In 2017, after a year of traveling through South East Asia, we came back to Berlin with a desire to reconnect with nature, and decided to embark on a new adventure: to breathe new life into a little old farmhouse in Jüterbog, Brandenburg.
At our small permaculture farm, we grow our own vegetables, let our chickens and ducks run free, and embrace a slower, more intentional and sustainable way of life.
Our farm is more than just a place to grow food- it’s a space for connection, creativity and community. We host farm-to-table dinners, creative and educational workshops, team offsites and parties. We aim to offer an escape from the demands of the outside world, and hope to offer our guests a chance to reconnect with slow, mindful living, meaningful interactions, and the joy of life itself.
Artur
Thanh
Little Chickpea
Kruk
Banh Xeo
Blumenkohl
Mały Kruk
Blondie
Events
East African Farm-to-Table Weekend – 23 & 24 August
East African food is more than a meal – it’s memory, healing, and culture.
Join us on August 23 & 24 for a farm-to-table weekend with Soil Brasserie.
Enjoy a plant-based, three-course dinner on Saturday, and a laid-back brunch on Sunday, rooted in East African flavours, made from fresh veggies straight from the garden.
DINNER MENU
STARTERS & SMALL BITES
Swahili Fried Potatoes (Viazi Karai)
Crispy golden potatoes tossed in mild East African spices and served with fresh coriander.
Kachumbari
Fresh salad of tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, coriander and lemon juice.
East African Warm Vegetable Salad
Lightly sautéed carrots, zucchini, and green beans with a hint of garlic, herbs, and lemon.
MAINS (served with chapati flatbread & pilau rice)
Lentil Stew (Mbaazi ya Dengu)
Slow-cooked red and brown lentils in a tomato, onion, and curry base.
Sautéed Sukuma Wiki
Kale cooked with onions and a pinch of coriander.
Maharagwe with Coconut Milk
Creamy kidney or green beans simmered in coconut milk, lemongrass, and mild spices.
Kachumbari
Refreshing tomato, onion, and cucumber salad to balance the spices.
Fried Cabbage with Onions & Tomatoes
Tender cabbage stir-fried with onions, tomatoes, and East African seasoning.
DESSERT
Uji
East African Porridge paired with pear/plum
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BRUNCH
East African Chai (Chai ya Maziwa)
Spiced black tea with/without milk
Chapati Bread
Soft, flaky chapati served at room temperature (with Chai as East African breakfast)
Rolex (Uganda)
Chapati wrapped around an omelette with sautéed onions, tomatoes, and cabbage.
Leftover Favourites
Maharagwe with Coconut Milk (served warm with chapati)
Lentil Stew (Mbaazi ya Dengu)
Sautéed Sukuma Wiki
Fried Cabbage with Onions & Tomatoes
Pilau Rice
Kachumbari Reloaded
Schedule
Saturday
Arrival from 4pm possible
5pm – farm tour & how we ended up here
7pm – dinner
Sunday
10am – brunch
Price
Cost is 140 euros, which includes a 3-course meal, overnight stay at our farm in a cosy, shared space (private double rooms available at an additional cost) & brunch on Sunday.
Due to the nature of this event, cancellations are not possible, however you can transfer your spot to another person.
Register
Email [email protected] to sign up. Places are limited.
Location
Flämingo Farm, Fröhden
The farm is easily accessible by public transport.
Participants coming from Berlin can take a train Jüterbog and from that point take a bookable shuttle bus, or bike a 10km on a dedicated bike path to the farm.
About Soil Brasserie
At Soil Brasserie, Isabella brings the flavours she grew up with in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to Berlin. As the eldest of five, she was raised in the kitchen by her mother and grandmothers. Born on the coast in Mombasa, she has a soft spot for anything coconut, coconut rice, beans in coconut milk, and that first sip of fresh coconut water.
Her dishes are naturally plant-based with added proteins, rich in grains, greens, and soul. Isabella’s dream is to share a taste of home and a piece of her heritage with you.
https://www.instagram.com/soil.brasserie/
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Sketching Nature – A Painting Retreat with Orla Stevens – 13 & 14 September
Join artist Orla Stevens for a weekend of nature, creative mixed media sketchbook play and delicious meals grown straight from the garden. This sketchbook & painting retreat is for artists of all stages who are looking to loosen up, play more freely, and respond to both what you can see as well as feel through drawing and painting.
Together, we’ll explore how to capture a sense of place through mixed media; responding to the surrounding nature and landscape of the farm, while also tapping into our personal and emotional connections to place, and being outdoors. With a focus on curiosity, colour, mark-making and self-expression, this retreat invites you to experiment with new ways of seeing and responding through painting.
Whether you’re looking to build confidence outdoors, create alongside like-minded folks or refresh your creative process, this retreat offers a supportive space and a toolkit of ideas you can take back home or to your studio, on your travels, or into everyday life.
In this workshop we will be exploring mixed media with acrylic paints, inks, charcoal, oil pastel and more on paper. Materials are provided, but if you have any materials or sketchbooks you’d love to bring along feel free to do so.
Sessions
Day one focuses on exploration and experimentation in your sketchbook. We’ll forage for inspiration outdoors: collecting colours, textures and shapes from the landscape and surrounding nature, and play with a wide range of materials and techniques. This day will equip you with a variety of playful approaches to drawing and painting (spanning both intuitive abstract and representational approaches) that you can take with you outside sketching wherever you go.
Day one shares experimental ways to connect with place, drawing in response to what we can see, hear, feel and remember.
Day two offers a slower, deeper dive into painting processes; developing your sketches and research into expressive artworks that reflect both the external landscape and your own creative voice.
On day two we will bring our favourite processes and ideas together, to create a painting that brings the same lightness, looseness and sense of play from our sketches forwards into a developed idea.
Schedule
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, which includes overnight stay in a cosy room of 3-5 people, 6 hours of workshops, materials, and organic vegan/vegetarian meals.
180 euros if you register and pay by August 27, or have attended a previous event at our farm.
Limited double private rooms are available for an additional cost.
Due to the nature of this event, cancellations are not possible, however you can transfer your spot to another person.
Register
Email [email protected] to sign up. Places are limited.
Location
Flämingo Farm, Fröhden
The farm is easily accessible by public transport.
Participants coming from Berlin can take a train Jüterbog and from that point take a bookable shuttle bus, or bike a 10km on a dedicated bike path to the farm.
About Orla
Orla Stevens is a Scottish artist inspired by the small moments that connect us more deeply to the world around us. Through painting, illustration and the creative process itself, Orla’s work explores themes of curiosity, awe, joy and wonder of the natural world; finding inspiration in how places and a connection to nature feels.
Orla’s art and teaching is centred around creative play, plein-air / on-location sketching and painting as a way to notice more, to slow down, to loosen up and to stay open to inspiration. To accompany her painting practice, Orla founded and teaches through ‘The Outdoor Sketchbook Collective’, an online community and art membership for artists around the world: To encourage connections with nature, place, creativity and self expression through play, mixed-media experimentation and gentle exploration.
Learn more about Orla’s work and teaching here:
https://www.youtube.com/@OrlaStevens
We’ve hosted a wide range of events—company offsites, permaculture and art workshops, vocal retreats, chess weekends, murder mystery parties, concerts, theatre performances, and farm-to-table dinners.
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Interested in hosting your own event here? We’d love to hear from you—just get in touch.
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Contact
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