Help Start a Community-Based Food Garden

Help a sustainable project: This host contributes to building a better and more sustainable future for all!
Make a real social impact: 2 travelers really felt their social impact working with this host
Connect with nature: 2 travelers recommend this experience for reconnecting with nature
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

30h

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

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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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.

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.

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides 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.

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: 5 days

Stay up to: 7 days

The Experience

Our project's goal is to support human activities in ways that don't harm and only enhance habitat health. We're looking for volunteers to help us to start and maintain a new food garden in our community. The main tasks are: shoveling, raking, planting seeds, harvesting seeds, moving, stacking rocks and maintaining and improving infrastructure. You'll have the opportunity to learn practical skills from experts in permaculture!

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Requirements

Intermediate English
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
United States Visa

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.

3. Good health and well-being

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

13. Climate action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy.

15. Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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2 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Permaculture Project

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

2 Creating true social impact
2 Get in touch with nature
2 Learning about sustainability
2 Developing environmental awareness
1 Meeting locals
1 Immersing in the local culture

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

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

Sarah

United Kingdom

Getting involved with the project was awesome! It was really cool to be part of a project like this. Kat was a wonderful host and such an inspiring woman! It's in a wonderful location as well, and you can see around where sustainable use of the land has made an impact. Thank you!

13 days ago

Maggie

China

I had the most fulfilling and heartwarming experience with Kat this week. I helped Kat and her organization SkyHarvest with Project Oasis, an initiative that aims to help the town of Bowie. The project is meaningful and important, and Kat took into consideration individual strengths and interests when assigning tasks. I enjoyed the work very much. Kat really took good care of me. She is a wonderful lady who shows genuine passion for life, and curiosity and care toward people she encounters; I have learned much from her. I felt like I found a home away from home and was very sad to leave.

about 2 months ago

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