Transforming monoculture land into Off Grid Eco Camp “Divine Garden”

By donating you are helping Tomislav & Martina to realise their vision on ecological, socially responsible and self sustainable project but also you are getting beyond organic plant based foods or your dream vacation in beautiful Croatia.

We feel our project can be used as a model for many families to become self sustainable and improve their health & quality of life. In these times of recession it can serve as "recession proof" model as well.

About the project

The land has been previously cultivated in monoculture and previous owner has abandoned the land for 3 years now as it was not profitable for him. We heard about it and came to feel the place. We then decided that it is perfect for what we had in mind. The farm has so much potential for production as well as for regenereration & stress free programs, healing, relaxing, peace and education and help to people that need alternative medicine consultation and prevention of modern sickness and diseases through healthy foods produced right there and protocols created by Martina as master nutritionist who was for many years promoting natural remedies rather than chemical treatments to her clients.

Property

It comprises of almost 16000 m2 agriculture land with permit for family agriculture and tourism purposes with 40+ young Olive trees.

Vision.

To transform it and create an OFF GRID ECO CAMP and education center "Divine Garden", make it a unique holistic place of health and regeneration while educating our guests on Mediterranean "Simple Life style", while implementing healthy nutrition, natural farming and permaculture teachings in growing beyond organic grade quality PLANT BASED FOODS.

Position

It is set in the heart of Croatian coastal region Dalmatia, near Vodice town, close to cities Zadar and Šibenik, climate zone is 9a i b, Mediterranean, surrounded by:

- 5 km to the Vodice town, sea and wonderful beaches

- 1.5 hour drive from world famous Plitvice Lakes,

- 20 minutes from unique National Park Krka

- 45 minutes from National Park Kornati ( by boat)

- 10 minutes drive to spectacular beaches, sandy, rocky, mixed

- 15 minutes to all amenities ( shopping, city center, villages, fun park, water sports, post office, banks etc.)

- International Airport 40 minutes drive ( Zadar or Split)

- Highway Zagreb-Zadar--Split-Dubrovnik 15 minutes drive

- yet it is hidden from crowd during high tourist season.

The starting plan and fund usage:

- design a permaculture zoning plan

- purchase start planting fruit trees, vegetables, herbs, perennials,

- start building a straw bale tiny house ( 20m2)

- dig a natural swimming pool without chlorine or other chemistry.

- On the 5000 m2 of land we will make robinson campsite with kids playground, outdoor gym, and camp with 20 parcels for you to camp, learn and enjoy 7 months of the year from April to end of October.

Food Production

At the moment only olive trees are planted on the farm which is not good for the land fertility and we can get yield from one crop which is not sustainable.

10000 m2 "Food Forest"

We need to drill the water well and install irrigation system as well as gather rain water for our plants and drinking purposes through permaculture methods.

We will establish a closed loop and do our best to produce "NO waste", that meaning producing our own fertilizers as well.

Your participation

As a thank You note, for each donation we will name a tree with a contributor name on the tree tag so whenever you come to our place you can pick a fruit from the tree you donated. Isn`t that great?

Education & Events Organisation

Aside from tourist tours to close by parks and water sports, our main focus will be to organize education and workshops on natural farming, permaculture, healthy diet, nutrition, gardening, fruits and veggies planting and picking campaigns, personal development, music festivals, fitness and training, yoga, wedding ceremonies etc. which will fill up the 7 months season program.

Camp area

Camp Parcels are sized from 70 m2 - 100 m2 each will be with vegetable garden and fruit trees all around and in between.

Imagine opening your eyes each mornings to pick beyond organic salat, kale, tomato or watermellon and fruits while on vacation or education. Sounds like Divine Garden right?

About Founders

Tomislav is an entrepreneur with extensive experience and knowledge in hospitality, tourism, sales and marketing. At the age of 26 he was already a small hotel owner. He expanded his knowledge on food and nutrition as well as to sustainable living, Off grid living, natural farming and permaculture as he recognized it as solution to many problems of the world, economics, climate change and health problems of the community. As Geoff Lawton says: "All problems of the world can be solved in the garden"

Martina is a Master Nutritionist and food technology engineer graduated on PBF, Zagreb, with extensive knowledge of healthy foods, supplements and horticulture. She is a pioneer in Croatian nutrition counselling helping people from 2007 in how to live a healthy and balanced life, in weight loss and other peoples health and wellness challenges. She will be leading the regeneration program.

