Permaculture Food Forest in Brittany, France

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Immerse yourself in the local culture: A traveler recommended this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Connect with nature: A traveler recommended this experience for reconnecting with nature
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What you offer

25h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

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

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

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

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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 1 week

Stay up to: 4 weeks

The Experience

Phil's passionate dedication to 'Permaculture' principles over the last 30 years has transformed an old 6 hectare farm into a mature ecosystem, with ponds, streams and woodland. Your help is needed to maintain and develop this forest garden using syntropic and regenerative techniques. We generally work a few hours either side of a fairly long lunch, our evenings are often spent chatting and playing games around the dining table.

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Requirements

Fluent English or Fluent French
Between 19 and 55 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Join the host in pursuit of these goals and contribute to building a better and more sustainable future for all.

Good health and well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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2 Reviews

3.5

Host & Team

3.5

Hours & Tasks

2.5

Permaculture Project

4.0

Learning & Fun

3.5

How this experience will transform you

1 Immersing in the local culture
1 Get in touch with nature
1 Developing environmental awareness
1 Learning about sustainability

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 3. Good health and well-being
2 15. Life on land

Kate

New Zealand

Phil is extremely knowledgeable about all things permaculture and syntropic agriculture. If you would like to learn by doing, this is an amazing opportunity to do just that. Helen also makes amazing meals which are appreciated after what is often quite physical work. There is not much to do in the area so you need to be keen to work, to learn and to enjoy a quiet lifestyle. Accommodation is private and nice enough. Hours are often a bit longer than indicated here but as Phil always gives you new tasks to work on and is happy to explain everything, the days go by quite fast. Thank you both!

about 2 months ago

Ethan

United States

My personal experience differed from what I had anticipated and from what previous volunteers described. I arrived during an intense heatwave and was the only volunteer present. The workload amounted to roughly 8 hours a day, significantly more than the 25-hour weekly agreement. When I raised concerns about a 40-hour work week, Phil stated I would be expected to complete all assigned tasks regardless of the hours it took, and that if I disagreed I could leave. This response made me feel uncomfortable, especially given our prior agreement. I ultimately chose to leave the placement a week early

28 days ago

Phil replied

After 2 days work this volunteer demanded 2days off which was inconvenient to what we were doing. He claimed his hours were long, but due to the heat we were doing light work in the shade and took a very long lunch break,unless he counted his lunch break,I don't know how he thought he worked 8h. after his two days off he demanded reduced hours, in 4 days he had worked less to than half the 25h,so l judge him to be taking advantage of our hospitality and asked him to leave .

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