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🌱Happy gardening in Sardinia with a fun family close to the sea

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The experience

We’re looking for someone who enjoys being in the garden and has some experience with vegetables. Help us care for our biodynamic garden: plant seedlings, water trees and flowers in the evening, harvest in the morning, manage irrigation, and propagate plants. We love working in the garden too 😁 many tasks we’ll do together, side by side, sharing the joy of growing.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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.

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 Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

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

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Welcome to our little experimental paradise! We're a small family (with two wild-hearted kids) living off-grid in northern Sardinia. Life here flows with the rhythm of the sun, the moon, and the barefoot steps of children.

We’re looking for volunteers to help with: • Gardening, harvesting, and seed-saving 🌱
• DIY infrastructure (fencing, compost toilet, tool shed) 🔨
• Helping in the kitchen or with the kids 🍲👶
• Creative touches – art, woodwork, natural building 🎨

✨ What to expect:

Basic but beautiful infrastructure (tents, compost toilets, outdoor showers)

Wild animals around (yes, even mice, bats, and Sardinian wild boars – small ones!) 🐗

Lots of time outdoors, good food, and deep community moments

A real sense of connection: to the land, to yourself, to others


💚 This is not a retreat – it’s real life in nature, full of learning, sweat, and joy.
If that excites you more than it scares you… you’re welcome here.

We value respect, collaboration, and honest communication. We’ll work together on some tasks, and others may be done independently, depending on your comfort and experience.

Activities & Shift

Our garden is one of the hearts of our project. It nourishes us, and also the children and families who are part of our educational community.

We follow biodynamic and regenerative principles, working in harmony with the land and the seasons. You’ll be helping us in the daily care of the garden and surrounding plants.

This includes:

Planting seeds and transplanting seedlings

Watering trees, vegetables, and flowers in the evening

Harvesting vegetables in the morning

Managing the basic irrigation system

Propagating plants by cuttings

Maintaining paths and compost


We love being in the garden ourselves — it’s a space of peace and presence. Most tasks will be done together, but we also appreciate your ability to work with autonomy when needed.

Shifts

You’ll help about 5 hours per day, mostly in the early morning and/or late afternoon, depending on the weather and the needs of the plants.

Example schedule:

🌄 8:00–11:00: harvesting, planting, maintenance

🌞 Free time during the hot hours (lunch, siesta, beach, reading…)

🌅 18:00–20:00: watering trees and flowers, checking irrigation system


You’ll have two free days per week, flexible depending on weather and shared rhythm.

Rules


Treat the garden and plants with care

Keep shared spaces clean and tools tidy after use

No smoking in or near garden/children’s areas

We live simply: no fridge, compost toilet, and a lot of open air

Be open to share, help when needed, and respect the rhythm of family life

Ask when in doubt, and enjoy the beauty of the process 🌱