There is no life in the monastery without the cloister garden.
Why did the Franciscans need this garden?
Life was impossible without it. Brewing beer, washing the monks’ habits, disinfecting the refectories, healing the sick, fasting, feasting, celebrating religious festivals, or even to signal to ones fellow human beings that one embodied certain virtues (or not). None of this was possible without the products from the cloister garden. Meditation, painting, nurturing herbs, all this is still possible in the garden.
Suitable for 8 to 18 year olds
Sessions of 90 to 135 min are possible.
Get to know the plants in the cloister garden. How to set up of a herbary in different stages, learn how to prepare the herbs, the dying of cloth, washing and more.
We suggest two weeks advanced booking.
Video films on monks and monasteries, part 1 (17 min), monks and monasteries, part 2 (16 min).
