The role of volunteers: Volunteers are invited to take part in a range of activities linked to:- the introduction to and the management of a historic permaculture park (vegetable garden, biodiversity, etc.);- organizing cultural activities;a the animation of our social network;- the participatory eco-construction workcamp;- the research into the fascinating history of our site: the mysterious appearance and disappearance of monumental greenhouses in the 19th century;- the digitization of the Serge Pahaut book collection, a famous Belgian mythologist;a the work on the archives of Paul van der Belen, pioneer of peace volunteers for international cooperation.

About the project location:The park known today as the Orangeries de Bierbais is located in HEvillers, a section of the commune of Mont-Saint-Guibert, in the Walloon Region of the province of Walloon Brabant in Belgium. Until the late 1980s, the Orangeries de Bierbais were part of the ChEteau de Bierbais park. In the 19th century, this 2.5-hectare part of the park was home not only to a collection of remarkable fruit and ornamental trees, but also to internationally renowned monumental heated greenhouses, the Bierbais greenhouses, within English-style gardens designed by landscape architect Charles-Henri Petersen, who lived in Bierbais until his death in 1859.

The project allows you to speak either French or English. You will meet people from all over the world so English will often be the language used.