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Art Garten Helper

The experience

Practical hands-on support for seasonal growing, greenhouse care, permaculture systems and daily animal husbandry — the backbone role that keeps the communal kitchen, the ’Holistic Experiences’, the ‘Craft Store’, and the ‘Culture Cafe’ supplied, and small livestock and companion animals healthy..

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

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Activities & Shift

+ Planting, weeding, harvesting and greenhouse maintenance..
+ Compost management, seed saving and bed rotation..
+ Daily animal care: Feeding, fresh water, egg collection, coop runs, bedding, basic grooming and observation of animal health (chickens, ducks, peacocks, cats, dogs, and other small on-site animals).
+ Routine cleaning and maintenance of animal housing and fencing; monitor and report biosecurity, parasite or injury concerns; coordinate simple first-aid and vet contacts when required.
+ Assist with irrigation, mulching and integrated pest practices..
+ Record-keeping for harvest yields and seed inventories..

Rules

+ Basic \ Professional gardening experiences (effective microorganisms, composting, natural pesticides, no-dig gardening, intuition, herbalism, mycorrhizae, mycelium, ..); permaculture or horticulture interest preferred.
+ Comfortable with outdoor physical work.
+ Comfortable handling small livestock or companion animals; basic \ professional animal-care knowledge preferred.
+ Responsible, observant, patient and able to follow hygiene and biosecurity procedures.
+ Vegan or vegetarian Lifestyle. Non-smoker; abstain from alcohol and recreational drugs.
+ Minimum 1month (longer stays prioritised).