In this weekend workshop you’ll learn how to design and establish a food forest: a resilient, low-maintenance ecosystem that provides food, beauty, habitat and more. Step by step, we will explore the principles of food forestry, from choosing the right plants and creating guilds, to soil building, water management, and long-term care. With a balance of theory, hands-on practice, and time in a mature food forest, you’ll gain both the confidence and the skills to bring your own edible forest garden to life.
When: Friday 12 - Sunday 14 June 2026
Where: permaculture farm Bogata Šuma, Vojnic, Croatia
€ 250,- bursary support
€ 195,- normal price
€ 150,- low waged, under 18 or over 70, or from former Yugoslavia
The price includes all tuition, breakfasts, lunches and dinners, and a camping spot or a bed in a (2-persons) room.
Bring a friend and get 15% off
At Bogata Suma you can experience a permaculture lifestyle, as you gain the necessary skills to implement permaculture in your own life.
In this course you will have fun learning together with likeminded people on a permaculture farm in Croatia. This will be a richly nourishing and empowering course.
... the confidence and practical knowledge to start or expand your own thriving food forest. You’ll understand how to design a resilient ecosystem that provides food, beauty and biodiversity, while regenerating the land. You will gain hands-on tools for choosing the right plants, building healthy soil, and creating systems that work with nature rather than against it. Most importantly, you’ll leave with inspiration, clarity, and a clear pathway to turn your ideas into a living, fruitful landscape.
Experience and enjoy permaculture in reality at our homestead Bogata Šuma! Together we can discover how permaculture can be a solution to many (world) problems.
This course is a transformative opportunity to focus on something meaningful and practical in your life and bring intention to it, using the toolkit of permaculture to take it to the next level.
Permaculture farm Bogata Šuma is situated on the top of a hill in the heart of Croatia, with forests all around. We have been on this land since 2005, after it was abandoned by the previous owners after the Yugoslavian war. 15 Years ago we found a jungle with overgrown fruit and nut trees, and we turned it into a beautiful edible landscape where guests have been enjoying camping holidays ever since.
For us, permaculture is an inspiring way to design our land and life in a sustainable way. Growing a lot of our food, staying healthy with home grown herbal remedies (teas, oils, tinctures) and natural building techniques is part of that.
We love to use permaculture principles to develop our land and our lives. We take care of the earth, of the people around us and we love to share our knowledge, skills and good food from the garden.
Barbara Scheltus has been working with permaculture ethics and principles for almost 20 years now. She designed for land and for life, teaches people how to bring permaculture into practise and how to design for personal and social issues.
Barbara works with Looby Macnamara ("People and Permaculture"), Chris Evans, Tomas Remiarz and Delvin Solkinson. She learned also from international teachers like Rosemary Morrow, Mark Shepard, Rakesh and Taco Blom.
Barbara lives with her family on permaculture farm Bogata Šuma in Croatia. They live almost food-self sufficient, have hosted hundreds of volunteers over the last 15 years. Recently they have setup a Country Life Academy and now they are growing a village on their hill top.
When: Friday 12 - Sunday 14 June 2026
Where: permaculture farm Bogata Šuma, Vojnic, Croatia
€ 250,- bursary support
€ 195,- normal price
€ 150,- low waged, under 18 or over 70, or from former Yugoslavia
The price includes all tuition, breakfasts, lunches and dinners, and a camping spot or a bed in a (2-persons) room.
Bring a friend and get 15% off
Meals are also available before or after the course, or for friends or family members that come with you.
Breakfast: € 10,-
Lunch: € 12,50
Dinner: € 15,-
(reduced prices for kids)
More information: barbara@bogatasuma.com or call +385 (0)95 5555 677
