Biodynamic Association

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 (Europe/London)
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.
In the light of new emerging needs and a changing economic and social paradigm we have restructured all our courses and workshops and come up with following offerings from the Wholistic Living University for 2026/27:
To engage with a learning journey with us find us here: – Website: www.whlu.org
NEW!
– Patreon: to be launched in August
– YouTube: Wholistic Living University (free short videos on biodynamic practices)
– Facebook – follow us on https://www.facebook.com/wholisticlivinguniversity/
Get your Grow your Own ( GYOH) Calendar 26 ( PDF)
GYOH Calendar 26: a detailed journey through the gardening year harmonizing our inner relationship to nature and the cosmos towards optimal wellbeing
Cost £!0
Free copy for all members of following organisations: BDA, FoodFindersHub, PFFA, CABI
50% Discount on all courses if you obtain your GYOH Calendar 26. Discount code is in the back
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Private Memberships for “Grow Your Own Health” Online Courses
GYOH Forum: Join a community of like-minded spirits working in the field of organic food production, biodiversity creation, wellbeing & education
(Contribution: £ 5/month or £ 45 yearly up-front payment)
Online Masterclasses (live and recorded option):
Monthly introductions for beginner gardeners and beginners in the biodynamic approach to growing food and enhancing biodiversity
(Contribution: £ 8/month or £ 70 yearly up-front payment)
Online GYOH Calendar Club Sessions(live and recorded option):
Monthly guidance For specific garden activities for all gardeners and growers in harmony with natural and cosmic rhythms to optimise your yields and wellbeing
(Contribution: £ 8/month or £ 70 yearly up-front payment)
Basic membership: Video & Audio Recordings of 38 presentation plus 38 Q&A sessions + PDFs for studies and research
This year online recorded modular course gives you flexibility of having a life-time access to in depth principles and practical application of a biodynamic/wholistic approach to growing vegetables, herbs and flowers and learn about a wholistic/integrative approach to health and wellbeing.
This course is designed for community leaders (farmers, gardeners, consultants, teachers, health professionals and individuals who would like to become a better version of themselves in service for the wider community. Contribution: £ 20 /month or £ 180 yearly up-front payment)
Premium membership: Video & Audio Recordings of 38 presentation plus 19 live Q&A sessions + PDFs for studies and research with access to the GYOH Forum. This year online recorded modular course asks for your commitment to participate in live Q&As and gives you the opportunity participate in the GYOH Forum and gives you a year access to in depth principles and practical application of a biodynamic/wholistic approach to growing vegetables, herbs and flowers and learn about a wholistic/integrative approach to health and wellbeing.
This course is designed for dedicated community leaders (farmers, gardeners, consultants, teachers, health professionals and individuals who would like to become a better version of themselves in service for the wider community. Contribution: £ 30 /month or £ 280 yearly up-front payment)
For those who would like to get a deeper understanding about a biodynamic/wholistic lifestyle and do more in depth studies and workshops we offer a series of other courses.
NEW AND SUPPORTING EVENTS AND COURSES
After 7 years of offering our comprehensive “Grow Your Own Health” Online Courses and Workshops, we have started to expand into other subjects and supporting events, courses and workshops to lead you in a wholistic way towards your optimal wellbeing and to become sovereign in your perception and thinking.
Seasonal Living: Festivals, Feasts and Events
A journey through the seasonal and festival rhythms of the year experiencing the cultural, spiritual, and ecological significance of festivals for the future, offering practices and rituals that reconnect participants to the ‘Cosmic Arc of the Season’ and to communal life.
Biodynamic Beekeeping
Practical workshops and lecture series exploring the honeybee as a keystone being within Earth and Cosmic ecology supporting a reverent, informed, and future-oriented relationship with bees, grounded in biodynamic principles and lived practice.
Observation and Phenomenology
A seasonal pathway of inner development that cultivates refined perception, discernment, and self-knowledge across the changing seasons. Moving from sensitivity and awareness toward grounded authenticity, responsibility, and purposeful action in life – a foundation towards becoming the authentic human.
Embodied & Conscious Movement
Movement-based Arts learning that integrates body awareness, breath, posture, rhythm, and inner gesture. Drawing from diverse movement traditions such as Eurythmy, Bothmer Movement/Spatial Dynamics, this work supports physical vitality, emotional balance and conscious embodiment.
Geometry: Sacred, Euclidian, Projective
Exploring form, proportion and living geometry as expressions of natural and cosmic order. Participants investigate how these principles inform architecture, landscape design, and responsible stewardship of the Earth.
Sculpting Your Soul & Art Therapy
Hands-on artistic experiences drawing on art therapy practices and sculptural work, using clay, colour, form and other formative arts as pathways for self-discovery, emotional integration and soulful expression.
The Grand Human Journey
An integrative exploration of human development across cosmic, cultural, and individual dimensions weaving spiritual science, history, cosmology, philosophy and thinking over cultural epochs into a coherent narrative of what it means to become fully human in our time and to invoke the qualities for our future becoming.
Coming soon ! Look out for announcements…
Future experiences with Cows, Worms, Insects; finding and harnessing our voices; and partner workshops in Water Phenomenology and Natural Sciences.

