📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate in the embellishment of the Pelissanne’s public garden, charming typical Provençal village nestled in hills with intoxicating scents, lulled by the song of the cicadas...
The public garden of the veterans, bordered by two water courses, is located in the center of the town, so you will be in the heart of the festivities and the village life. By participating in this work camp, you will contribute to the valorization of the municipality’s green spaces, which wishes to apply for the contest "Cities and Villages in bloom" in order to get a second flower. You will also be initiated to environmental techniques of brush clearing and maintenance of streams. You will discover the local fauna and flora as well as technics of construction of wooden street furniture.
💼 What the programme involves
Several actions are planned in order to wide weight range of activities:
- Creation of a pedagogical path on the flora of the park with carved wooden plates.
- Creation of urban furniture in wood (jardiniere, benches).
- Rehabilitation of the “Petite Touloubre”, banks and river bed cleaning.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the community hall provided for the group.
Bring your sleeping bag and your sleeping mat. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together. The budget will be managed with your camp leaders and you will participate in the grocery shopping and the preparation of meals, favoring the local and seasonal products.
📍 About the location
Pelissanne is a little town of Provence. There are 10 000 inhabitants throughout the year but the town attracts a lot of tourists during the summer. You will enjoy visiting its historical center, its 16th century belfry, the Pelican’s Fountain, and olive oil mills!
Located less than 50 Km from Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Avignon and Marseille, you will have a huge choice of discoveries in your free time. You will also enjoy the summer activities of the little town (like bullfighting) and its well-known Sunday market. For more information about the village and its surroundings, please visit: http://www.ot-massifdescostes.com/fr/
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring: working gloves and shoes, casual clothing, hat/cap, sunglasses, sun cream and mosquitos repellant and your swimming suit.
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 happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.