📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vert d'Iris International is a young cooperative from Brussels, active in the field of urban agriculture and sustainable food, created 4 years ago. They are managing two vegetable gardens in Neerpede (one of the last agriculture areas in Brussels) .
Many trainees are currently engaged in the organization, thanks to the program on social entepreneuship in the domain of sustainable food. The production of the gardens is also distributed to many restaurants and shops in Brussels or transformed into original recipes (dehydration, lactofermentation ...).The social purpose of Vert d'Iris includes the restoration of the nutritional vocation of Brussels city by creating jobs in the emerging trades of sustainable food.
💼 What the programme involves
The main objective of the project will be the development of user-friendly areas for light habitat (caravan) and for light shelters (for showers, dry toilets, outdoor kitchen ...) in the gardens (to be used by wwoofers).
Volunteers will also participate in the more regular activity of gardening, allowing them to familiarize themselves with the maintenance, cultivation and harvesting of fruits, eatable flowers and seasonal vegetables.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in tents in the gardens ( bring mattresses and sleeping bag). Tents are provided by the partner. Basic sanitary facilities (dry toilets), but volunteers will have access to a bathroom from the restaurant next door (shower) and will have electricity on the camp area.
📍 About the location
In the district of Anderlecht, in the South of Brussels.The association is 40' away from the center of Brussels by walk then metro.
⚠️ Requirements
Volonteers need to be ready for physical outside work and to have an interest for organic agriculture and sustainable development.Volunteers need also to be accustomed to camping lifestyle and having fewer commodities (tents…).
The association is based in a rather rural area and the facilities are quite limited.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers will have access to a kitchen to cook for themselves with vegetables from the garden( vegetarian food).
Usually for lunch, they will eat with the rest of the team (meal preparation in turn).
Unfortunately, the garden is not accessible for people with reduced mobility.