Green Heart Nature Farm and Food Forest

25/07/2026

🌿 Midzomer Oogstfeest 🌿

📅 Vrijdag 31 juli & zaterdag 1 augustus
🕤 09.30 – 14.30 uur

Vier de midzomeroogst met ons! 🍎🍇🌸

Samen oogsten we o.a. appels, kersenpruimen, bramen, duindoorn en druiven. Proef verschillende rassen, help mee met het maken van heerlijke jams en chutneys en geniet van een gezellige dag op de boerderij.

✨ Breaking Berries is beide dagen aanwezig met hun mobiele keuken én vriesdroger. Ze laten zien hoe vriesdrogen werkt, vertellen over de mogelijkheden van deze techniek en laten je proeven van gevriesdroogde kersenpruimen van onze boerderij.

🥗 Rond de middag genieten we samen van een gezamenlijke lunch.

🏡 Aan het einde van de dag neem je verse oogst en een potje zelfgemaakte jam mee naar huis.

Iedereen is van harte welkom! 💚

13/05/2026

Rainbow-happiness on Green Heart Nature Farm 💚

27/04/2026

“One week of creative play and I’ve come away with the confidence and the tools to navigate group dynamics… If you work with groups - just do it!”

This is Eva’s feedback having done Robin Clayfield’s Dynamic Groups course in Australia last year. One of the world’s leading permaculture trainers, Robin is an icon in Australia. That she is doing a course here this June is an incredible coup for us. I asked her last year if she would come to the Netherlands to run this course, because at Green Heart Nature Farm and Food Forest we are building an inclusive community making decisions together, and a better foundation does not exist than Robin’s 6 day intensive training.

The event, including all lunches and dinners and breakfasts for campers is being fully catered by Radical Radishes - 6 days of delicious food, inspiring people, creativity, learning and confidence building.

I first did one of Robin's dynamic group courses in Australia 20 years ago, and it laid the foundations for the intentional permaculture community I founded in Australia in 2007.

If you are looking for hands-on tools to work with a community garden or food forest or tiny house community - there is no-one in the world better placed to give you the foundations for success. One of Australia's most reknown and respected permaculture teachers for more than 40 years, a founding member of the oldest permaculture village in the world, multi-time author of permaculture books and resources, this is a once only opportunity to have this course in the Netherlands.

There are only a few spaces left, contact us if you'd like to reserve one of them.

27/04/2026

“One week of creative play and I’ve come away with the confidence and the tools to playfully and respectfully navigate group dynamics… If you work with groups - just do it!”

This was Eva’s feedback having done Robin Clayfield’s Dynamic Groups course in Australia last year. One of the world’s leading teachers in permaculture and working together, Robin is an icon in Australia. That she is doing a course here this June is an incredible coup for us. I asked her last year if she would come and run this course for us, because I would love to see us build an inclusive community making decisions together, and a better foundation for this and the launch of our Green Hearts for Nature Stichting does not exist than Robin’s 6 day intensive training.

The event, including all lunches and dinners and breakfasts for campers is being fully catered by Radical Radishes - 6 days of delicious food, inspiring people, creativity, learning and confidence building.

This event is going to rock the foundation of how we think about group dynamics in the Netherlands.

There are still a very few places, contact me for more info.

14/04/2026

Are you working with Groups? Then this is for you! 🫵🏼

In May 2025, I joined the Dynamic Groups training by Robin Clayfield in Crystal Waters.

I joined because I want to work with groups and mental health in the future. I went in with an open mind, as I didn’t fully know what to expect. But I could already feel that Robin has deep knowledge and experience.

On the first day, it became clear that this would be a creative week. You learn here in a creative way, that is something that fits me well, as I’m quite playful and energetic in life.

The processes Robin taught us, we got to experience and discover ourselves. She was also very transparent every day about the why and how, which I found really helpful and something I learned a lot from.

During the week, I was increasingly challenged to explore my own creativity in how to teach and guide a group in a fun and effective way. Through collaborating with others, I was encouraged to discover, develop, and express my own abilities and creativity. It gave me the feeling: I can do this.

I also learned how to navigate different group dynamics, and how to look at or respond to them in a more loving and conscious way. It was very valuable to observe how Robin embodies this herself.
One of my biggest takeaways is that sometimes you just have to start. And with the tools I learned during Dynamic Groups, I now feel more confident in how to do that.

On top of everything I learned, I also made new friends, and I still look back on this week in Crystal Waters with so much joy and love 💛

Eva van Nistelrooij

31/03/2026

Community projects thrive on good process 🌱

If you’re in a permaculture group, an intentional community, neighbourhood garden or team that values cooperative working — this training gives you lifelong skills to bring out the best in your team.

Dynamic Groups • Dynamic Learning (2–7 June 2026) at Green Heart Nature Farm (3ha food forest farm), Geffen
Tools, processes and practical experience to help groups work well, learn easily and make decisions with more clarity and connection.

✅ 15 places only — filling fast

31/03/2026

Free Gym at our food forest - come join in our fortnighly "contribute and connect" days. Food for the soul, for the heart, for the muscles. Some soul connection, some nature connection, some people connection, some healthy food connection - and plant some trees, feed some soil, dig some holes...

What if your fitness routine gave you free, organic food? 🥕 🍓🍆🥦
Train your body while working your garden 💪🏼

We spend hours in the gym lifting iron and running on treadmills, but we often overlook one of the best forms of functional, natural exercise right in our backyards.

Think about the actual mechanics of a solid day in the garden:
🌱 Squats & Lunges: Weeding, harvesting, and planting seeds.
🌱 Deadlifts: Shoveling mulch and turning compost.
🌱 Farmer’s Carries: Hauling bags of soil and heavy watering cans.
🌱 Core & Mobility: Raking, reaching, and twisting.

The ROI is unbeatable.

You don’t just build functional strength and burn calories. You get fresh air, a healthy dose of Vitamin D, serious stress relief, and best of all a harvest of fresh, nutrient-dense vegetables.

It's the ultimate "bio-hack": combining physical health, mental well-being, and sustainable living into one highly productive habit.

Who else uses their garden as their gym? What are you planting this season? Let me know in the comments! 😍