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In 2017, after traveling for a year throughout Asia, we decided our newest adventure would be to breathe new life into an old farmhouse in Brandenburg. We grow our own vegetables using permaculture methods and keep chickens not only for their eggs, but for their company.
We aim to live a slow and more sustainable life and enjoy sharing our space with others. We want our farm to reflect what we believe in – an escape from the capitalist rat race of the outside world.
Artur
Thanh
Kitty
Sprout
Groszek
Puffin
Amy
Adele
Kruk
Professor Plum
Banh Bao
Student
Banh Mi
Blumenkohl
Banh Xeo
Chami
Discover the joy of watercolour painting at our painting retreat led by artist Josefina Vidal Díaz. With six hours of workshops spread over two days, delicious meals straight from the garden and the company of new friends, this weekend is for beginners and painters of all skills.
Painting freehand means to capture the figure directly with the brush, without a previous drawing or sketch. This can be challenging especially in watercolor, where the pigment moves in the water, but it also lends a lot of freshness and character to the painting, and it can be a very rewarding practice when it becomes a field of experimentation for creativity.
Session 1
Our opening session begins with an introduction to watercolour from scratch, going over the essential notions of the technique. We will be working firstly with abstraction in order to apprehend these ideas in a practical sense.
Afterwards we will observe references of artists who specialise in painting figurative objects of nature in a spontaneous, freehand way, and make our own studies from their work.
We will then walk together through the garden observing the elements around us, learning to look at them in a pictorial way and how we could translate them into the language of watercolour painting.
Session 2
We will begin by refreshing the notions learned the day before through warm up exercises. We will go over the way in which a real life object can be depicted pictorially. Afterwards we will go out into the garden again, only this time each of us will explore by ourselves and choose the objects we are interested in painting. Once we have gathered our subjects we will work together on how to best portray them and convey their essence in a personal way.
SCHEDULE
This event begins at midday on Saturday 28th September and ends at 3pm on Sunday 29th September.
Saturday
Arrival from 10am possible
12:00 – Farm tour
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 – First workshop
18:00 – Dinner
Sunday
09:00 – Breakfast
11:00 – 12:30 – Second workshop – part one
12:30 – 13.30 – Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 – Second workshop – part two
16:00 Departure
PRICE
200 euros in a shared, beautifully rustic room of 3-5 people. Includes 6 hours of workshops and organic vegan/vegetarian meals.
180 euros if you register and pay by August 28, or have attended a previous event at our farm or have participated in a previous workshop with Josefina.
Limited double private rooms are available for an additional cost.
ABOUT JOSEFINA
Josefina is a visual artist from Buenos Aires who lives and works in Berlin. After working most of her life with mixed media and drawing, and graduating with a specialization in oil painting, she discovered watercolor in 2019 and since then it has become her favourite means of expression. Following a vast teaching experience back in Argentina, working in art galleries and studios, she continues teaching workshops regularly in Berlin. Her aim as a teacher is to provide knowledge of technique while also encouraging the development of personal style and giving room for students to explore and express themselves.
Join us for a cutlery-free farm-to-table adventure with Rakesh from *mformittai*, which focuses on going back to basics. We’ll be celebrating South Indian food traditions while also mixing in some modern twists. It’s all about enjoying the real flavors, eating mindfully, and feeling a deeper connection to the food, all while using ingredients straight from our farm.
**menu coming very soon**
Rakesh Kasturi is a culinary artist and entrepreneur bridging the vibrant food traditions of South India with Berlin’s dynamic gastronomic scene. Growing up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Rakesh’s culinary education began in his mother’s kitchen. Here, he learned not just recipes, but the art of interpreting traditional dishes through a contemporary lens. This early exposure laid the foundation for his unique culinary style.
For the past six years, Berlin has been Rakesh’s canvas. Through his pop-up venture, *mformittai*, he introduces authentic South Indian flavors to European palates with creativity and playfulness. Since his debut at “Restaurant Day,” Rakesh has taken his immersive pop-up experiences and interactive cooking workshops across Europe, from Stuttgart to Budapest to Lisbon.
