Land of Chamomile in Hołowno
The thematic village was created on the basis of the tradition of growing chamomile in the area. The center of the village is the Regional Education Center – a modernized building of an old school and an open-air museum created around it, which consists of wooden buildings, a barn, granaries, a house made of straw and clay. These places show the life and work and the way our ancestors rested. All this takes place in an idyllic setting, which is created by well-kept and landscaped buildings, their equipment, greenery arranged with attention to every detail and places of relaxation.
Three years ago, the village expanded its infrastructure with the addition of the Herbal Manufactory, which is about two kilometers away. An old granary houses the Salt Cottage, and there is a fire pit and a well nearby. A 50-acre Educational Herbal Garden is currently under construction on its grounds in cooperation with the University of Life Sciences in Lublin.
The village offers individual and group workshops aimed at every age group: children, youth and adults.
History of the village
Land of Chamomile is a thematic village created on the initiative of the Association for the Activation of Lublin Polesie. It owes its existence and development in particular to Gabriela Bilkiewicz and Grażyna Łańcucka, who are on the Association’s board of directors and whose goal is to maintain traditions, cultivate Polishness and develop national and cultural awareness.
The theme village offer includes:
- open-air museum tour,
- ethnographic and handicraft workshops,
- The village spa: dry sauna, brine graduation tower, Japanese barrel, aromatherapy,
- tour of the Herbal Manufactory with Educational Herbal Garden, workshops, herb store,
- Feast of the Land of Chamomile – an annual event, usually held in August, attractions: fair of herbal products, stands with organic and health-promoting products, traditional food, demonstrations of distillation of herbs, pressing of vegetable oils, baking scones with herbs, contests related to herbs, animations for children and young people, auctions of works of art, concerts of folk bands and dances.
Contact:
Stowarzyszenie Aktywizacji Polesia Lubelskiego,
Hołowno 66, 21-222 Podedwórze (Ośrodek Edukacji Regionalnej)
Hołowno 18, 21-222 Podedwórze (Manufaktura Zielarska)
tel. +48 533 799 886, sekretariat: +48 81 478 77 11
e-mail: kraina.rumianku@gmail.com
www: https://krainarumianku.pl
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