The Manor Oosterhouw-Leens

The Manor Oosterhouw-Leens, Netherlands

May 3, 2024

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

The mansion Oosterhouw in Leens is located in the north of the Netherlands in the province of Groningen. The estate is surrounded by a flat agricultural landscape approximately 10 km from the Wadden Sea UNESCO heritage. Oosterhouw was built in 1868. The last time the building was renovated was in 1912–1913. After that, there weren’t any significant developments. The current owners bought the house a few years ago and want to open it more to the public. The house, the garden, and the surrounding landscape are unique in this area and must be protected and taken care of. Volunteers will be cleaning up and helping restore the gardens to their former glory. Activities range from groundwork like digging and levelling to gardening such as weeding and pruning to wood shredding and splitting. The volunteers will work in the gardens five days a week. This excludes the weekends.

TRAINING DURING THE ACTIVITY

We will provide participants access to online training modules provided by the European Solidarity Corps and/ or SIW. We will also teach you about the restoration of the gardens.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

We’re looking for volunteers with a green thumb, who enjoy working outdoors and together in a group. It’s important that you’re open to making international friendships and to be interested in restoring an old and beautiful garden to its former glory.

ACTIVITY DATES

A total of 2 week(s) during the period 13/07/2024 to 27/07/2024

ACTIVITY LOCATION

Hoofdstraat 35, 9965 PA Leens, Netherlands

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden

The Manor Oosterhouw-Leens