Grow, Share and Connect: A Sanctuary Experience 🌿✨

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The experience

Sanctuary offers a meaningful, hands-on experience in organic farming, regenerative ecology, and community connection. Participants learn practical skills, contribute to the care of the land, and grow alongside others, while enjoying fresh, seasonal meals and life in rhythm with nature, fostering a supportive, values-driven environment and a lasting connection to the earth.

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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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 12 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Contributions help maintain the land and gardens, support organic staple foods and nourishing meals, and provide tools and resources for hands-on learning. They ensure a meaningful, sustainable experience for all participants, while making this opportunity accessible despite New Zealand’s high food costs, the Otago region’s living expenses, and current economic challenges.

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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 Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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.

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

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate German

Between 23 and 50 years old

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

BROOMHILL Sanctuary is a hands-on regenerative learning and living ecosystem among the hills of Glenorchy. Participants engage in organic gardening, food forest care, seed saving, native habitat restoration, landscaping, and physical land projects, while immersing themselves in the rhythms of nature.

This is an experience of shared stewardship, combining practical work, reflection, creative expression, and mindful living. Residents enjoy fresh organic meals, simple but comfortable eco-accommodation, and opportunities to connect deeply with the land, community, and self.

Daily life balances hands-on learning with personal time for journaling, rest, forest walks, or optional engagements in mindfulness, herbalism, and eco-theology.

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Activities & Shift

Morning & Midday:

Food forest and organic garden care,
Landscaping, breaking in new grounds, and soil improvement,
Native plantings and habitat restoration,
Weed management, lifting, shifting, and gathering natural resources for projects,
Composting, mulching, and seed saving

From 3:30 PM: Personal time for reflection, journaling, rest, or optional creative/learning sessions

Evening: Shared meal preparation, dining, dishes, and reflections

Weekly: Participation possible in Sanctuary and local cooperative offerings

Work expectations: Be ready to start by 9:00–9:30 AM, with lunch breaks; work usually finishes by 3:30 PM

Actively participate in assigned tasks, including physically demanding hillside projects

Bring curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn

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Rules

Health & Lifestyle:

No smoking, drugs, or intoxication on-site

Digital devices remain private and are used only during personal time, away from communal areas. No pocket phones please.

No 5G phones, Sky-Link, or devices that disrupt the Sanctuary’s environment

Community & Respect:

Respect fellow participants, hosts, and all living beings

Maintain open communication and kindness in interactions

Participate in shared meals, chores, and community activities

Daily Routine:

Morning work starts by 9:00–9:30 AM

Evenings are quiet and family-focused; Sanctuary private areas close after shared dinner and dishes

Contribute to a clean, safe, and harmonious environment

General Conduct:

Honor natural cycles and the Sanctuary’s rhythms

Actively engage in shared learning, reflection, and care for the land

Respect boundaries, privacy, and communal resources