📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Olivazzi Farm, is a pedagogical and organic farm located in a natural and beautiful setting. The farm runs agricultural activities including construction and care of vegetable garden and plants, cleaning by aerating-wind the organic wheat and grinding of organic wheat. The educational farm deals with the realization of small manual works of construction and restoration of wooden materials or painting and fresco. It also cooperates with local associations, including RUBRA, for the realization of bicycle and pedestrian paths with the aim of deepening the knowledge of the territory, agricultural areas, natural areas such as the park of the Rocchetta, ecological paths, the discovery of herbaceous and tree species.
💼 What the programme involves
Carpentry, maintenance and restoration of old forniture. Preparing for sowing, caring of botanic and vegetable garden.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared rooms with bathrooms and showers with hot water. There is also a porch for having meals outside in case of good weather. There is also a big room as disposal for activities and meals. Volunteers will cook for themselves and will have a sharing dinner with host. Cooking by following turns in couples of 2. Volunteers will help in domestic chores.
📍 About the location
The farm is located in Quattordio. In the farm there is table tennis, free wi-fi, guitar, a music keyboard. There are bicycles for the volunteers and cycle path available in the town for a ride among towers, castles, vineyards. At 300 meters far from the farm there is the public pool as well and tennis fields. By train is possible to go to Genova and to reach the sea in about two hours. Quattordio is not so far from Liguria, Tuscany and Milan.
ℹ️ Additional information
Interest in agriculture and environment activities, and as well interest in renovation of historical assets.
