Natural gardening and nature preservation
Permakulturpark am Lebensgarten Steyerberg (PaLS) gGmbH
Steyerberg, Germany
Description
Do you want to help nature get healthy again? We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to create and maintain an eco-friendly way of agriculture. Our gardeners will teach you skills about the nature-friendly production of organic vegetables and fruits, soil regeneration, and nature conservation. Our site is beautifully situated beneath the Eco-Village "Lebensgarten Steyerberg". Enjoy new experiences together with other international volunteers. You will learn a lot about organic gardening and permaculture and dive deeper into innovative practices of creating healthy soil on an organic farm that is certified under the international biocyclic vegan standard. You will gain new green skills, practice-oriented knowledge in organic agriculture and develop your social skills together with our team and in exchange with the inhabitants of the Ecovillage. You can take part in seminars and other activities that will help you to develop your personality and you can make new like minded friends.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Accommodation is provided in separate rooms for each participant. Food will be provided by us. A lot of it you will nurture and harvest yourself! Usually the volunteers prepare their meals together in their communal kitchen. Being a farm under the biocyclic vegan standard participants should respect vegan lifestyles. Travel costs at the beginning and end of the service will be reimbursed under conditions set by the ESC-program. Additionally we provide you with the “Deutschlandticket” that enables you to explore Germany with public transport in your free time.
Training during the activity
You will attend continuous training in permacultural gardening practices, soil regeneration and related topics, given by skilled permacultural gardeners. In regular theory lessons this knowledge is deepened. Opportunities to take German lessons are being provided. A variety of lessons in Yoga, circle dance and a lot of other subjects is offered by members of the Ecovillage.
Participant profile
In this project applicants of an age between 18 and 30 support us for the duration of 12 months. Your service shall start with the beginning of February 2027. We welcome participants that have a real interest in working in and with nature to help recreating biodiverse resilient systems while producing high-quality organic vegetables. You should be ready to work in nature in every weather. Participants should value the ethics of a stockfree vegan biocyclic farm. The applicants should be fluent in the English language or have a level of at least B 2 in German. They should be open minded and ready to work and live peacefully together with people from Germany and other international volunteers.
Activity dates
From 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2028
Activity location
Ginsterweg 3, Steyerberg, Germany
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Nutrition and subsistence agriculture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 30/11/2026 23:59
Project code
2026-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000402351