Rewards will be based on food production plan, camp parcel availability and amount of work done

As soon as possible we plan to offer All inclusive rewards with:

- Free Electricity

- Free Water

- Free WiFi

- Free pool usage

- Free camp kitchen usage

- Free fruits & veggies surrounding your pitch

Rewards are divided over 5 year period and each donator can transfer it to someone else if not able to receive or use the rewards for some reason.

Pitches are going to be reserved by dates on "First donate, first serve" bases. Donator can pick a date of arrival once checked the availability of the pitch.

Amount up to 10,000€ will serve to start the project documentation, permits, other birocracy, additional project needs.

Amount above 25,000 € is basically securing project realisation

Projected pre-opening season June/July 2020. while fully functioning operating opening season is planned for April, 2021.

We saw cancer patients campaigns raise few millions in few days, let`s work together on prevention for much less amounts.

Once again we invite you to assist us and by donating you are assisting Tomislav & Martina to realise their vision on self sustainable project above but also you are helping prevention and getting your dream regeneration & healing vacation in beautiful Croatia.

Have the best vacation ever in Croatian Off Grid Eco Camp "Divine Garden" while helping us fulfill our dream project!

Experience "The Simple Life", the life it should be.

Thank you and Welcome!

Croatian translation below

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Donacijom pomažete Tomislavu i Martini da realiziraju svoju viziju ekološkog, društveno odgovornog i samoodrživog projekta, ali također prelazite dalje od organske biljne namirnice ili odmora iz snova u prekrasnoj Hrvatskoj.

Smatramo da se naš projekt može koristiti kao model mnogim obiteljima da postanu samoodržive i poboljšaju svoje zdravlje i kvalitetu života. U ovim recesijskim vremenima može poslužiti i kao model recesije.

O projektu

Zemljište je prethodno obrađeno u monokulturi, a prethodni vlasnik ga je napustio već 3 godine jer to za njega nije bilo isplativo. Čuli smo za to i osjetili mjesto. Tada smo odlučili da je savršeno za ono što smo imali na umu. Farma ima toliko potencijala za proizvodnju, kao i za obnavljanje i programe bez stresa, izlječenje, opuštanje, mir i obrazovanje te pomoć ljudima kojima je potrebno savjetovanje o alternativnoj medicini i prevenciji modernih bolesti i bolesti putem zdrave hrane proizvedene upravo tamo i stvorenih protokola Martina kao glavna nutricionistica, koja je dugi niz godina promovirala prirodne lijekove, a ne kemijske tretmane svojim klijentima.

svojstvo

Sadrži gotovo 16000 m2 poljoprivrednog zemljišta s dozvolom za obiteljsku poljoprivredu i turizam s 40+ mladih stabala maslina.

Vizija.

Kako biste ga transformirali i stvorili OFF GRID ECO CAMP i edukacijski centar "Divan vrt", učinite ga jedinstvenim cjelovitim mjestom zdravlja i regeneracije, istovremeno educirajući naše goste o mediteranskom "jednostavnom načinu života", uz provođenje zdrave prehrane, prirodnog uzgoja i permakultura u rastu izvan razine organske kvalitete BILJAČKE HRANE.

Položaj

Smješteno je u srcu hrvatske obalne regije Dalmacija, u blizini grada Vodica, u blizini gradova Zadra i Šibenika, klimatska zona je 9a i b, mediteranska, okružena:

- 5 km do grada Vodica, mora i prekrasnih plaža

- 1,5 sat vožnje od svjetski poznatih Plitvičkih jezera,

- 20 minuta od jedinstvenog Nacionalnog parka Krka

- 45 minuta od Nacionalnog parka Kornati (brodom)

- 10 minuta vožnje do spektakularnih plaža, pješčanih, stjenovitih, miješanih

- 15 minuta do svih sadržaja (šoping, centar grada, sela, zabavni park, vodeni sportovi, pošta, banke itd.)

- Međunarodna zračna luka 40 minuta vožnje (Zadar ili Split)

- Autocesta Zagreb-Zadar - Split-Dubrovnik 15 minuta vožnje

- ipak je skriven od gužve tijekom visoke turističke sezone.

Početni plan i korištenje sredstava:

- izraditi plan zoniranja permakulture

- kupnja započeti sadnju voćaka, povrća, ljekovitog bilja, trajnica,

- započnite graditi sićušnu kuću od bala slame (20m2)

- iskopati prirodni bazen bez klora ili druge kemije.

- Na površini od 5000 m2 napravit ćemo robinzonski kamp s dječjim igralištem, teretanom na otvorenom i kampom s 20 parcela za koje ćete kampovati, učiti i uživati u 7 mjeseci u godini od travnja do kraja listopada.

