Paula and the cardboard ;)
Dates: Every Tuesday starting April 21 through to November 6
Note: Each session to be booked individually - please register or send enquires here
Time: 8:30 - 18:00
PROJECT WEEK’S 2026:
Spring: May 19 - 24 (staying overnight if wished)
Summer: August 18 - 23 (staying overnight if wished)
Winter: November 3 - 6 (travelling out each day)
Note: For each project week, any number of days is possible. More extensive information under the enquiries link above.
Location: Wald&Wild, Brandenburg
Price: No Cost - travel to and from Berlin + a shared lunch included
Description:
Our popular Permaculture Workdays are for those who have a hankering for fresh air and wish to move their bodies in the landscape. Ultimately, we learn through the act of doing, and this gives you the opportunity to do so.
Permaculture heads out of the books and into action: a day of no computers or other screens - office air, chairs and the pressure of the deadline adieu - connecting with the outdoor, living world hello!
A typical day starts at our meeting point in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg at 8:30.
We drive out together, and start our day with a Ritual of Gratitude.
Morning and afternoon working activities revolve around what the season and landscape currently require. You will be given instruction, then we will put that into action. As time and practice goes by, I will call on others in the group to instruct in turn - this being a way to really tune into what you are doing and to embody the information at a deeper level…
We make our shared lunches with ingredients from the landscape and enjoy them together.
Arrival in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg is 18:00.
These are special days of connecting and learning on many levels!
Reflections from a Workdays regular, Lenara: “The amount of experiential knowledge I get during the workday practices is large and extremely valuable in my view. I feel much more like I'm learning than just "working". Leonie explains the activities and the reasoning behind all the particular choices in a way tailored for the group, offering loads of useful information for both people who are there having their first experiences with permaculture, and those who have been working and volunteering already for a long time in different corners of the world. I met many amazing people and made great friends. Wald & Wild is one of my favorite places. Thanks for opening your doors and sharing your wisdom with us.”
Guided by:
LEONIE WOIDT-WALLISSER
Leonie has a background in architecture, the fine arts and permaculture. Since having left her family’s off-grid homestead and extensive garden in small-town South Australia, she has lived amongst the urban populations of Australia, Germany, the US and the Netherlands. Her theoretical research in restoration ecology in the cultural sector, undertaken as part of studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, triggered her to initiate Cityplot in 2007. She co-coordinates the workshop programme and gardens in Berlin.
Leonie has many years of experience teaching and consulting in multiple facets of permaculture: food growing systems; community building and social systems; architecture, urban and landscape planning; natural building and construction with upcycled materials; nature connections and spiritual ecology; holistic and regenerative practices on all levels; and beyond. Life coming full-cycle, step-by-step she nears a self-sufficient lifestyle and delves ever deeper into the worlds of ethnobotany and deep ecology.
Leonie strongly believes that there is not a problem, which cannot be solved through tapping into the heartbeat of the Earth - and that even the smallest of garden plots will help get you there!
Often grubby and always deeply happy…