Welcome To My Garden

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Fiscal Host: Open Collective Brussels

A not-for-profit network of citizens offering free camping spots in their gardens to slow travellers.

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Welcome to My Garden is a network of citizens offering free camping spots in their gardens to slow travellers. It is a not-for-profit initiative set up by a small team of volunteers, mostly outdoor enthusiasts and some indoor enthusiasts (i.e. developers).

The idea was born thanks to the coronavirus: if we’re not allowed to travel abroad, how can we create adventure closer to home? What if this summer could make you discover your own country in ways you’ve never done before?

So how does it work? Welcome to My Garden connects citizens who want to offer their garden to hikers, cyclists and other slow travellers who need a basic camping spot for the night. After you’ve made arrangements with your host, walk or bike to your camping spot. Introduce yourself, pitch your tent for the night, and continue on your hiking or biking trail the next day. And have a great time, of course!

The source code of this project is available on GitHub. Any suggestions to make it better? Feel free to contribute! We are also looking for all kinds of people to join our team, so please drop us a line if you think you can help us out.

We will use your donations to keep WTMG alive: WTMG is free to use, but not free to operate. You can look into our expenses on this page. Based on the actual expenses we have during the summer, this is what we’ll be spending your donations on:

Server related costs:

Domain name: €15 per year
Fastmail email accounts: €5,11 per month
Transactional emails: €76 per month
Firebase back-end service: €75 per month

Map related costs:

Mapbox map tiles: $50 per month
Geocoding service Mapbox: free up to 100.000 requests

Total estimated technical cost: ~€200 per month

So that’s the price tag for an adventurous summer for all of us - and hopefully many summers to come! Thanks again for joining the ride! 🙏

Happy slow travelling!

For more information, please visit our website at welcometomygarden.org and our facebook page.

Our team

Dries Van Ran...

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Janneke K

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Manon Brulard

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Michiel Leyman

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Marie Devos

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Brent Guffens

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Ismaila Abdou...

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Ward Beyens

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Admin Welcome...

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Admin OCB

€3,641.49 EUR since Jun 2021

Matthieu Leroy

€360.8 EUR since Jul 2021

Veronique Maboge

€250 EUR since Feb 2021

Sophie Lejoly

€180 EUR since Jul 2021

Katlijn De Coninck

€100 EUR since Jun 2020

Incognito

€100 EUR since Jun 2020

Tom De Vrieze

€100 EUR since Aug 2020

Xavier Damman

€100 EUR since Jun 2021

Vergara Milena

€70 EUR since Jul 2021

Micha Hulsmans

€70 EUR since Jul 2021

Dries Van Ransbeeck

€50 EUR since May 2020

Janneke K

€50 EUR since May 2020

Frank Van Ransbeeck

€50 EUR since Jun 2020

Fabienne Fays

€50 EUR since Jun 2020

jeborsel

€50 EUR since Jun 2020

Organizations

Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie

€7,890 EUR since Jul 2020

Les Sentiers de Grande Randonnée

€2,500 EUR since Jul 2021

Natuurpunt

€1,200 EUR since Sep 2020

Open Collective Brussels

€272.05 EUR since Jun 2020

Ave Mundum

€150 EUR since Jul 2021

Welcome To My Garden is all of us

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Dries Van Ran...

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€50 EUR

Janneke K

Admin

€50 EUR

Manon Brulard

Admin

€20 EUR

Michiel Leyman

Admin

Marie Devos

Core Contributor

Brent Guffens

Core Contributor

Ismaila Abdou...

Core Contributor

Ward Beyens

Core Contributor

Admin Welcome...

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Vlaamse Gemee...

€7,890 EUR

Admin OCB

€3,641 EUR

Les Sentiers ...

€2,500 EUR

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Secret Slow Travel Trips

With WTMG, we want to make it easier to go slow travelling, that's why we're now testing out a ne...

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WTMG webshop

There's a WTMG webshop coming up! Here you can follow everything related to the WTMG webshop.

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Short-term technical WTMG improvements

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Welcome To My Garden is hosting the following events.

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VeloTour Festival

Aug 27 → Aug 29, 2021

12:00 PM UTC

100 cycling enthusiasts from all over Belgium will gather to make a 3-day bicycle tour in Belgium...Read more

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Today’s balance

€1,859.04 EUR

Total raised

€17,678.91 EUR

Total disbursed

€15,819.87 EUR

Estimated annual budget

€9,373.69 EUR

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News from Welcome To My Garden

Updates on our activities and progress.

Welcome To My Garden signs now available for pre-orders! 🎉

Dear WTMG supporters, Exciting news: we sent our first newsletter yesterday! To be honest, it took us a lot of courage - and a lot of proofreading from friends - to hit the 'send' button to so many people. After all, who doesn't like sendin...

Published on June 2, 2021 by Manon Brulard

Update: Community Calls & Slow Travel Mini Festival is live 🎉

Dear WTMG supporters, We hope you are all doing well! It's already been a month since our last update so here's what we've been up to: ...

Published on May 14, 2021 by Manon Brulard

Impact Report

Hi everyone, The WTMG team is done hibernating! We're currently doing a lot of work behind the scene to get ready for the second WTMG season. Before updating you on our plans for this summer, we'd like to share with you the impact we've col...

Published on April 16, 2021 by Manon Brulard