Rakesh’s events are more than meals; they’re carefully orchestrated experiences that engage all senses. With a blend of humor and nostalgia, Rakesh transforms each dining experience into a journey of cultural discovery. He weaves stories of his childhood, Indian traditions, and the history behind each dish, creating an atmosphere of warmth and connection.
In Rakesh’s culinary world, food is more than sustenance—it’s a universal language that brings people together. His mission is to:
– Foster cross-cultural understanding through shared meals
– Break down cultural barriers with every bite
– Celebrate the diversity of human experience through flavors
Commit to a fiction-writing weekend at the farm with an immersive short story and flash fiction workshop. British writer Divya Ghelani invites you to reimagine and repurpose headlines, photographs, songs, films, poems, to create short stories and flash fictions that are both personal and wildly imaginative. What better way to spend a weekend than generating tons of momentum for your writing?
Participants will be offered a series of fun stimulus-based writing exercises to help them conjure new settings, characters, and voices. We will discuss the art of the short story, the rules of flash fiction, and a few tricks of the trade to help your stories on their journey to publication.
Everyone will leave with a couple of finished stories and outlines for many more.
* Participants are encouraged to tailor this workshop by bringing along one or two items for inspiration (e.g. objects, song lyrics, headlines).
* The farm in autumn will provide inspiration for one or two writing exercises.
SESSION 1: The Art of the Short Story
We will discuss contemporary short fiction and its ‘rules’ before diving into a series of joyful creative writing exercises.
SESSION 2: Experimenting with Flash Fiction
We will blend techniques from top flash fiction writers with personal stimuli to generate new micro stories.
SESSION 3: Stories in the Wild
We use editing techniques to further develop our stories, ending with readings, and a discussion about how your stories might enter the world beyond your pages – publications, competitions, and more.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
12:00 – Farm tour
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – 16.00 – Session One
16:30 – 18.30 – Session Two
19:00 – Dinner
SUNDAY
09:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – 12.00 – Session Three
12.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Feedback & questions
PRICE
200 euros in a shared, beautifully rustic room of 3-5 people. Includes 6 hours of workshops and organic vegan/vegetarian meals.
180 euros if you register and pay by September 19, or have attended a previous event at our farm or have participated in a previous workshop or reading series with Divya.
Limited double private rooms are available for an additional cost.
ABOUT DIVYA
Divya Ghelani is a British writer based in Berlin. She was born in Gujarat and grew up in Loughborough, Leicestershire. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and an MPhil in Literary Studies from the University of Hong Kong. She has published stories and articles in Wasafiri Magazine, Comma Press, BBC Radio 4, Litro Magazine, and more. Divya has led creative writing workshops for The Reader Berlin, Writing East Midlands, The Word Factory, Comma Press, among others.
Divya’s first novel, Night School, was shortlisted for PRH WriteNow, longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers’ Award, longlisted for The Bath Novel Award, twice longlisted for the SI Leeds Literary Prize, and received an honorary mention in the Harry Bowling Prize for New Writing. The opening of Night School was selected for Issue 1 of The Good Journal by Nikesh Shukla. She lives in Berlin. She has just been awarded an AHRC CHASE-funded PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at UEA in Norwich, England.
We’ve hosted many events, from company offsites, to permaculture, art and vocal workshops, chess weekends, murder mystery parties, concerts, theatre and farm-to-table dinners.
If you’d like to organise your event here, just get in contact with us.
You can also follow us on Instagram to find out what’s going on.
We are located in Teltow Fläming, which is known as a ‘skater paradise’. With over 230km of flat paths through villages, forests and fields, it is perfect for bike riding and rollerblading.
By car, we are one hour away from Neukölln.
By public transport: the train (RE4 and RE5) runs roughly every half an hour from Berlin Südkreuz to Jüterbog and takes 40 minutes. From Jüterbog station you can take a bookable shuttle bus or bike 10km on a dedicated bike path.