Eco Garden volunteer at a French Château 🌿

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The experience

Help nurture gardens, nature & creativity in rural France
Join us at a beautiful 18th-century French château and become part of a peaceful, inclusive eco-community surrounded by nature 🌱✨
This is a hands-on, meaningful experience focused on helping care for gardens and land, while enjoying shared meals, creative freedom, and slow living in the French countryside.

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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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.

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

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.

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

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Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

📍 Location
La Petite-Marche, Allier, France
• 30 minutes from Montluçon
• 15 minutes from grocery stores
🏰 The Property
An 8-bedroom château with historic stone outbuildings, set on 3 hectares of land filled with fruit trees, vegetable gardens, herbs, flowers, and open green spaces.

🌸 About Us
Our mission is to create a safe and joyful sanctuary where women, LGBTQIA+, and femme-identifying people can rest, play, reconnect, and create.
The château is a place for well-being, creativity, and community, and we’re looking for garden-loving volunteers to help bring the land to life with care and intention.

💚 Who This Is Perfect For
Nature lovers who enjoy being outdoors
People interested in gardening, farming, or eco-living (experience welcome, not required)
Open-minded, respectful individuals who value inclusivity and community
Those who can help independently and also enjoy shared projects
✨ Bonus (but not mandatory): carpentry, farming, or construction experience.

🏡 Accommodation & Living
Private or shared room in the château (depending on availability)
Shared bathrooms, kitchen, showers, and laundry
Meals provided (vegetarian-friendly)
Access to shared indoor and outdoor spaces
Shared vehicle available for property needs

🌿 Creative Freedom
There’s space here to bring your own ideas to life — whether that’s expanding the veggie garden, creating botanical signs, starting a small eco-project, or simply contributing your energy and creativity.

If you love the idea of living in a French château, getting your hands in the soil, and being part of a supportive, bilingual (English/French) community, we would love to host you 🤍

Come help, learn, share, and grow with us 🌱✨

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Activities & Shift

🌱 How You’ll Help

This experience focuses on helping with gardens and outdoor spaces, especially during the off-season. Activities may include:
Caring for fruit trees, vegetable gardens, herbs, and flowers
Planting, weeding, mulching, and harvesting
Composting and watering
General land care (paths, collecting apples, harvesting walnuts, light upkeep)
Helping with small garden projects (raised beds, signage, herb drying)
Occasionally helping around the property when needed (light maintenance, preparing spaces for guests, or assisting with meals during group stays)

⏰ Around 5 hours of help per day, 5 days per week