Next Weekend: August 15th – 17th
Join us for a morning or weekend
We are recovering an abandoned vineyard and monitoring the 1000+ Life Terra trees we planted as part of an evolving agroforestry design. On designated weekends, we gather to carry out interventions like pruning, adding biofertilizers, chopping and dropping cover crop or harvesting.
On these weekends you can visit us for an in-depth tour of our projects and a bit of hands-on learning or contributing your knowledge in the vineyard, then eat, hike, swim and star-gaze with us.
70€ per person + cost of accommodation | Family prices available
What can you get from a Regenerative Weekend?
Learn from our story
Our site and years of experience managing this project’s design, land, connections, permissions and funding can help those new or seasoned in permaculture, creating an eco-business or a rural project.
Live permaculture
Experience first-hand how fun and comfortable sustainable living can be as we build, grow, cook and eat together using permaculture principles.
Theory and practice
We are regenerating an abandoned vineyard and also planted over 1000 Life Terra trees as part of an evolving agroforestry design. Learn the theory behind our seasonal interventions and get some hands-on practice.
Play out in nature
We learn and work half the day. The other half we eat, swim in rivers, walk in the woods and star-gaze with old and new friends.
Full Weekend: 70€ + lodging costs
- Tour of Boodaville, Vineyard, Life Terra trees
- Time to ask questions to help your personal learning, project or business
- Simple training on the regenerative work we’re doing that weekend, why and how to do it
- Short session doing some of the weekend’s regenerative work
- Coffee, tea, mid-morning snack, lunches, Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast
- Social activity after lunch on Saturday: for example river swimming, hiking and foraging
- Stay Sunday to continue helping with the regenerative work, get more hands-on experience and time to ask our team questions
- Lodging has an additional cost.
- Contact us about group and family pricing.
Registration
You probably have more questions. And we have some questions for you! If you’re at all interested, we encourage you to complete the form below to tell us a bit about yourself and share your questions. Then we’ll have a brief video or phone call to get to know each other better and clarify how everything works.
2025 Calendar
On these weekends our doors will be open to guests who register in advance to join us. Each weekend has an agricultural and fun focus. See further below for the typical weekend agenda.
March 15, 16
Agriculture: Pruning the vineyard and adding seeds as fertilizer
Fun: Foraging hike, star gazing if it’s clear!
May 24, 25
Agriculture: Chop and drop cover crop
Fun: Foraging hike, chilly river swimming for the brave!
August 15 – 17
Agriculture: Grape harvest or harvest preparation
Fun: River swimming, star gazing
October 10 – 12
Agriculture: TBC autumnal interventions
Fun: TBC as the year progresses!
Typical Regenerative Weekend Agenda
Friday
Arrive and settle in during the afternoon or evening.
Saturday
NOTE – In August it is HOT! We must co-exist with Mother Nature and adapt our patterns with the season. This means we generally start quite EARLY when it is cool and BREAK in the hottest part of the day to rest. The official timetable will be confirmed based on real conditions in the week before the event.
1 hour: Morning circle
We greet each other, get to know one another, confirm the plan for the day together
3.5 hours: Tour, history, plans
(We have a snack during this time when we feel we need it)
Key aspects of the Boodaville permaculture demonstration site: human areas, soil regeneration, food production, water catchment, energy production
Vineyard – How did we end up managing a vineyard?! What’s been done to support regeneration, what’s next, plus some observation
Life Terra trees planted in the vineyard – How did we end up planting over 1000 trees?! What’s been done, what’s next, plus some observation
Training on seasonal intervention: What work are we doing, why and how
Lunch
Personal time – After lunch we usually give each other a bit of space to rest or do whatever we need to do.
Social time – This can be a hike in the valley to observe and forage, swimming in the river, or other activities based on the season.
Dinner
Depending on conditions and how energised people are – star gazing is an option!
Sunday
1 hour: Breakfast at your leisure
30 mins: Morning circle – We stretch, check in on wellness, get on the same page about the flow of the day
4 hours – Vineyard intervention
(We have a snack during this time when we feel we need it)
Seasonal intervention – Learn why we’re doing the work we are at this time of year, how to do, and help a bit!
Closing circle – Reflect together on the weekend
Lunch
Rest and depart
Frequently asked questions
Transport – How can I get to Boodaville?
- Your own vehicle / Carpool – If you have a vehicle we may ask you to bring along other participants who are near you and looking for a ride.
- Hife bus:
- Depart Friday, August 15, 4:30 PM: Hife bus from Barcelona to Horta de Sant Joan.
- Return Sunday, August 17 5:20 PM: Hife bus from Caseres to Barcelona.
- Tickets are approx 17€ each way, but we can get you a ticket for 5€ each way. If coming from Barcelona, based on the bus schedule, you’d need to catch the 3.30pm Friday bus and we organize you Friday night accommodation.
- Train – NOT AN OPTION IN AUGUST AS TRAINS ARE AFFECTED – Train to Mòra la Nova. This train station is about 20 minutes from Boodaville so we prefer that if you take the train, it be with other participants, so we go pick up a group rather than 1 person.
Food – What is included?
If you arrive on Friday night, bring a dinner for Friday and breakfast for Saturday for yourself.
The Boodaville team will provide these meals:
- Saturday morning snack, lunch and dinner
- Sunday breakfast, morning snack and lunch
- Drinking water throughout the weekend, including water infused with local herbs
- All food provided by the Boodaville team will be vegetarian or vegan.
Even though we will provide the food above, we encourage participants to bring a bit of food to share as snacks and during lunch on Saturday because… the revolution begins on the plate… and with each other.
Accommodation – Where can I sleep?
Option 1) We can help arrange accommodation in flats or houses in Caseres. We split the total cost between all participants so it is as low per person as possible. This can add up to 25€ per night per person but is often lower.
Option 2) Mas de Pellejo – neighbouring masia in the valley. Our neighbours rent rooms in their country house which is minutes away from Boodaville by car. Prices are here.
I have more questions. Help.
We do things in a pretty human way. If you have more questions, we’d suggest you just fill in our form, then we’ll set up a phone or video call and talk everything through together 😀
