Volunteer Capellagården's garden 2025
Ahead of the 2025 season, Capellagården is now announcing a volunteer site for treesfarm work. The volunteer work is carried out together with our gardenmaster Erik Sparretun. The garden is KRAV certified and includes a park, student gardens, nursery, garden shop, hot and cold greenhouses, kitchen and fruit garden. The kitchen garden is 1,600 square meters, cultivated here with a seven-year crop rotation. In fruitthe garden, which is 3000 square meters, grows 120 trees. The crops that are grown are used in our school kitchen, the summer garden cafe, but also for sale in the garden shop and delivery to external customers.
Information:
You are supervised by and work closely with Capellagården's gardener. The focus of your work is Capellagården's organic vegetable cultivation. The information is based on the growing season in which you are involved from sowing to harvest, as well as easier processing. The duties also include park care and maintenance of tools. You will work alongside and learn from gardenersthe master. Some parts will be carried out individually, while others will be carried out together with students from Capellagården's ecological and creative gardening education. In dialogue with your handAs a leader, you are encouraged to plan, drive and take initiative in your work. Parts of the work are physical, repetitive and under time pressure, but also lovely!
Period
7/4 – 3/10 2025. The working week runs from Monday to Friday, the day starts at 8.00 and ends at 16.00. Certain weekend work occurs, such as at Öland spirar and the Harvest Festival. Food, accommodation, symbolic money and insurance included.
During the volunteer period:
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner, Monday to Friday, apart from three weeks when the kitchen is closed and if you are free.
- Accommodation in the school's student accommodation, single room with shared bathroom, shower and kitchenette.
- Symbolic salary of SEK 2,800 a month, including tax,
- During your working day, you are insured through Capellagården.
Fatigues
You are responsible for work clothes yourself and are responsible for ensuring that they are suitable for the task.
Application
We look forward to your application! You apply for a volunteer position by sending an email to tradgardsmastare@capellagarden.se
The application deadline is December 15, 2024.
The application must include the following information:
- your contact details
- why do you want to volunteer with us?
- What do you want to get out of your volunteer time? What do you hope to have learned by the end of the term?
- Describe your garden background.
A warm welcome with your application!