapore. And that’s what Workaway is all about.
We loved having her around immensely and we are glad that we taught her what ‘een… read more
Firstly, their home is really clean/neat and decorated very tastefully with creative aesthetics; you get your own room with a bed more comfortable than my own bed, and your own toilet/bathroom that is beautifully designed. Their home is the best environment to enjoy a cuppa hot… read more
If you want someone who can work hard, Lawrence is the right man for you.
She has worked hard to make the garden weed-free and did many other jobs. And she has cooked delicious meals for us.
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When she was not working in our garden she rode the bike or made plans to sell her house in Berlin and buy one in Leeuwarden, the capital of… read more
Sean and Carolyn worked in shifts and sometimes… read more
Nina and I have learnt a lot about Siberia (it can be really cold there) and… read more
I would like to thank you for amazing time I have had in Ravenswoud. You are very welcoming. I enjoyed everything, the house, the garden, my work and experience with you.
I would like to thanks Nina for the inspiration she gave me. Only one who does his hobby with so much energy, love and enthousiasm as Nina does, can give so… read more
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We had many great conversion together and exchanged many interested cultural differences topic that I found this is the way to explore the world deeper than before.
Wim and Nina are very adorable and happy couple. They take a very good care of me during… read more
We surely… read more
Especially welcome was the replanting of the bamboo. Great job, well done. Matheus is curious and learns very fast. He is studying Dutch, because he wants to stay for a longer time in the Netherlands.
We… read more
Nina and Wim are wonderful people. They are always willing to help you and they make sure that you are… read more
The garden itself is a beautiful and peaceful place. A lot of love and hard work goes into… read more
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Wim is a happy and funny man always with interesting stories to tell, we had great time together! And Nina is a sweet woman full of energy and with this contagious passion for flowers and the… read more
In the back of our garden is a natural pond. It was overgrown with all kinds of water plants. It was ‘a millstone around our necks’. Nina, Mercè and I were carefully pulling some plants out from the edge of the pond, but Elies stepped into the… read more
She works hard and consciousness in our garden and, although it rained a lot, she had a lot of work done. So, nothing but… read more
