📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This weekend workcamp will take place in a small Moravian village of Tvarozna Lhota, situated in the White Carpathian Mountains in cooperation with the local NGO INEX-SDA Bile Karpaty. This branch of INEX is active in sustainable rural development, environmental education and permaculture projects. In Tvarozna Lhota, they run a museum of oskoruse (a local unique fruit) and an open-air leisure and educational centre Cottage Travicna. The aim of this workcamp is to get the site ready for a traditional event celebrating the oskoruse trees and fruits called OskoruUobranE.
💼 What the programme involves
The work will be mainly manual and outdoor in all kinds of weather. You will prepare the site ready for the event (Friday and Saturday) and clean up afterwards. You will cut and rake grass, pick up branches, install wooden poles. You will also help with transportation of material and installing and exhibition. Please bring good shs and working clothes.Study part: You will organize and take part in the traditional event called OskoruUobranE which celebrates the unique local tree. You will be able to get to know different kinds of local food and products (including traditional oskoruse spirits), and learn more about local products, organic farming, herding sheep, the history and natural potential of the region.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a big tent in the open-air centre. Please bring your own sleeping bags and camping mats. You will prepare your own meals together as a group.
📍 About the location
Tvarozna Lhota (bus stop in the village, next train stop Straznice). The nearby towns are Straznice (5 km distance) and Uherske Hradiste (30 km). The region is famous for its folk traditions and beautiful countryside.Leisure time: On Sunday, you can go on a trip to various sites of interest in the region, such the regional cities of Straznice or Skalice, visiting wine cellars, the Bata canal, or you can go hiking in the local countryside.Meeting point: Tvarozna Lhota. The meeting time will be on Friday early afternoon (by 13h). Please note that it takes almost 5 hours to get there from Prague by public transport. The exact information will be provided in the infosheet.