Food forest, Herbs, Transitions

Welcome to Over de Hobbel, my place where nature, learning, and transition come together. Here, I am working on establishing a food garden, a herb-rich area, and a food forest, drawing inspiration from the principles of nature: cooperation within ecosystems, succession, resilience, and circularity.

By observing how nature organizes and develops itself, I explore how these insights can help with human and societal transitions—a form of practical biomimicry.

In addition to gardening, I organize education and workshops on topics such as food forests, herbs, climate transition, and nature-oriented living. Teams, groups, and children can learn én experience here: from making herbal salves and tinctures, to full moon celebrations, living with the seasons, children's witch circles, and annual festivals such as midsummer.

I have completed training with the Wolderse Witch and summer schools at Het Kruidenrijk, where I learned in depth about herbs, rituals, magical nature-based practices, and seasonal wisdom. I bring this knowledge into the activities and workshops I organize here.

Over de Hobbel is a place of learning by doing and doing by learning. Here, we connect practical experience, ritual, and natural wisdom, so that people can take insights from nature into their work, collaboration, and personal development. It is an invitation to discover, creëate, and be inïspired by the wisdom of the natural world.