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30 jun 2025
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Hi I’m Shirin, a hippie gardener. I’ve hitchhiked and traveled all around the world since 1987 when I was 25, mainly around Asia, Europe and Central Asia. One of my favourite countries was Syria- most friendly people I’ve seen.
I lived in Berlin for 10 years as an artist. I enjoyed painting then and now I have moved back to Malaysia and am pursuing my new hobby- permaculture.
By a stroke of luck and learning how to make friends with strangers, I found an abandoned field 20mins from my home- used by the neighbours to discard their bulky trash in Malaysia- and I saw its potential to be a place to start a permaculture project. I asked the neighbours who lived next to the garden if they were ok for me to transform it into a food forest and they agreed! So we came out to clear the trash- tv and sofa etc and cut the tall grass and we started work on my garden. This was 6-7 years ago.
During Covid, I couldn’t visit my garden for a long time cos I had to take care of my mum during the lockdown so it became very wild. I’m only a one person farming team so i definitely need more help to maintain it. Now I need help from younger group to achieve my dream of a beautiful self sustaining food forest. I am now 60 but still fit but my neighbour volunteers have turned old.
Come to my home and stay with me. I have a whole bedroom available with your own private toilet! I stay with my mum and brother in a 2 storey house about 15mins walk from the garden. We can provide meals and show you around Johor Bahru! Johor Bahru is a great place to stay, and also convenient stop if the next country u r visiting is Singapore. I’m originally from Singapore and can help you out with that too :)
If you love the tropics, sunny and sweat, a different climate from the cold and enjoy tropical fruits such as coconut pineapple and passionfruit! come join me!
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
I will share with you all my knowledge about medicinal herbs of the tropics and introduce you to exotic fruit trees here. I teach the art of urban Permaculture, urban reforestation and soil regeneration.
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Ayuda
I need help with farming
I also have a dream to build an earth pizza oven and a treehouse
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Alojamiento
Old 2 story house. 1 bedroom with private bathroom on second floor. I live with my mum in a room on the first floor and brother lives in one of the rooms on the 2nd floor.
I will provide 2 meals a day - lunch and dinner. You can go for breakfast in the morning and I can recommend where.
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Many morning markets and local sights, popular eateries are within walking distance. I can also lend you my bicycle. If not, Uber-like apps called “Grab” in Malaysia is very affordable about 3$-$10USD.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
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Comentarios (6)
We really enjoyed his company, always polite and caring !
We really enjoyed having with us !he is such a cheerful and charming person! We hope that he can come back again as we had so much fun with him !
I had a private huge room in the Shirin house, we always shared the foods together and spent time to talk about… read more
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We really enjoyed his company, always polite and caring !
We really enjoyed having with us !he is such a cheerful and charming person! We hope that he can come back again as we had so much fun with him !
I had a private huge room in the Shirin house, we always shared the foods together and spent time to talk about… read more
Really enjoyed their company, just like a family member!
Fantastic organisational skills from a mess to order ! Fast in whipping up a sumptuous meal in a very short time ! Unforgettable time together!
The garden is amazing and we learnt a lot about permiculture while trying to help keep the property in good condition.
We went to many local markets and even… read more
Shirin is a very good person and very easy going. I learned a lot about gardening, malaisian culture and I have enjoyed a lot having conversations with her.
I would really recommend this anyone with similar interests. It is a good place!
