Learn about garden restoration, rewilding and biodiversity in central Ireland

Infos

• 

  Description

  We are a retired but active couple living in an eighteenth-century country house in central Ireland. We are keen to host workawayers, preferably a couple, to help us with restoring woodland gardens, a rock garden and growing vegetables. We also have about 18 hectares of woodland, peat bog and pasture to be managed for biodiversity.

• 

  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Entretien général
• 

  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are keen to share our interests in archaeological heritage, landscapes, and biodiversity, drawing on Emma's professional background in leading the National Trust of Wales and Henry's experience as professor of botany, geography and earth sciences at Trinity College Dublin and Aberystwyth University. We would like to take our Workawayers on trips to heritage and nature sites in central Ireland. We will also share skills in gardening, and horticulture while working alongside our Workaway guests. We will enjoy learning more about the cultures of other nations, and would welcome opportunities for conversational practice in French, Spanish or Italian.

• 

  Projets impliquant des enfants

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

• 

  Aide

  Tasks could include mowing and scything the orchard, clearing scrub, planting trees, painting gates, moving rocks, digging out old trees and removing ivy from old walls.

• 

  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire
  Espagnol: Débutant
  Italien: Débutant

• 

  Hébergement

  We will provide a large double bedroom, a private bathroom and a kitchen, with shared use of a study and library. You will have use of a separate kitchen, but we will expect to share meals with us once or twice a week. We have fast and reliable broadband internet connection.
  
  We will share meals two or three times a week, as well as providing food and a separate kitchen to guests who might wish to prepare their own meals.

• 

  Autres infos...

  We are well connected to Dublin and Galway, each being just 90 minutes away by train or motorway. Athlone, the River Shannon and Lough Ree are within easy reach.

• 

  Informations complémentaires

  • 

    Accès Internet

  • 

    Accès Internet limité

  • 

    Nous avons des animaux

  • 

    Nous sommes fumeurs

  • 

    Familles bienvenues

• 

  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have fast and reliable internet connection. You will have shared use of our study and library

• 

  Espace pour garer des vans

  Plenty of room in our large yard for cars and motorhomes

• 

  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Dogs welcome.

• 

  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

• 

  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week