About the Course
Homesteading Weekends 2025
May, June, August
Open for bookings 🌱
If you're looking to be fully set up for a productive garden you can book all three courses together.
This includes:
May (3rd/4th): Soil Health, co-planting & plant care June (21st/22nd): Perennials, food forest & diverse production August (16th/17th): Harvest, storage and preservation
All courses come with stay and meals included.

Typical course day:
7:45 - 8:15 Breakfast
8:30 - 11:30 Course content
11:30 - 13:00 Joint lunch (food preparation by the group and teacher)
13:00 - 16:00 Course content
17:00 Joint dinner (food preparation by the group and teacher)
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included on Saturday. You will have Breakfast and Lunch on Sunday:)
Location:

The course participants will stay together in the farm Bed&Breakfast of Heggli Gård.
Heggli Gård is a simple but authentic stay, right in the mountains. The rooms cover all necessities but are not luxurious :)
Arrival:
By car:
Enter the address Helsetveien 140, Stadsbygd in Google Maps/GPS, and you will find the course location! If you are coming from the Trondheim side of the fjord, you must factor in a ferry trip with the Flakk-Rørvik connection.
By plane:
From Trondheim airport (TRD, Værnes) take the train or airport bus to the central station. Walk over to the speedboat terminal and take the boat to Vanvikan. We can pick you up at the speedboat terminal.
In case of any unclarities, use the chat function :)
Language:
The course language will be Norwegian but both Teachers speak Norwegian as well as English. Individual questions can always be answered in your preferred language.
Booking:
! To book your spot you will have to pay a 5000 NOK deposit. The rest will have to be paid 2 weeks before the beginning of the course. If the minimum requirement of 6 participants isn't met, we will refund the deposit :)
Your Instructor
Céline Faudot & Anton Van Genugten
Céline and Anton are both seasoned gardeners and teachers. They will do everything in their power to send you home ready to be more self-sufficient than ever before.

