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Gardening Holiday

Last post 12-07-2009 6:13 PM by Digger. 4 replies.

• 11/06/2009 06:44 PM

  Casadotty Location: Piemonte, Italy Joined on: 11 Jun 2009 Posts: 2

  Reply | Contact Is there a place where I could advertise for a couple of proficient amateur or student gardeners to come to Italy and help me out for a week? I would pay the flight and offer board and lodging. Getting the locals in to help is not really an option other than to help in the vegetable garden because they just don't get the concept of an English garden at all. The thought of providing somewhere for butterflies to play or for the frogs to swim is completely foreign to them. I thought there may be a web site or magazine where I could place a classified ad. What do you recommend?

• 11/06/2009 09:22 PM	In reply to
  squirrel Location: West Suffolk, almost Cambridgeshire Joined on: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 51	Reply | Contact There was a similar post to yours a while ago and one suggestion was to contact horticultural colleges. Have a look here.

• 12/06/2009 08:37 AM	In reply to
  Casadotty Location: Piemonte, Italy Joined on: 11 Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact Excellent idea. Thank you.

• 12/07/2009 09:37 AM	In reply to
  Bereft Location: Lewisham Joined on: 12 Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Reply | Contact Did you ever find someone? I would love to come! Though not a gardening student (and not really in the student age-group) I am definitely into gardening and used to hard work. This is a genuine offer... I could come for a week anytime between July 24th and August 19th.

• 12/07/2009 06:13 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I'd like a free holiday in Italy but I'm not doing any work though. digger