Northern Region 100 Years of Biodynamics Events: 11th May, 13th June, 25th July & 5th Oct 2024
2024-05-11 10:00 - 2024-10-05 17:00 (Europe/London)
This year marks 100 Years since the birth of Biodynamics – the Agriculture Course was given by Steiner during the Whitsun time in 1924. We would like to celebrate this event together with everyone interested from our region or further afield.
This will consist of four events: we will start together as a group in Botton, North Yorkshire in May, followed biodynamic preparation spraying events in June and July and finish with with another group gathering at
Clervaux, Darlington where we will be sharing the Harmonizing Preparation for everyone to take
home.
The celebration has a threefold aspect to it as we could imagine the first day as having an emphasis on celebrating the past, the sprayings on celebrating the present and the last day as looking into and celebrating the future.
Proposed Programme of Events

1. Saturday 11th May 2024
Venue: Botton Village, Danby, Whitby, N Yorks
10am – Welcome and coffee
10.30am – Introduction and song / Celebrating and remembering all the Biodynamic Work that has happened in Botton / Sharing of the work and experiences of organic and biodynamic work in the area as well as our personal relationship/connection with Botton
12.30am – Lunch with soup and rolls
1.30pm – Celebrating stirring and spraying of 500 – future intentions for the different places
4.00pm – Closing thoughts and looking ahead
4.30pm – Coffee / tea and depart
From this event we have 2 moments of spraying (500, 501) in our own areas, when we would aim to spray at the same time, holding each other in mind while doing it, namely
2. Thursday 13th June 2024 at 3pm – sprying of the Horn Manure Preparation
3. Thurday 25th July 2024 at 6am – spraying the Horn Silica Preparation
4) Saturday 5th October tbc
Venue: Clearvaux, Darlington tbc
10am – Coffee and garden/farm walk for those who don’t know Clervaux. Everyone is welcome.
12.30pm – Bring and share harvest meal.
2pm – Eurythmy (TBC)
2.45pm – Open forum:
Brief introduction to Hugo Erbe (1885-1965) and the Harmonizing Preparation.
Sharing of our experiences while spraying.
Looking into the future: What is our task into keeping Biodynamics vibrant and alive in our region? Is there a need for more collective work/study/celebrations of Biodynamics?
4pm – coffee and good byes. We will be giving the Harmonizing Preparation to everyone to take home. This preparation is sprayed around Michaelmas time as an expression of gratitude to the elemental beings.
We are hoping that many will be able to join this celebration from all over the region.
We very much hope that we can, in the spirit of reflecting and celebration, give thanks to all those who have done so much for Biodynamics as well as to give all of us inspiration to continue to take Biodynamics into the future.
Many thanks and greetings from the organising group
Ruairidh von Stein, Vivian Griffiths, Hans Steenbergen and Gilberto Domingues
FFI and to book a place on one or all of the events contact Ruairidh von Stein email rvsdtp15r@gmail.com

