Family home and garden - rural
Södermanland
Our place is located in a beautiful area, 90 km west of Stockholm, near Malmköping. It´s situated at the end of the road, near the lake Skundern. The farm consists of 3 hectares of fields, pasture and little forest. On the farm there is several buildings and a little green house, two bigger on the way. There are altogether two living houses, stable, barns and a yoga studio in the front of the lake. We are living in one house and the other is for our guest. The living houses have electricity, heating, fully equipped kitchen, WC & showers. Depending on how many guests and wwoofers are staying, it may be necessary to share a room with others. We eat most meals together so you will take part in cooking, vegetarian and vegan food. We are two people living permanent at the farm. I´m coming from Belgium and works with art. I´m trained in permaculture design and vegan cooking in France. My husband is from Sweden and flying hot air balloon and has lot of experiences of restoring houses. Sometimes our son stays at the farm. He comes often with a lot of friends… He´s building houses and music studio..From 2023, unfortunately have the animals moved to another place because we could not stay in Sweden permanent all the winter.
The garden is always "art in progress" but our goal is to develop a sustainable living through ecological and harmless methods, using permaculture like tools. We would like to create a sustainable and organic garden based on permaculture design principles. Cultivate vegetable, herbs, flowers and fruits. We use to welcome groups of people who come to train and practise Yoga, Eutonie, Vegan cooking. They are staying on the farm for a few days and come mostly from France. We try to restore the old buildings in a traditional way using old painting techniques and materials. Woofers will participate in painting and restoring the house, dressing the fences, creating the garden, baking the bread and collecting what nature give us. We are looking for engaged and curious people, with a real interest in sustainable practices and nature, willing to work about 5 hours per day. We would like to host 2 wwoofers at the time for at least two weeks. They will stay by the own comfortable house or in a charming little house by the lake, depends the availability. During leisure time there are bikes available as well as a boat if you want to explore the surroundings. It’s also easy to take the bus to Eskilstuna, which is a little dynamic city. From Eskilstuna you can reach Stockholm in 1 hour by train.
If you think this is something for you, please write us a little bit about yourself, what you would like to learn and experience at the farm, and also how you would like to contribute. We are looking forward to hear from you!
Organic methods: The wildlife...and permakultur!
Certifications: We have a liten vegetable production for own use.
Current projects: Restauration of old building, new projekt like sunheating,
Cultivating vegetables,
Plockning of herbs and plant , mushrooms in the forrest….
most for tea och spices.
Internet access available
Ekeby Västergård is CLOSED for volunteer from September until Maj!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Green Building
Methods or systems
Permaculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
Former WWOOFer
3
Hectares
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7.4
Acres
Chantal
Member since 2014
Languages spoken:
English, French, Swedish
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 4 days
Södermanland
Flygplats :Arlanda (Stockholm). Tåg till Flen eller Eskilstuna
Reviews
Lorie
France
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August 2025
Nous avons passé deux très belles semaines à Ekeby, dans le petit coin de paradis de Chantal et son mari. Au programme : peinture des bâtiments, entretien du jardin et réparation du ponton pour Matteo, mais aussi balade en forêt, cueillette de myrtilles sauvages et découvertes des environs. Ces deux semaines ont conclu notre voyage en Suède sur une très belle note ! Merci à vous pour votre gentillesse, et plus particulièrement à Chantal pour les merveilleux repas qu’elle nous a concoctés et dont j’ai noté certaines recettes. Au plaisir de vous revoir,
Lorie & Matteo
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Reply from Chantal
Merci, Lorie et Matteo!
Vous êtes formidables!
Et voilà que la maison resplendit de soleil au bord du lac et qu´on ne passe plus à travers du ponton lors des méditations vespérales...
Je vous souhaite beaucoup de gâteaux savoureux, de la joie et de belles aventures.
Chantal
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Joeri
Netherlands
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August 2025
We had an amazing time in Ekeby! Chantal is a very lovable person, a great chef, knows a lot about plants and permaculture and is the best local guide around. We did all sorts of activities at Ekeby, from scratching off old paint to applying new paint on the amazing Swedish barns at Ekeby, to cutting down weeds, grass and small trees. It was not WWOOFing in a traditional way (with a primary focus on agriculture) but also about maintaining houses and sheds the local way: something we really liked! To us it felt like a wholesome experience on all sorts of activities that you face when you live in a place like Ekeby.
Staying over at the separate house was great. It had all the necessities inside to make our stay at Ekeby very comfortable. All the conversations we’ve had with both Chantal and her family and friends were very influential in shaping our dream to make Sweden our future home. We will probably make use of the opportunity to drop by at Ekeby next year!
Thank you Chantal for these wonderful experiences. Wishing you all the best!
Lennard & Joeri
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Reply from Chantal
Lennart and Joeri,
thank you for all dusts of joy that you left on Ekeby...
Julia
Sweden
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July 2025
The stay at Chantals Farm was fantastic. It´s a true nature paradise and our own house was wonderful! I was there together with my best friend and we enjoyed the tasks we got a lot. It varied between caring about the garden, some repair work or baking bread. The working time of 5h is super flexible so that we could enjoy the close by lakes for a sun and swim day when it was nice weather. Chantal is a wonderful, caring person and created a welcoming and close atmosphere from the beginning while maintaining our own privacy. She even showed us around the neighborhood and took us on some trips.
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Reply from Chantal
Julia and Emilia!
Thank you for this beautiful energy that you spread in Ekeby!
Former WWOOFer
June 2022
Un très très grand merci à Chantal et Jan pour ces deux superbes semaines à Ekeby.
Nous y avons rencontré de très belles personnes, intéressantes, gentilles et généreuses. Ekeby est un lieu superbe avec des nombreuses choses à faire, de très belles randonnées pour les marcheurs, avec des lacs partout et des forêts remplies de vies. Un canoë, une barque, du paddle et des vélos sont à disposition ce qui est super pour visiter le lac et les alentours.
Nous avons travaillé dans leur jardin, mis en place le potager, réalisé du purin, debroussaillé, peint appris etc.. Beaucoup d'activités diversifiées, et plein de choses à apprendre, il n'y a pas de quoi s'ennuyer ! Allez-y les yeux fermés, vous ne le regretterez pas. Merci encore pour tout.
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Cloé
France
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August 2021
Chantal and Jan are a lovely couple always happy to share about their experiences ! I've been 4 weeks in Ekeby and it was my first wwoofing ever ! The tasks were really different and never too hard.
I came alone but i've met Amazing people there : Chantal, Jan and Héloïse the other wwoofer !
During our free times we've been to many lakes and cities, they're always happy to help us finding good spots to visit :)
Thank you again for that Amazing experience, I'll definetely come back !
Cloé
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Héloise
France
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August 2021
Cette première expérience wwoofing chez Chantal et Jan a été merveilleuse, je ne pouvais pas rêver mieux! Ils ont été tous les deux adorables, patients, lumineux. La cuisine de Chantal est délicieuse, la maison où j'étais logée était confortable et il y avait tout le nécessaire, les journées de travail sont toutes passées très vite et j'ai appris des tas de choses sur la permaculture, la cuisine vegan et le jardinage en général. Chantal et Jan étaient toujours ravis de partager leur savoir sur ces thèmes et nous avons eu de belles discussions ensemble! Après les journées de travail c'était baignade dans le lac, promenade à cheval ou randonnées dans les alentours. Je recommande beaucoup Ekeby, surtout si c'est votre première expérience wwoofing, vous n'en serez pas déçus ;) Au plaisir de vous revoir Chantal et Jan!
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