5TH OCTOBER - 11TH OCTOBER 2025, HOGSBACK

The Bootcamp Schedule

A quick look at the schedule for the 2025 Spring Bootcamp.
Please note: This is not finalised and subject to change.

Orientation dinner

Sunday, 5 October, 2025
Join us for our welcome dinner, orientation and meet your fellow bootcampers.

Soil with Santham

Monday, 6 October, 2025
Starting at the beginning with soil & santhan: connection to your food, health & nutrition comes from our connection to the soil. In this practical 3 hour session you will learn how to get the most out of the soil. Whether from a pot plant for herbs, a door size garden, to larger scale regenerative organic farming. This operational organic berry farm will be an experience!

Sourdough & cheese with Heike

Tuesday, 7 October, 2025
Sourdough & mozzarella cheese with Heike.
6 hours. The secrets of the dough & curd uncovered. A basic - cheese & bread. The art of bread is a secret - uncover the best bread you will ever make.

Foraging Walk with Adi

Wednesday, 8 October, 2025
A 3 hour walk with Adi the forest being. A herbalist who loves nature & the medicine she shares in tea form. Take a stroll through the mystical Hogback forest learning about potent herbal teas often mistaken as “weeds”. Respectfully harvest some & bring them back to camp for a tea tasting in the forest with a herbalist :)

Pickles & Mushrooms

Thursday, 9 October, 2025
Mushrooms with fun guy Kinesh: fall in love with mushrooms. Learn a simple backyard cultivation method for Oyster mushrooms followed by Permaculturalist Ian Weir will teach you some of the best tips and tricks to preserving food. Preserves, Jams, Pickles, vinegars - you name it - he has preserved it for a long time

Pottery & Dinner

Friday , 10 October, 2025
Gwyneth & Luyanda from Starways pottery will introduce you to the beautiful world of handmade clay pottery followed by our once in a lifetime experience dinner.

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