MEDIEVAL GARDEN CREATION
France
Environment
Renovation
Environment
Renovation
Fixed dates
About the project
MEDIEVAL GARDEN CREATION
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Allegre has a very rich historical heritage. It is located at an altitude of 1,000 meters, where the remains of a classified castle overlook the village. The town was selected as part of the "Small town of tomorrow" scheme, which enables it to carry out actions to improve the living environment and ecology. It is in this context that the project to create a medieval garden was born.
Local celebrations, meals with the inhabitants and the discovery of the region will be on your schedule.
💼 What the programme involves
This year we will organize the thirteenth workcamp in Allegre. The town council invites you to participate in the creation of a medieval garden in the heart of this beautiful historic village.
For twelve years, international volunteers have taken turns every summer to renovate pavements of alleyways in the village. This year, the inhabitants invite you to transform a grassy area into a medieval garden. This field is ideally situated at the foot of outer walls, high up, with a beautiful point of view. What is a medieval garden? It is an enclosed, secret, quiet garden, ideal for meditation. It is made up of several areas: a vegetable garden, an orchard and the corner of medicinal and magical herbs called "carre des simples".
You'll spend about 30 hours a week on this site. Your tasks: manual earthworks to mark the three levels of land, ground clearance, enhancement of the stone fountain which is currently hidden by undergrowth and construction of plant squares made of woven wood for planting medicinal herbs. The tasks will be varied and you will learn to handle many tools alongside a technical animator. It will be a very enriching experience!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay.
Your accommodation will be located at the municipal stadium, near the campsite, which is 20 minutes’ walk from the village. You will sleep in individual tent set up in the grass, near the facilities. You will have a kitchen in a room in the stadium and a large collective tent for socializing.
The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of meals, prioritizing products from the market and local producers. Wi-Fi available in the campsite and in the village. Hand washing of laundry.
📍 About the location
Allegre is a small town of 1000 inhabitants located in the Haute-Loire County in the Auvergne region, 30 km of Le-Puy-en-Velay city, in the Natural Regional Park of Livradois-Forez. Its alleyways are picturesque with red roofed houses, built on the slopes of an extinct volcano, the "Mont Bar". From the preserved ruins of the Castle at the top end of the village you can overlook hundreds of kilometres of countryside!
You will have the chance to go swimming in lakes, attend local celebrations and take part in outdoor leisure activities.
⚠️ Requirements
If you have any questions regarding the Covid-19 regulations to come to France, please check the following link: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/coming-to-france-your-covid-19-questions-answered/
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring work clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Allegre by foot, car and punctually in minibus.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
For more information visit: http://www.mairie-allegre.com and https://www.lepuyenvelay-tourisme.fr/
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-037
05/08/2022 → 19/08/2022
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
43270 Allègre, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:05 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French