Herb Garden De Meent
An initiative of the Wereldhuis and Diaconie Protestent Church in Amsterdam, I am super thrilled to be a part of this wonderful project. Our goal is to co-design and co-create a herb garden for culinary and medicinal purposes that also serves as a social and cultural space. A place for learning herb cultivation; getting your hands earthy and socializing. A little refuge that welcomes everyone regardless of their legal status; skin colour; gender; sexual orientation; and/or religious beliefs.
You can find out more on the website of the farm De Meent.
Below you can get an impression of the work we are doing (latest pictures on top):
mediterranean herbs in the garden
September 2021
Preserving fresh herbs in oil
September 2021
flower beds in bloom
July 2021
FLOwer beds in bloom
July 2021
The Mediterranean herb beds
June 2021
flower bed coming to life
June 2021
Sowing the first seeds
May 2021
sowing the first seeds
May 2021
Making the paths
April 2021
making the intial paths
April 2021
our first design session
April 2021
Pigs turning the soil for us
April 2021
A clean slate
March 2021
getting started
March 2021
My role in this project together with Toby is:-
Facilitate the design process by using Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Teach people about herbs for culinary and medicinal purposes
Facilitate co-learning of how to grow herbs and maintain a herb garden
Teach uses for the herbs and make products together.