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Shared gardens set up as urban farms. About 20 properties in 3 separate locations, with most connected by gates in between. Visitors can work on around 10 of them in a wide variety of urban agriculture tasks, including growing fruit and vegetables, building construction and maintenance, assisting in and recording workshops and events, school classes, care of ducks and chickens, plant nursery work, plant adaptation research.
25 hours of help per week
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
2 days off per week
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.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Joes Connected Garden at Elizabeth Grove grow a vast range of fruit, herbs and veg (along with ducks, chickens and bees); Andrews Urban Farm at Elizabeth East grows veg and fruit, but also has honey production, aquaponics and a flock of prizewinning ducks and chickens. We have two small nurseries and a significant national fig collection as well. Around 15 properties are connected across the two locations, of which 9 are available for volunteers. Visitors who stay more than 3 weeks can also volunteer at D'annies Arid Rural Farm.
In our properties we focus on education and host frequent workshops in all aspects of edible gardening and associated horticulture, including propagating, pruning and grafting; resident volunteers can attend our workshops for free. Volunteers can gain skills in various aspects of organic gardening, and also in garden-related construction and the use of tools.
Our main workshop season is June to early August, including grape pruning, winter fruit tree pruning, fig pruning, propagation from cuttings, grafting, early seedling propagation.
We are engaged in community development and we host regular activities for local schools and disability services, including for indigenous students and those with special needs. We maintain close relationships with grassroots community groups and wwoofers and worldpackesrs can expect to visit at least one of these in their time here.
John, one of our garden owners, is into cooking and loves experimenting and learning new recipes, so when he is available, volunteers who like food are most welcome. Our giant wood oven at Andrews Urban farm always looks forward to events and workshops with yummy contributions from visitors.😁
Non-Smoking, No Smoking Inside, No Children, No Pets please
