ESC: SWEET SUMMER HARVEST TIME

Name: ESC: SWEET SUMMER HARVEST TIME
Start: 2025-06-25
End: 2025-07-10
Location: Slovenia

Code: 46007 Copied

Slovenia European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Long summer days, sweet organic smells! Join us at organic farm in Jurovski Dol for the sweetest harvesting of all: lavender! We will harvest a small field of lavender and produce the essential oil. We will also work with other herbs (wild thyme, melissa, mint ...), and produce some tinctures and teas. What about some black current? Some juicing, some marmalading? Besides the harvesting and the transformation of the flowers and the fruits into the enjoyable food products, we will also do some maintenance work in our different (small-scale) plantations, e.g. weeding or hoeing in the vineyard or in our meadow orchard. We will also try to rejuvenate our lavender field after the harvest and replant some plants. We will find a good balance between the physical work in the sun and the creative learning, expressing and staying together. We will also organise a cultural event with an organic catering for the local community with a big summer opening of our LIBRARY UNDER THE TREETOPS.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in the gymnasium of the local school. Each participant will be able to use one gymnastics mat as a mattress. Same-sex shared bathrooms will be at your disposal, with 3 showers/toilets for women and 3 for men. Hot water is ensured all the time. The school is 7 minutes walking distance from the organic farm of Zelena centrala, where all of our activities will be held. The gymnasium and its facilities will be accessible to all participants 24/7 through the entire period. We provide 100% organic and local food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Green transport guaranteed.

🎒 Leisure activities

AGRI-CULTURE IS THE FUTURE! This opportunity is a great chance to dive into the complex questions of sustainability, food security and self-sufficiency, biodiversity, and climate change and learn about them through experience and work on a small organic farm, full of creativity, fun and good vibes with enthusiastic and experienced mentors. Specialised workshops on essential oil production, tinctures, juicing and marmalading, as well as cooking with local and organic ingredients. Theoretical & practical workshops on organic maintenance of vineyard and orchards. Creative writing&storytelling.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We're looking for active, engaged and curious persons, who like to share and live in a community. Are you interested in concrete practices of sustainable living and preservation of nature? The obstacles are only the additional incentives for your creativity, and you are not afraid of physical work outdoors - meaning also adapting to the unpredictable summer weather conditions? You should not be afraid of nature, team work, and of living in a rural place, away from the city comforts.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

SI46007

25/06/2025 → 10/07/2025

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Jurovski Dol 7, 2223 Jurovski Dol, Slovenia

Slovenia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:16 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Slovenian Serbo-Croatian