Be surrounded by nature and enjoy lending a hand with our beautiful gardens in Courtenay, BC, Canada

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  We are a family living close to the land on 9 acres nestled between a wild and active marsh, and forest lands. As your host, I value healthy and whole foods eating, both sourced from our garden and other local vendors. I am an avid gardener of food, herbal medicine, and flowers. There is a large sub-tropical greenhouse where a combination of citrus and tropical trees along with tomatoes and other hot house vegetables are grown. We are conveniently located a 7 minute drive to the heart of town, and surrounded by a network of trails. Altogether it is myself and my husband, a middle aged working couple, 3 boys aged 7, 16, and 18, and our two cats and one dog. The sleeping area for guests is a beautiful bell tent with a futon bed, which overlooks our pond and backs on to the marsh, where you will wake up to the bird song each morning.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Ensino

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Criação de vídeos

  

  Sustentabilidade

  

  Mascotes

  

  Cultura

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Trabalho beneficente

  

  Fazenda

  

  Cuidar de plantas

  

  Música

  

  Faça você mesmo

  

  Livros

  

  Arte e design

  

  Idiomas

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Escrever

  

  Carpintaria

  

  Animais

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Esportes aquáticos

  

  Caminhada

  

  Dança

  

  Montanhas

  

  Esportes de inverno

  

  Yoga/bem-estar

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Praia
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Many meals are enjoyed together, where we can share about the local events and activities that take place to be explored during time off. We have ebikes that take 15 minutes to ride into the heart of downtown Courtenay, where many local art, music, and community events take place. The colourful weekly farmers market is also close by. My partner and I are herbalists, and have a deep understanding of plant medicine. We both enthusiastically share about our cultivated and wild plant knowledge- from growing practices, harvesting, and processing techniques. Plant medicine making will sometimes be part of the scope of work. We are a well traveled family and enjoy learning from others about cultural ways of life, and find that hosting others is the next best thing to travel itself!

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  Most of the assistance we need involves tending to the gardens including weeding, watering, planting, harvesting, garden bed and pathway maintenance. We also have ongoing special projects that come up that require help with light landscape construction work and building (such as raised beds, sheds, etc.).
  Much of the work will be done independently and at times we will be participating- depending on the task and the juggle of our responsibilities to our jobs.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Fluente
  Francês: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  I am fluent in Spanish, but the rest of my family is not, however they are very interested in learning and having the opportunity to practice.
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  Acomodação

  Breakfast is self served, and if I am not available for lunch or dinner then a full meal will be prepared ahead of time that will be easy to warm if needed, although I will usually be around for lunch and dinner.
  Sleeping accomodations is a double futon bed with bedding in a bell tent on a platform overlooking our pond, about 20 meters from the house. The bathroom is located in the house with a direct entrance from outside.

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  Algo mais...

  Our family follows a consistent rhythm of sleeping and waking with the sun, generally sleeping by 10 and awake by 7, give or take. We are a vibrant and bustling group, and there is a healthy ebb and flow of connection and independence in our household. We do appreciate our private space, however the comfortable porch, living room, and dining area remain open to our guests. As we lead full lives, we appreciate hosting couples that are able to give one another regular company and mutual support throughout the day.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  Este anfitrião indicou que adora hospedar nômades digitais.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  Milo, Australian Shepherd

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