Venue:  Christian Community, Stroud

A unique opportunity to learn about new vegetable varieties being developed to suit biodynamic growing conditions from a leading biodynamic plant breeder. Christina works with Kultursaat in Germany, a charity dedicated to the development of open pollinated seeds for the organic market.

There is a public talk on Friday at 7.30pm to open the workshop. All welcome

Cost: £120/ £105 conc including meals. For further information email: [email protected]
Booking Deadline Friday 21st February 2025

This workshop is arranged as part of the annual gathering of Agriculture Section of the School of Spiritual Science Experimental Circle

This is both a workshop and a weekend conference of the Experimental circle. The Friday afternoon session is primarily for Experimental Circle members but if you are interested in attending please let us know. The workshop itself begins with the public talk on Friday evening. The Bible evening on Saturday evening is a festive and social event that comes from Camphill. It includes a bring and share meal and a discussion around a passage from the New Testament.  The chosen reading is: 1st Epistle of John: Ch. 2: 7-11, 15-17

Please indicate if you would like to join us for supper on Friday (no extra charge)

Programme

Friday 28th February 2025
16.00 Meeting for members of the Experimental Circle – contact Bernard Jarman if you would like to attend
18.00 Supper
7.30 Quality, Food Intolerances and the need for New Cultivated Plants  (public talk)

Saturday 1st March 2025
9.00 Welcome and introductions
New developments in biodynamic plant breeding
10.30 Break
11.00 Working with meditation to develop cultivated plants, accompanied with eurythmy
12.30 Lunch break
14.00 Observing the biodynamic preparations using the techniques of Formative Forces research
16.00 Break
16.30 Potentising preparations, advantages, possibilities and how to go about it – observing different potencies
18.00 Break
19.30 Bring and share meal with Bible Evening with reflections on the year and thoughts for the future

Sunday 2nd March 2025
9.00 Exploring seed treatments in the Pisces-Virgo field
11.00 Break
11.30 Concluding discussion
13.00 Lunch / depart