The Manor Oosterhouw-Leens
STICHTING INTERNATIONALE WERKKAMPEN
The Manor Oosterhouw-Leens
Leens, Netherlands
Description
The mansion Oosterhouw in Leens is located in the north of the Netherlands in the province of Groningen. The estate is surrounded by a flat agricultural landscape approximately 10 km from the Wadden Sea UNESCO heritage. Oosterhouw was built in 1868. The last time the building was renovated was in 1912-1913. After that, there weren’t any significant developments. The current owners bought the house a few years ago and want to open the house more to the public. The house, the garden and the surrounding landscape are unique in this area and must be protected and taken care of. Volunteers will be cleaning up and helping restore the gardens to their former glory. Activities range from groundwork like digging and levelling to gardening such as weeding and pruning to wood shredding and splitting. The volunteers will work in the gardens five days a week. This excludes the weekends.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will be staying at Wongema, a working café located in the small village of Hornhuizen. The whole group will be staying in a dormitory. Clean towels will be provided. Sheets for the beds won’t be provided, so bring a sleeping bag or sheets! There is a kitchen available. You will cook together in teams, taking turns and having the opportunity to cook meals from your home countries.Each participant is expected to take part in the CCC (cooking-cleaning-crew).Bicycles will be provided for transportation between the accommodation and Oosterhouw (approx 15 min).
Training during the activity
We will provide participants access to online training modules provided by the European Solidarity Corps and/ or SIW. We will also teach you about the restoration of the gardens.
Participant profile
We're looking for volunteers with a green thumb, who enjoy working outdoors and together in a group. It's important that you're open to making international friendships and to be interested in restoring an old and beautiful garden to its former glory.
Activity dates
From 13/07/2024 to 27/07/2024
Activity location
Hoofdstraat 35, Leens, Netherlands
Volunteering teams
Looking for participants from
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 09/07/2024 23:59