Ecological Gardening Seminar

The "Green Church" started a series of ecological gardening seminars with Karl Hann, ecological expert from Carț who will guide us in setting up our school garden.
The seminar was attended by Mr Gross, chairman of the church board, the Farcasiu family, the gardening team of Șelimbar deacon team, the colleagues and volunteers of Gusterita as well as five university professors and twenty agriculture students of the Lucian-Blaga University, Sibiu.

Why should the soil not be ploughed? What is the purpose of weeds in a garden? How can we obtain humus-rich soil? Which plants complement each other? All these questions met with surprising agreement and with basic skepticism at the same time.

Agreement was reached on the following points: the series of seminars will continue with practial work in the garden. The university will undertake to test the soils in the various parts of the property while the students will share in planting trees for "green filters" and the orchard. They are joined by the Agency for Environment and Romsilva. The students will develop and realise a concept for garbage recycling and removal for the entire property. 

Preparations for the Gusterita School Garden

A sunny day helped everyone to come out of their hibernation. The parish field is being cleaned of corn stubs and will be turned into a school garden teaching ecological gardening.

16 volunteers from Gusterita and Sibiu gathered quickly and shared in the work on Saturday afternoon, 22 February. As you can see, the work was finished soon, even the little ones worked hard to help. 
Afterwards, there was tea in the school kitchen. The children had lots of fun using the new mobile playground, sponsored by ifa Stuttgart, Germany.

Clown Workshop in Gusterita

From 3 February to 7 February, the parish house and the old school hosted a clown workshop for the children of the German-speaking primary classes. The kids learned clowning basics and enthusiastically did a show for their parents and grandparents on the final day.
They had lots of fun and felt very inspired about learning in a playful way. Taking a bow, moving on stage, taking care of their costumes, learning to move, feel and talk like a clown challenged their coordination and motor skills.
After the show the new mobile playground was inaugurated with the clowning kids being the first ones to use it. The mobile playground was sponsored by the Institute for Foreign Relations (ifa) in Stuttgar, Germany.
The all-day holiday program is offered as an extra-curricular activity in German to create educational opportunities for children to playfully develop new life skills.