Step by Step Introduction to Biodynamic Gardening Workshops, Feb - July 2026 at venues across the UK
2025-08-12 09:45 - 2026-07-11 15:00
Discover the art and science of growing in harmony with nature with our Step-by-Step Biodynamic Gardening Courses 2026
Grow Your Own is becoming increasingly popular; there is growing recognition, too, that being outdoors, and getting in touch with Nature is hugely beneficial and brings many positive health and well-being rewards. Now you can experience both, plus the power and vitality of biodynamic gardening, and discover its benefits for yourself.
Comprising of 6 x 1-day sessions from Feb to July 2026 this course is a great way to learn about all the biodynamic principles and practices and enable you to put them into action in your garden, community garden or allotment.
The total cost for the course (six sessions, including a simple lunch) is £180, which is exceptional value, working out at just £30 per day, including lunch. Places are limited, so we advise booking early!

ONLINE BOOKING IS NOW LIVE! scroll down the page to find the ticket for the venue of your choice
You can also book over the phone Tel 01453 759501 (office hours 9-1 Mon to Fri) or email us at office@biodynamic.org.uk

The courses take place at Ruskin Mill Trust biodynamic gardens and are run by experienced biodynamic gardeners.
For more information about Ruskin Mill Trust visit http://www.rmt.org
What course participants have said:
“ I would like to say how much I enjoyed the inspirational step-by-step course. Although I have had an allotment for several years and have always aimed to grow organically, this course has opened my eyes to so much more. My only regret is that I had not discovered the biodynamic way a lot earlier”
“ One of my greatest joys now is coming back from a Step by Step day and putting into practice some of the many strategies that I am learning. . I am forming a noticeably different relationship with the plot and with the growing process, which I find truly wonderful”
Course Locations & Dates – All sessions run from 09.45 am -15.00 pm
Click on the venue name for more info and directions
Devon: Whites Farm, Whites Farm Education Trust, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0L
Session Dates for 2026 14th Feb, 14th March, 11th April, 9th May, 13th June, 20th June, 11th July
NB this venue comprises 7 sessions, the cost is £210 and please contact Alasdair: info@whitesfarm-edtrust.com directly to book your place
NEW VENUE! Just added
Cumbria: Gaydon Cottage, Low Fellside, Sizergh, Cumbria LA8 8DY
Session dates 2026: NB these sessions take place on Sunday: 22nd Feb, 29th March, 19th April, 31st May, 21st June, 26th July
Eyam Edge Farm, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire S32 5QT
Session dates 2026: 14th Feb, 14th Mar, 25th Apr, 16th May, 13th June, 11th July
North East England Clervaux Garden School, Jolby Lane, Croft-on-Tees DL2 2TF
Session dates 2026: 14th Feb, 14th Mar, 25th Apr, 16th May, 13th June, 11th July
West Wales: Coleg Plas Dwbl, Mynachlog-ddu,, Clynderwen SA66 7SE
Session dates 2026: 7th Feb, 7th Mar, 18th Apr, 9th May, 6th June, 4th July

Gloucestershire: Upper Grange, Lovedays Mead, Stroud GL5 1XB
Session dates 2026: 28th Feb, 21st Mar, 18th Apr, 9th May, 13th June, 11th July
Grace Garden School, Canford Ln, Bristol BS9 3PE
Session dates 2026: 28th Feb, 21st Mar, 18th Apr, 16th May, 13th June, 4th July
NEW VENUE: Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
Session dates 2026: 28th Feb, 21st Mar, 18th Apr, 16th May, 13th June, 11th July

Programme Outline – Full Programme (PDF)
Session 1 – Seed connects with soil
Session 2 – Planning our garden
Session 3 – The plant between the sun and earth
Session 4 – The biodynamic preparations
Session 5 – Tending the garden
Session 6 – The garden as an organism
