Volunteer Gardener Needed in Scenic Rhynie, UK!

The experience

Join us in Rhynie, UK, and help care for our beautiful 5-acre garden! As busy teachers, we need assistance with gardening. No expert knowledge required, just a love for gardening and common sense. Enjoy a warm Scottish welcome and explore the stunning surroundings. In your free time, discover local hiking trails, historical sites, and charming villages. Make a difference while experiencing the tranquility of rural Scotland.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

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

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

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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Last season we took one guest (or couple) at any one time. In the 2025 season, there may be overlapping guests and this will impact upon the available accomodation.

Accomodation will be based on one of the following;

The Bothy - a small self contained guest studio normally used as an AirBnB.

Our Glamping Tents - 5m bell tents, with use of facilities within our home, or if no other guests are using the Bothy, the facilities (cooking, chemical toliet, shower, table, seating, Wifi) within the Bothy shared by those in tents.

Hazel's room - A small double bedroom within our home, when not in use by family.

Shared use of our summer house (seating, table, music, Wifi), outdoor seating areas and fire bowl.

A range of bikes are avilable to borrow at guests own risk, although we do request bike helmets are used (provided by us).

Activities & Shift

Monday to Friday we both work during the day, but we will agree with you the day before a range of tasks to suit your interests and abilities. You will choose when in the day you work, fitting this around the weather, you're own other interests and exploring rural Aberdeenshire.
Our weeds grow fast so this is a key activity we need your help with. Some of our garden beds need reclaimed from the wilder parts of our land!
weeding, pruning, grass cutting, and general tidying. There may also be maintainance tasks like painting outbuildings, moving earth mounds, managing or compost supply, helping us make BioChar, sifting paths and driveways.

Depending on the season of your visit, there may be preparing vegetable beds, sowing seeds, and or small scale harvesting of berries or other produce.

There may be times when your help would be appreciated with some housekeeping tasks, either in helping prepare accomodation for other worldpacker guests, paying AirBnB guests in the Bothy, or helping us around the home with some basic cleaning.

There may be opportunities for shared cooking as appropriate to our guests at any given time.

Rules

We respectfully ask for non smokers.