Website: https://plukrijp.be/
City: Schriek
State:
Zip: 2223
Contact Email: frankruymen@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Contact Name: Frank
Plukrijp, a life changing experience
Plukrijp is an open permaculture garden where people can come and harvest for a free donation.
We offer also apprenticeship positions for volunteers in our permaculture garden over 45 years old.
WHO WE ARE
We are Frank & Martine. Frank acquired our farmland in 1972 and was one of the pioneers of organic farming in Belgium. Frank is passionate about soil life and has always made intuitive regenerative agriculture, later on called permaculture by Bill Morisson. So Frank has an experience of more than 45 years. With his formation as economic historian and his wide range of interests (philosophy, quantum physics, politics, sociology, anthropology, …) he offers together a complete contemporary formation in permaculture adapted to our climate. He is often called “a human encyclopedia”.
Martine joined in 1988 and together we developed a business in fresh organic products while raising our six children. Martine is the administrative and structural force of the place. She is the “mother of the place”, allowing everyone to feel welcome with love. She likes to create beauty around her. Initially, she studied medical secretary but her knowledge comes from her long experience as a management assistant in various companies active in the organic world or with a social purpose.
In 2007, we decided to stop the commercial side and devoted ourselves to the transmission of our knowledge on permaculture in all its aspects. Our project Plukrijp was born. The aim of the association is to be a learning center in permaculture for young people and adults. We want also to promote the public interest by increasing the ecological awareness of the society. Our understanding of permaculture evolves continuously. So we offer a dynamic and contemporary no-nonsense approach where quantum physics and modern sciences are included.