Proizvodnja hrane

Trenutno su na farmi zasađene samo masline, što nije dobro za plodnost zemljišta i možemo dobiti prinos iz jednog usjeva koji nije održiv.

10000 m2 "Šuma hrane"

Moramo bušiti vodu i instalirati sustav za navodnjavanje, kao i prikupiti kišnicu za naše biljke i piće kroz permakulturne metode.

Uspostavit ćemo zatvorenu petlju i učinit ćemo sve kako bismo proizveli "NE otpad", a to znači i za proizvodnju vlastitih gnojiva.

Vaše sudjelovanje

Kao zahvalnicu napominjemo da ćemo za svaku donaciju na drvetu staviti drvo s imenom doprinositelja tako da kad god dođete kod nas možete odabrati voće sa stabla koje ste darovali. Nije li to sjajno?

Organizacija obrazovanja i događaja

Osim turističkih obilazaka u blizini parkova i vodenih sportova, naš će glavni fokus biti organiziranje edukacija i radionica o prirodnoj poljoprivredi, permakulturi, zdravoj prehrani, prehrani, vrtlarstvu, sadnji voća i povrća, berbi i kampanji, osobnom razvoju, glazbenim festivalima, fitnessu i trening, joga, svadbene ceremonije itd. koji će popuniti program sezona 7 mjeseci.

Područje kampa

Parcele kampa su veličine od 70 m2 - svaka će biti 100 m2 s povrtnjakom i voćkama okolo i između njih.

Zamislite da svakog jutra otvorite oči kako biste odabrali organsku salatu, kelj, rajčicu ili lubenicu i voće dok ste na odmoru ili školovanju. Zvuči kao Božanski vrt, zar ne?

O osnivačima

Tomislav je poduzetnik s bogatim iskustvom i znanjem iz područja ugostiteljstva, turizma, prodaje i marketinga. Sa 26 godina već je bio mali hotelski vlasnik. Svoje znanje o hrani i prehrani, kao i o održivom životu, izvan mreže, prirodnom uzgoju i permakulturi, proširio je u zadnjih 10 godina, prepoznavši ga kao rješenje mnogih svjetskih problema, ekonomije, klimatskih promjena i zdravstvenih problema zajednice. Kako kaže Geoff Lawton: "Svi problemi svijeta mogu se riješiti u vrtu"

Martina je magistrica nutricionista i inženjerka prehrambene tehnologije, diplomirala na PBF-u u Zagrebu, sa širokim znanjem o zdravoj hrani, dodacima i vrtlarstvu. Pionir je u Hrvatskoju hrvatskom prehrambenom savjetovanju koje pomaže ljudima iz 2007. godine u zdravom i uravnoteženom životu, u mršavljenju i zdravlju i wellnessu drugih naroda. Vodit će program regeneracije.

Nagrade će se temeljiti na planu proizvodnje hrane, dostupnosti paketa na kampu i količini obavljenog posla

U najkraćem mogućem roku planiramo ponuditi nagrade All inclusive sa:

- Besplatna električna energija

- Besplatna voda

- Besplatni WiFi

- Besplatno korištenje bazena

- Besplatna upotreba kuhinje u kampu

- Besplatno voće i povrće oko vašeg terena

Nagrade se dijele na razdoblje od 5 godina i svaki donator može ga prenijeti nekom drugom ako iz nekog razloga nije u mogućnosti primiti ili koristiti nagrade.

Parcele će biti rezervirane prema datumima na bazama "Prvo doniraj, posluži". Donator može odabrati datum dolaska nakon što provjeri dostupnost parcela.

Iznos do 10.000 € poslužit će za pokretanje projektne dokumentacije, dozvola, druge birokracije, dodatnih potreba projekta.

Iznos iznad 25.000 € u osnovi osigurava realizaciju projekta

Predviđena sezona pred otvaranje lipanj / srpanj 2020., a u potpunosti funkcionalna otvorena sezona planirana je za travanj 2021.

Vidjeli smo kako kampanje oboljelih od karcinoma prikupljaju nekoliko milijuna u nekoliko dana, ajmo zajedno raditi na prevenciji za mnogo manje iznose.

Još jednom vas pozivamo da nam pomognete i donacijom pomažete Tomislavu i Martini da ostvare svoju viziju samoodrživog projekta iznad, ali također pomažete u prevenciji i dobivanju vašeg obnavljanja i odmora odmora u prekrasnoj Hrvatskoj.

Provedite najbolji odmor ikad u hrvatskom Off Grid Eko kampu "Divine Garden", dok nam pomažete u realizaciji našeg projekta iz snova!

Doživite "Jednostavan život", život kakav bi trebao biti.

Hvala i dobrodošli!