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Help us with our Urban Permaculture project in Australia!

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The experience

Shared gardens set up as urban farms. About 20 properties in 3 separate locations, with most connected by gates in between. Visitors can work on around 10 of them in a wide variety of urban agriculture tasks, including growing fruit and vegetables, building construction and maintenance, recording workshops and events, care of ducks and chickens, plant nursery work, plant adaptation research.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

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.

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.

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

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Joes Connected Garden at Elizabeth Grove grow a vast range of fruit, herbs and veg (along with ducks, chickens and bees); Andrews Urban Farm at Elizabeth East grows veg and fruit, but also has honey production, aquaponics and a flock of prizewinning ducks and chickens. We have two small nurseries and a significant national fig collection as well. Around 15 properties are connected across the two locations, of which 9 are available for volunteers. Visitors who stay more than 3 weeks can also volunteer at D'annies Arid Rural Farm.

In our properties we focus on education and host frequent workshops in all aspects of edible gardening and associated horticulture, including propagating, pruning and grafting; resident volunteers can attend our workshops for free. Volunteers can gain skills in various aspects of organic gardening, and also in garden-related construction and the use of tools.

Activities & Shift

We are engaged in community development and we host regular activities for local schools, including for indigenous students and those with special needs. We maintain close relationships with grassroots community groups and wwoofers can expect to visit at least one of these in their time here.

John, one of our garden owners, is into cooking and loves experimenting and learning new recipes, so when he is available, volunteers who like food are most welcome. Our giant wood oven at Andrews Urban farm always looks forward to events and workshops with yummy contributions from visitors.😁

Rules

Non-Smoking, No Smoking Inside, No Children, No Pets please