Hands-on in the Solar Test Field & Garden
Join us for 12 days of annual maintenance in the solar test field, learn about community-building and experience an autumn full of abundance in the garden.
Overview
Help us prepare the community garden for the winter season, help close the Solar Kitchen for this season and prepare the indoor space for the coming winter.
In the mornings, we’ll be doing practical work, including tasks such as:
- planting vegetables and preparing beds in our community garden
- harvesting vegetables and fruits
- renovation work in and around our community space for the winter time
- depending on weather and harvest, drying fruits in the solar drier
- and many other details that make a place functional, beautiful and homely
In doing so, you’ll also get to know our solar cooking possibilities and the Test Field in more detail.
In the afternoons, we’ll have group time where you’ll experience Forum (an important social technology for creating trust and intimacy in a group) and other tools for community building, learn about our philosophy, the Healing Biotopes Plan and our work towards energy autonomy.
Together, we’ll dive into questions such as:
- How can people live together in truth and trust?
- What is peace work?
- How can regenerative communities make a difference to a world in crisis?
Who is the service for?
- People who want to and are physically able to clean, repair, and maintain things or do garden work
- People interested in community-building
- People interested in regenerative autonomy and complicity-free living
What we’ll explore
- The vision of the Solar Test Field, its evolution and its present stage of manifestation
- Introduction to our bioenergetic gardening work
- How restoring inner autonomy and choice through community-building practices, particularly Forum, helps us create sustainable autonomous systems
- Why we work with love and sexuality as political issues
Tamera is an emerging Healing Biotope where we work to reconnect with and restore the wholeness of life. Courses may focus on specific topics, but all of our research exists within an interconnected web — so your experience will likely expand into other areas.
As a course participant, you can join our morning offers, which include Yoga and other possible activities. You’ll also be able to take part in events for the whole community like our Sunday Matinee, the Ring of Power, and Political Cafés.
What we will do
- Practical work in the garden and Solar Test Field
- Introduction to Tamera’s foundational thoughts with a particular focus on the area of autonomy
- Forum work
Please bring rain clothes and boots with you, because it might already rain at that time.
Info
Research area: Ecology, Energy Technology and Community Building
Location: In Tamera
Language: English
Cost
Sliding scale: €35–€45 per day including board & accommodation.
For financial support for participants from marginalized backgrounds: Explore our Solidarity Fund.
Willing to support others? Consider contributing to the Solidarity Fund.
Why are we using a sliding scale?
Our invitation to Portuguese nationals.
Payment Policy
Once you have filled out the registration form, we will send you an email with instructions on how to pay.
Please note that in order to confirm your registration, you must pay a non-refundable registration fee of €150.
Accommodation
Shared dormitories or own van.
Food
Vegan full board.
Arrival and Departure
Please plan to arrive on October 2nd before 6pm and to depart on October 15th.
Children
We regret that children cannot be accommodated in this course.
Pets
We regret that pets cannot be accommodated in this course.
Testimonials
“It is a great opportunity to bring yourself in and to experience what Tamera is.”
– Stella, 2025
“This Hands-on is a MUST once in a lifetime!”
– Jamila, 2025
“Transformative & educational time in a supportive group environment completely outside the existing social paradigm.”
– Julie, 2025
“I really enjoyed learning-by-doing in many different aspects of the solar village and the greater community process.Thank you so much!”
– Julia, 2024
“Working in the Solar Test Field and learning new skills was a true gift. Though no larger than acquiring valuable wisdom from the elders and scientists of Tamera.This Course has done much to open my eyes to my true purpose, and for that I am grateful.”
– Marco, 2024
“It was a great overview and insight into Tamera. Even in such a short time I made great satisfying connections. The land is beautiful. Being outside in the natural world is soul fulfilling and hearing into a consciousness to honor nature with all beings is healing to the heart.”
– Georgie Hunt, 2024