Wholistic Living University Online Biodynamic Gardening Course & New Range of Practical Workshops on: Biodynamic Beekeeping, Living Water, and more
2024-08-01 14:27 - 2026-08-02 14:27
A Seasonally Oriented Ecology of Biodynamic Practices
The existing and forthcoming programme hosted by Wholistic Living University (WHLU) is conceived as a seasonally orientated ecology of biodynamic practices, with practical gardening and land-based work at its core. The primary emphasis lies in the biodynamic/wholistic approach to growing food, enhancing biodiversity, the restauration of soils, building life-giving compost, understanding plant rhythms, developing clear observation skills, and discovering the seasonal gesture, supported by in-person practical experiences, online learning, masterclasses, and the WHLU Calendar Club, created to accompany those working consciously with the WHLU 2026 Grow your Own Health Calendar.
Alongside this land-oriented core, the programme is enriched through complementary strands including biodynamic beekeeping, water phenomenology and flowform work, observational and sensory schooling, and embodied movement and formative arts. These offerings are developed with experienced practitioners and partner organisations, allowing participants to encounter living processes, soil, plants, water, bees, form, and movement through a multi-disciplinary approach to develop coherent perspectives. Together, these strands support the cultivation of perceptive, responsible, and future-oriented biodynamic/wholistic practices.
What’s on offer in 2026
Grow your own Health (GYOH) Online Courses, MasterClasses & Monthly Live Introductions Hosted by Hans-Gūnther Kern
Structured online learning and live seasonal sessions providing foundational understanding of biodynamic principles and ecological thinking with guided practices to apply at home or in community settings, for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners. For all details, visit: www.whlu.org/courses
Grow Your Own Health (GYOH) – Practical Biodynamic Gardening Workshops Hosted by Hans-Gūnther Kern Hands-on, seasonal workshops introducing biodynamic gardening practices, working with soil, compost, plants, observation, and the rhythms of the year to cultivate resilient gardens that nourish both land and human health (Dates and places to be announced).
Wholistic Living University (WHLU) Online Calendar Club (with GYOH) Hosted by Hans-Gūnther Kern
A shared learning space supporting gardeners and practitioners working consciously with the WHLU Biodynamic Calendar, offering seasonal orientation, reflection and practical guidance across the year – for full details and how to book your place, click here
Water Phenomenology & Flowform Work Hosted by Ebb & Flow Ltd, Foundation for Water; Simon Charter and Matt Thornton
Lectures and practical workshops exploring the true nature of water through observation, rhythm, movement, and form, supporting biodynamic agriculture, landscaping and ecological understanding (Dates to be announced).
Biodynamic Beekeeping, Practical Hive Work & Masterclasses Hosted by Scott Thompson at Paradise Gardens, London, SW18 3HU
Practical workshops, online theory sessions, and seasonal hive days exploring the honeybee as a keystone being within Earth and Cosmic Ecology, including selection, genetics, and future-oriented stewardship (Dates to be announced).
Observation & Sensory Schooling The Healing Garden, hosted by Kirsten Hartvig, Joshua Bartel and Hans-Günther Kern (Dates to be announced).
Cultivating refined perception and sensitivity through seasonal attentive observation of living processes in plants, landscapes, and water
Embodied Movement & Formative Arts
Explore Life Forces in Nature Course Leaders: Eurythmy Therapy (Katherine Beaven), Art Therapy (Johanna Berger) 23rd May 2026
An integrative experience of getting closer to your inner and outer nature, breathing together through embodied movement and artistic expression
Venue: Peredur, Centre of the Arts, Sussex
Experience the Qualities of the Pentagram – Gesture of Venus Course Leaders: Eurythmy Therapy (Katherine Beaven), Sacred Geometry (Saba Kafil) 4th July 2026 An exploration of the qualities the gesture of Venus, the number 5 and its form giving impulse in the Rose family through eurythmy and sacred geometry sou.
Venue: Peredur, Centre of the Arts, Sussex
Integrate Your Diverse Soul Experiences Course Leaders: Sculpting (Maria Albiez), Bothmer Therapy (Ionela Hanganu) Date to be announced
An immersion through playful and sacred movement, working with clay and forming a living expression of beauty and living proportions. An experience to feel deeply the expressions of living processes and pathways for cultivating full expression of our soul, the integration and balancing of our different centres of consciousness
Venue: Hoathly Hill Community, Sussex
Seasonal Living: Festivals, Feasts & the Arc of the Year (Dates to be announced)
Workshops, gatherings and practices aligned with key seasonal festival thresholds: Advent to Holy Nights, Lent to Easter, through to Whitsun, St John’s to Michaelmas, alongside various seasonal feasts of the Saints and Heavenly Hosts in support of cultural renewal and communal rhythm.

Celebrating the Biodynamic Centenary at Home Farm, Heckfield Place, Hampshire
2024-08-21 08:00 - 2024-09-23 17:00
Venue: Home Farm, Heckfield Place, Hampshire RG27 0LD

This summer, we are marking the centenary of biodynamic farming with a series of events across our 438-acre estate. Visitors to Home Farm will have the opportunity to engage with the 100 year old principles and practices of the original organic movement and learn about the many benefits to the health of the soil and to ourselves.
From workshops on biodynamic practices and talks from industry leaders who share in our ethos that everything begins with the soil, join us from June to September as we mark this milestone and look to the future of responsible and regenerative agriculture.
The event lineup will extend up to the house, with movie screenings and celebratory suppers hosted by Heckfield Place.
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Saturday 7 September Dahlia Talk with Jane Scotter & Alice Chapman
Saturday 21st September Biodynamic Planting Calendar with Tom Petherick
Saturday 21 September The Biggest Little Farm
Sunday 22 September Home Farm Lunch: Time of Harvest

How can biodynamics meet the challenges facing humanity? Talk with Jean Michel Florin 30th August 6pm - 8.30pm, London
2024-08-30 18:00 - 20:30
Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT
Timings: 6pm wine/ nibbles and opportunity to explore special exhibition on biodynamic research
7pm – 8.30pm – Talk with Q&A
Cost – Donations
Booking – To reserve your place please scroll down the page to the ticketing section
Alternatively you can book via Email Office@biodynamic.org.uk or by phone on 01453 759501 ( office hours 9-1)
A special opportunity to hear Jean Michel Florin the co-leader of the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum talk on how biodynamics can mitigate the multitude of issues facing our generation and humanity. Not to be missed.
This event is being kindly sponsored by Rudolf Steiner House and Waltham Place for the BD100th Year.
All welcome
Jean Michel Florin is also offering a workshop at Waltham Place, Berks Sat 31st Aug to Sun 1st Sept 2024
Sat 31st Aug – Sun 1st Sept ” Building your landscape, from observation to development, with Jean-Michel Florin
CLICK Here for full details and booking
Sat 31st Aug 7.30pm Evening Lecture: Biodynamics and the Changing Climate with Jean-Michel Florin
CLICK Here for full details and booking
