Gardening
This is a hands-on seminar that takes place outdoors. Participants will be actively involved in practical gardening and landscape maintenance on the university's campus garden.
During the winter semester, the range of activities is somewhat more limited and includes planting, pruning, mulching, designing and maintaining garden areas, as well as various tasks in the fruit tree avenue between the meadow areas under the guidance of the local nature conservation group in Witten.
The seminar also includes a theoretical component, consisting of short introductory presentations, student reports, and on-site explanations related to the practical work being carried out.
An important aspect of the course is its social dimension. By working together in a shared practical setting, students from different faculties and semesters have the opportunity to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and engage in conversation across disciplinary and cohort boundaries.
Ralf Lilienthal
Nicht beendetes Studium Philosophie, Geschichte und Slawistik an der Universität Bochum. Ausbildung zum biologisch-dynamischen Baumschulgärtner. Selbständiger Gartenbauunternehmer. Seit annähernd 40 Jahren verantwortlicher Gärtner der UW/H. Journalistische Arbeit für verschiedene Medien (Reportagen, Interviews, Essays, Feuilleton, Kolumnen, Fachartikel, Rezensionen und Fernsehbeiträge). Projektleiter bei diversen Kultur- und Gartenprojekten. Buchautor (Garten und Kinderbücher sowie ein Buch über die "Regionalwert AG").
Objectives & Competences
No prerequisites or prior knowledge required.
Exemplary “encounters” with plants and working methods. Expansion of practical skills.
Focus: Gardening methods. The place of gardening in the “spiritual cosmos” of human beings. Ecological issues.
Important skills: Prerequisites: None! Outcome: Expansion of individual skills from the large “pool” of abilities and skills used in gardening.