What does the perfect lunch break look like? Exercise in the fresh air, not talking about work topics or study content for a change and taking a quick look outside the box? At Ackerzeit, UW/H students and staff can get active with a spade, hoe or pruning shears on the educational field near the campus and experience the connections between agriculture, nutrition and health while doing so. The field time takes place every Monday from 12:30 - 13:30 starting in May.
Learning by experiencing and having fun while doing
From cultivation tips for your own vegetable garden to complex interactions between different ecosystems, everything is included. Learning by experiencing and having fun while doing are our motto for the field time.
Herbs are the starting point for Ackerzeit: field herbs, wild herbs and the culinary and medicinal herbs planted on five levels in the Radialsystem. Herbs give every meal its unmistakable and special aroma - whether added fresh or dried and cooked with it. Herbs are also a natural means of preventing and curing many diseases.
In each field season, you will learn about at least one important aromatic or medicinal herb and also about biotopes, insects, biodiversity, seeds, vegetable cultivation and compost. There will also be a visit to the sheep on one of the dates.
The field time is part of the field trial project. The project combines organic regional agriculture with health promotion and sustainable communal catering, and is practically implemented and researched here on campus.
Please bring appropriate clothing for the weather and sun protection if necessary.
Course leader
Elfi Paasch is a perennial and herb gardener and medicinal plant expert (ARVEN). Since the gardens have been created for the community in the Pferdebachtal, Elfi Paasch has mainly maintained and developed the herb spiral and offers guided tours and seminars.
Dates
- The Ackerzeit takes place every Monday from 12:30 - 13:30 on 9 dates from May to July.
- All dates: 06.05., 13.05., 27.05., 03.06., 10.06., 17.06, 24.06, 01.07., 08.07.
- The dates can be attended individually.
Venue
Bildungsacker above the university campus. At the end of Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße, follow the pedestrian path towards Christopherus Haus, where the field is located on the left-hand side.
Registration
Registration is requested. Registration by e-mail to Stella Bünger: Stella.Buenger@uni-wh.de