HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT Hands-on
A Week Together on a Farm
This course is for anyone interested in land, the ecosystem, and a different approach to management, whether you’re already working with our soils on a daily basis or have just finished your training or studies.
This 7-day course marks the beginning of a journey that lays the groundwork for a different approach to decision-making, planning, and management. It combines theory with hands-on practice on the farm, with a different in-depth focus each day.
This course provides practical insight into Holistic Management, enabling you to apply it in your own context or, if desired, to explore it further in subsequent modules.
* The price is inclusive of VAT and includes the participation fee and participant documentation. Participants are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and catering costs.
Holistic Management Hands-on.
Bringing regeneration and holistic management together in a specific context.
13. Sep
Arrival + get to know
16:00
14. Sep
Context + the whole
09:00 – 17:30
15. Sep
Ecology + observation
09:00 – 17:30
16. Sep
Decision
09:00 – 17:30
17. Sep
Grazing-
management
09:00 – 17:30
18. Sep
Manage finances
09:00 – 17:30
19. Sep
Context + decisions
Community Meet-up
20. Sep
Conclusion + departure
bis 12:00
Content
During the week, we will cover all aspects of Holistic Management and lay a solid foundation for your first practical application and, if desired, further study later on. The program will alternate between field sessions and workshops in a well-balanced way.
1. Foundations
What does it mean to regenerate holistically?
We dive into key insights, the tools at our hands and what this means for our European context.
2. Observing ecosystem processes and changes
How are we connected to our environment? We look at the four ecosystem processes, their importance, and how we can observe their function on the soil surface and get feedback for our management.
3. Context and complexity
What does it mean to take “the whole” into account? And what is our relationship to the environment around us? What does it mean to plan grazing holistically? How do we, as a farm, make decisions that balance ecological, economic, and social considerations?
Drawing on the context and values of the farm, you will develop questions and answers for this holistic context.
4. Land planning
Given the context of the farm, what are the specific next steps regarding the property?
The land-use planning is a direct reflection of the holistic context and helps ensure that resources are used in the most effective way.
5. Procedures and processes in complex systems
From grazing planning to holistic financial planning and team processes—what does it mean to plan, monitor, and adjust holistically when necessary?
Depending on the current challenges on the farm, we examine the processes and their interrelationships one by one within the framework of holistic management.
* The price is inclusive of VAT and includes the participation fee and participant documentation. Participants are responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and catering costs.
Your trainers and guides for the hands-on
Leon Bucher
Leon is an accredited Savory Field Professional and EOV Verifier, and works as a coach and trainer in various regions and cultures.
For nearly two decades, he has been supporting individuals, organizations, teams, and farmers on their personal journeys and in building healthy team structures—when he isn’t busy putting up fences or working in the fields himself.
More about Leon's work outside of Land Regeneration can be found on his website.
Lukas Hartenberg
Lukas is a farmer and a Holistic Management practitioner. Since early 2025, he has been managing the Naturschutzhof Garlitz.
In one of Germany’s driest regions, how can we manage the land using livestock in a way that strengthens the entire ecosystem—including ourselves?
Out of love for life, which wants to live, in the midst of life, which wants to live.
Jane Hadem
Jane studied conservation and land-use planning and, since early 2026, is also living on the Naturschutzhof Garlitz.
She focuses particularly on the relationships between plants, soil, and land use. In the seminar, she invites participants to take a closer look:
What can we learn from the plants in our pastures?
What do they tell us about soil health and land management?
Together, our goal is to develop a sense of the vegetation and gain a better understanding of the pasture as a living system.