🌿 Two-Day Organic Farm Living Experience

A slow, grounding, nature-filled weekend designed for people who want to pause their urban life, reconnect with land, and enjoy simple living at an organic farm.


This is not a technical farming course — it is a lifestyle experience, suitable for adults and kids.

Overnight stay, food, activities, and pickup timings are all included.

At Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest — Arunachalapuram, near Vikramasingapuram, Tirunelveli
Group Size: 4–8 people

🗓️ Schedule

🌅 DAY 1

Arrival, Orientation & Slow Living Begins

8:00 – 8:30 AM – Pickup at Ambasamudram Station or Vikramasingapuram Bus Stand

(Suited for trains arriving from Chennai/Bengaluru before 7 AM.)

9:00 AM – Reach, Refresh and Traditional Farm Breakfast

Rice or Millet-based tiffin, herbal chutneys, and home-style dishes. Get familiar with the group.

10:00 AM – Vaanavil Farm Orientation Walk

A relaxed exploratory walk introducing you to:

  • The food forest
  • Soil, compost, and water flow
  • Birds, insects, seasonal plants
  • The story of the 6× soil organic carbon journey

12:00 PM – Light Farm Life Activity (Fun & Easy)

Depending on the season:

  • Harvesting greens
  • Gathering herbs for tea
  • Collecting flowers/leaves for creative work
  • Observing compost life
  • Making a simple farm snack

Just simple, joyful work.

1:30 PM – Farm Lunch

Traditional Tirunelveli home-style meal.

3:00 PM – Rest Time

Hammocks, rooftop shade, reading, wandering, silence.

4:00 PM – Natural Building & Farm Walk

Walk through the mud house, roof, lime plaster, thatch, natural cooling — practical insights into sustainable architecture. Learn about wall techniques such as cob, adobe, wattle & daub.

5:30 PM – Sunset Walk to the Pond

Soft walk for reflection & quietness.

7:00 PM – Dinner

8:00 PM – Night Circle

Depending on the group:

  • Sky watching
  • Herbal tea making
  • Storytelling

Overnight stay – shared accomodation in Vaanavil Farm Stay rooms : Palluyir and Kalpataru.

🌞 DAY 2

Nature, Cooking, Creativity & Reflection

6:30 AM – Optional Yoga / Stretching

7:15 AM – Morning Nature Walk

A slow walk observing:

  • Dew on leaves
  • Birds and butterflies
  • Seasonal flowers
  • Sounds of the farm waking up
  • Insect life under logs/stones
  • Worms and spiders

Kids especially love this session.

8:30 AM – Breakfast

9:30 AM – Themed Experience Session (Choose 1 per batch)

Theme A — Farm-to-Table Cooking Experience

Participants help make:

  • Herbal tea
  • A rice or millet dish
  • A simple podi
  • A quick farm snack
    (No expert training required — experiential cooking.)

OR

Theme B — Nature Crafts & Creative Work

  • Palmyra or Coconut Leaf craft
  • Coconut Shell craft
  • Natural building techniques
  • Nature mandalas
  • Clay play
  • Seed art
    Suitable for all ages.

OR

Theme C — Home Gardening for Beginners (Simplified)

A very simple, practical introduction to:

  • Potting mix basics
  • Choosing the right plants
  • Watering rhythms
  • How to start a tiny home garden
    (Experience-based, not technical.)

12:30 PM – Lunch

2:00 PM – Flexible

Choose your own pace:

  • Learn Citrus Bio-enzymes
  • Learn Coconut Tree Climbing
  • How to start an agri-business
  • Financial preparedness for a simple mindful life
  • Myth busting conspiracy theories
  • Reading
  • Sketching on the rooftop
  • Resting
  • Exploring the food forest
  • Chit-chat under trees

4:00 PM – Closing Circle

Reflections, feedback, gratitude, and photos.

4:30 PM – Tea, Packing and Farm Shop visit

6:00 PM – Drop-off

To Ambasamudram or Vikramasingapuram.

💰 Workshop Fee (All-Inclusive)

Adults (18+): ₹3,900 per person
Kids: ₹2,900 per child

Includes:

  • Overnight stay
  • All meals (2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner)
  • Nature walks
  • Creative session materials
  • Farm stories & experiences
  • Pickup & drop in the fixed timings
  • Access to rooftop & mud-house spaces

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Why These Experiences Matter

For Students
  • Hands-on learning outside textbooks
  • Environmental awareness from early age
  • Strong foundation in soil health, ecology, and farming science
For Families
  • A meaningful weekend full of activity
  • Health-conscious learning about clean, chemical-free food
  • A break from screens and urban rush
For Corporates
  • A refreshing, nature-rich offsite
  • Stress relief and mindfulness
  • Team building through hands-on activities
  • A chance to explore sustainability from a practical, grounded perspective

About your hosts

I’m Sudhakar, an engineer and ISB graduate who left corporate life in 2016 to build a simpler, soil-connected life. I bought land in 2018, moved into a mud house in 2020, and have spent the last 7.5 years creating Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest — now home to our online organic store, farm stay, and weekend experiences.

I’m joined by my wife Noushadya, born in Thanjavur and formerly with Milaap, who brings her love for traditional Indian cooking and healthy baking to our farm life. After volunteering together at AuroOrchard, we moved to Tirunelveli to nurture this 12-acre farm, our cows, our dogs , and a shared dream of sustainable living.

📍 Location

Vaanavil Farm & Food Forest
Arunachalapuram, near Vikramasingapuram
Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu

🌈 Join Us This Weekend

Whether you choose a peaceful 2-hour farm tour or the immersive full-day organic workshop or the 2-day organic farm living experience, you’ll leave with fresh air in your lungs, soil on your hands, and a new appreciation for how food is grown.

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Come experience farming the way it should be—alive, ethical, sustainable, and deeply refreshing.