Food/Plants/Ecosystems/Forests/Handcraft/Medicine
Interested in any of the above? We at Eikellegimaa, are very excited about Food Forests and Forest Gardening. Time to explore this topic further in the Estonian setting. Hence we are gathering experienced practitioners and professionals from Estonia and Latvia to help us run a relaxed, educational festival this year as the next chapter of the Fungi festival!
Join us to learn, do and celebrate a new take on an ancient way to garden. The Food forest approach to growing produces a wide array of resources for humans whilst actively addressing biodiversity and climate challenges. If done well we can create a largely self maintained system where harvest is the main chore!
We have been meeting many of these systems and the people who created them over their last 5-20 years. The Eikellegimaa family have been trying to apply some of their wisdom to our site.
Now its time to gather together so we all can birth a food forest and become some of these people whose actions we have been admiring!!
Program
Saturday
09:30 - 10:30
Meeting and Greeting!
10:30 - 11:00
Opening circle -Céline Huart
11:00 - 12:00 Planning a Food Forest -Céline Huart
12:00 - 12:15 - Coffee Break
12:15 - 14:00 Windbreak planting Workshop
Scythe mowing - Eestimaa Looduse Fond and Avo Rosenvald
Species selection and Planting - Liina Jürisoo and Rea Sepping
Mulching and Soil Science -Justin De Bondi
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch from the forest
Triinu Guerrin and the foraging team!
15:15 - 17:15 Growing Workshops:
Propagating and grafting,
spreading perennials - Liina Jürisoo, Ahti Tiirmaa
Layer planting to existing FF - Rea Sepping
17:15 - 17:40 Conclusions day 1:
Collective dreaming exercise - Céline Huart and Rea Sepping
18:30 - 19:30 Shared dinner (bring your own dish to introduce - forest/garden theme!)
Dj Ahto Külvet
19:30 - 20:00 Bonfire
20:00 - 00:00 Celebration! DJ's Ahto Külvet and Mirko
Local Beer Bar
**Children's program**
Sunday
10:15 - 10:45 Breakfast
Tales from Europe's food forests - Anna Maquet and Rea Sepping
11:00 - 12:00 Forest walk - Lessons from the forest - Liis Kuresoo
12:00 - 13:00 Workshop guilds and small scale design
Building a mini food forest-from zero to complete (guilds; ideal for urban application)
Eikellegimaa team
13:00 - 13:15 Coffee break
13:15 - 14:00 Tinctures and Medicine
Making your own wild food/medicines - Anita Rubane
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
Sepping Family and the foraging team!
15:15 - 17:00
The Northern Walnut, Latvia survey 2021 - Agnis Graudulis
17:00 - 17:40 Conclusions 2nd day
Leaving...
Some of the experienced contributors...
Céline Huart (Belgium), agroecologist and facilitator at Empathy Tank Baltic, fascinated about hubs of interactions in nature and among human beings. Co-growing with a food forest in Latvia, Vidzeme
Liina Jürisoo (Estonia) dendrologist, arborist, specialist in landscaping and woody plants, professor in Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ahti Tiirmaa (Estonia) tree nursery owner https://www.rebasetalu.net/
Liis Kuresoo (Estonia) forest expert in Estonian Fund For Nature
Triinu Guerrin (Estonia) permaculture gardener and educator. Triinu's garden is one of the oldest and biggest permaculture gardens in Estonia
Agnis Graudulis (Latvia) - many years of experience in leading a forestry company in Sweden. Active member of agroforestry advocacy in Latvia. Focuses on putting his knowledge into practice. He will tell us about walnuts as a part of food forest and research about walnut prevalence in Latvia.
Anita Rubane (Latvia)- passionate and active on forging and creating natural medicine. Many years interest and participation in creating community gardens in Denmark.
Ahto Külvet (Psühhoteek https://soundcloud.com/psuhhoteek)
..and the eclectically skilled Eikellegimaa friends and family
*Contributors to many of the sessions are TBA. We will add the session leaders as we confirm their attendance.
Accommodation
Plenty of camping space for your own tent. Available common heated tent -
let us know if you would like to reserve a spot!
Campers are welcome to come Friday night to set up and choose your spot
More comfortable walking distance accommodation is available here...
NB! We have reached our full capacity!
See you at our next event or workshop! You can reach us by writing to mtyeikellegimaa@gmail.com
Food
Please bring your favourite cup, plate, bowl, knife, spoon and fork!
Tea, coffee and chaga provided.
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Saturday Breakfast
Create your own magic on the fire or throw some coins in the donations bucket to join
the team breakfast
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Sunday Breakfast included with ticket
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Lunches included with ticket. We have an array or gardeners, chefs and foragers lined up.
You can guess the theme!
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Dinner Saturday night is bring a dish to share. Be prepared to introduce your dish and share your recipe! Garden or forest produce encouraged !
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This is a plastic free event
Drinks
Saturday evening will have a small bar with some local beer for sale.
If you desire some other beverages to encourage you to dance then please BYO
Parking
Please park up by the road. There is a 500m walk down the forest trail (recommended)
Or slightly longer if you come down our road. (Pram and wheelchair-friendly)
We will have our 3 trusty wheelbarrows handy for transporting tents and such.
Volunteers
Are welcomed!
We would ask for you to come Thursday or Friday morning to help final preparations. There will be a quick porridge breakfast most likely!
Sleeping arrangements are as above.
Contact Rea on mtyeikellegimaa@gmail.com if you are keen.
Content contributors
We can always fit further discussion, presentations or workshops into the program
If there is a Food forest topic that you are passionate about and would like to share please contact us. If you cannot attend the event we would still really like to hear from you!
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MTÜ Eikellegimaa is a not for profit organisation. No salaries are paid. This is an awareness raising and networking event by those excited by a more resilient future. We want greater understanding and experimentation in Estonia with food, health, biodiversity and climate address under the large umbrella title of Food Forests/Forest Gardening!
Contributors are donating their time and expertise.
Assembly restrictions: Event will be held outdoors and comply with any legal restrictions under Estonian law.
Packing checklist:
* Your food forest related knowledge and questions!
* Weather appropriate clothing and shoes (This is an outdoor event)
* Cup, bowl and cutlery
*Working gloves
* Cash if the bar will tempt
* Dish to share Saturday night