The Art of Nature
~an introduction to life & death in forest regeneration
May 26–31
with Ioanna Georgiou, land steward
a week of learning with the land, through observation, practical stewardship, and artistic making.
- basics of agroforestry
- food sovereignty
- pruning, decay, regeneration
- what it means to care for an existing system
there will be structured morning sessions, open research space in the afternoons.
we’ll also create 1 square meter agroforest nests as temporary, site-responsive land art pieces.
open to anyone curious to learn, get their hands dirty, and spend time with the forest.
sliding scale from €220
local & low-income: €170-€190
all meals included. accommodation additional.
TO REGISTER: in.thegarden.pt
More news!
When back in Europe I will be offering 6 days inmersive movement research at The Garden @nedrageht
June 23rd-29th
Butoh and somatic practices in studio and nature
The place offers amazing food, sauna, lake, hot tub, ice bath, big nature space and dance space too.
All the info and registrations here:
https://gardening.notion.site/butoh-2026
*The design of the flyer is by The Garden and the beautiful picture by @sebi_zahler in Sintra Forest
we’ll be going offline a little while to rebuild the whole machine from underneath. a new website and a 2026 calendar carved to what this place is becoming 🦷🦷
if collapse hits tomorrow, it would have all been worth it
@pebble_sun
she’d spent years dressed in what the world handed her, stitched to her feathers. now she walks that hedge-line between grace and being done, letting the ties fall one by one [ ¡ ]
@ritaalcunha 👔
the window to propose a themed week at The Garden in 2026 is now open for facilitators ꨄ︎ꨄ︎
proposals can be submitted until jan 15th and the form can be found in the description link
movement & social resistance found form at The Garden during the residencies last August
thank you Heidi Käfer and Lucia Oiro for holding ground for this inquiry
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🎥 by @ritaalcunha
somewhere between Eden and the drying line, lies a garden of social fabrics and earthly delights. what happens after the apple’s bitten? the air is thick with knowing, and still you dress yourself in meaning. hung between worlds, you have yet to cross me.
yours truly,
– the looking glass
analogue @ritaalcunha
conservation of momentum: bodies in motion collide and continue. momentum transfers and is never lost
the body is a garden of chain reactions
the garden is a body of chain reactions
images:
@yannik.laub@miaskja
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