Help build a permaculture homestead in a peaceful French village! 💚

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The experience

Join our small family in South of Les Landes and help us create an open permacultural space! Learn about sustainable living, enjoy cultural exchange and discover life in the French countryside.

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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

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What you get

2 days off per week

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

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.

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

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

Hi! We are Périnne and Omar, a nature-loving couple living in a quiet village in the South of Les Landes, France – just one hour from the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrénées mountains. We live on a 1.5-hectare property where we are slowly creating a permaculture homestead open to others who want to reconnect with the land, nature and each other 🌱

We have two children: Elie (11 years old) and Maïssa (5 months), so our days are full of love, laughter and a lot of work! Between parenting, gardening, caring for animals and renovating our house, there's always something to do – and that's where you come in!

There’s no pressure – we’re flexible and will always try to match tasks with your interests and skills.
You can help with:

Permaculture & gardening (planting, seeding, harvesting...)

Caring for our animals (sheep & chickens)

Eco-renovation of our home

Cleaning & cooking

DIY & general maintenance

Transforming food (jams, sauces, preserves...)

Sharing your skills and ideas!

We produce only for our own consumption and share any surplus with friends and neighbors.

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Activities & Shift

🏕️ Accommodation & Meals
You’ll stay in a cozy camping area on our land while we finish renovating the upstairs of our home.
We’ll provide:

Tent

Comfortable mattress

All bedding and essentials

🍽️ Meals:

Lunch & dinner will be shared with our family

Breakfast is self-served with available ingredients

We love discovering world cuisines, so feel free to cook a dish from your culture – we’ll provide the ingredients!

💡 What you’ll learn
Basics of permaculture and eco-construction

How to care for farm animals

How to grow and preserve your own food

How to live more simply and sustainably

A lot about French family life and culture
We’re always curious about other ways of thinking, so come ready to share your story too 💛

✅ What we offer
✔️ 2 days off per week
✔️ Access to Wi-Fi
✔️ Cultural exchange & language practice
✔️ Experience sustainable living
✔️ Peaceful surroundings & contact with nature
✔️ Meals and accommodation provided

🕒 Availability & schedule
Help for 25 hours per week (flexible, around 5 hours/day)

Minimum stay: 1 week (ideally longer if you’d like to immerse more)


We’ve been volunteers ourselves and now feel happy to give back by opening our home and hearts to fellow travelers.
If you’re looking for a meaningful exchange, want to disconnect from the chaos and reconnect with nature and yourself — we’d love to welcome you.

📩 Feel free to message us if you have any questions!

See you soon,
Périnne, Omar, Elie & Maïssa