Dora Djamila Mester
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    • KK33 Budapest * community in a historic garden 2008-2013
    • Feldmár Summer University 2015
    • Muiderslot * a medieval herb and vegetable garden 2015-2017
    • Laterna Magica Amsterdam * gardening with children 2016-2020
    • SET community gardens Amsterdam (NL) 2018 – running
    • HOLD base * garden * nature * art * care * seat of learning (HU) 2025-
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      • SET community gardens Amsterdam 2018-
      • community oven 2024 – running
      • Beyond Gender 2022-2025
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      • STEK Oost Amsterdam community garden & atelier 2024 January-August
      • Three tier garden 2021-2022
      • Using the voice and body in the classroom (VOICE) 2021-2023
      • Integral Sexual Education and Empowerment in Schools (ISEX) 2021-2023
      • DRAW the lines of safety (DRAW) 2018-2021
      • The BODY project
      • Sex-ed in schools
        • Intimacy, Relationships and Interculturality in Youth Work (IRIS) 2018-2021
      • Pestalozzi teachers training
      • Body, society, culture: together for integration
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Muiderslot – a medieval herb and vegetable garden

Muiderslot, Amsterdam  – working in a medieval vegetable garden | The Netherlands | 2015 –

2016zomer1Muiderslot was one of the first places we visited after arriving to the Netherlands. The ‘Amsterdam Castle’, one of Holland’s most picturesque medieval castles, located only 3o minutes by bike from IJburg, where we live. I fell in love with its beautiful old garden.

2016zomer2Finally, I ended up working in this garden as a volunteer, once a week with a group of enthusiastic volunteers (vrijwilligers) who maintain this medieval herb- and vegetable garden. We are the warmoezeniers. When I applied, I was wondering whether it was possible to work here. I missed my garden, the physical work, the beauty of nature. But I receive much more here: I belong to a community, we are sharing recipes, stories from our countries, the names and use of the plants, flowers. I learn Dutch. I feel useful. I receive respect, attention and love.

 

 



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