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Role: Gardening/ Landscaping/ Helper
Type: Work exchange for accom. (barter/ exchange/ unpaid)
Location: Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast BC
Accom.: on-site accom., see below
Come and spend some time in nature with our family on our two-acre heritage homestead in Roberts Creek. We have chickens and turkeys and large permaculture gardens and an orchard. The ocean is a ten minute walk down the road. The general store and the village of Roberts Creek are a twenty minute walk. On the bus route to Gibsons or Sechelt.
We are always in need of an extra set or two of hands to help out around here on our 100-year-old property. Some types of help needed include mulching, landscaping, pruning, gardening, removal of invasive species, weeding, digging and adding soil amendments, seeding and transplanting, harvesting and preserving, cooking and cleaning, general maintenance, and more!
This work exchange is for 20 hours per week for accommodations, breakfast and lunch provisions only and is based on a five-day work week of 4 hours per day during your stay.
We would love to welcome a single person or a couple who are travelling and would like to check out and live in the amazing arts community of Roberts Creek.
Contact Karen at: ces@gol.com
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Current status: Open/apply now. Date posted: Sep 16 2024 ID: 71950