Snow in Collserola
It doesn’t often snow in Collserola, and the few times when that happens, the few flakes fallen fail to create a minimum layer of snow. But rarely, every few years, it’s cold enough…
Sheeps of Collserola visit Valldaura
Last Friday the house of Can Valldaura received a group of unexpected visitors. One of the herds grazing in Collserola passed through the land of Valldaura on its way through the mountains in…
Programs 2013
Master in Permaculture. March/June 2014 Master in Environment & Landscape Octubre 2013/junio 2014 Master in Design for selft-sufficiency. Octubre 2013/junio 2014
Volunteers clean the fields for an orchard
A group of volunteers came to Can Valldaura in order to start working on the land that surrounds the main house. The intention was to clean all the corners; now overgrown, full of…
Wild boars get close to the Valldaura house
Collserola, with just over 8,000 hectares, is an ideal place for the wild boar. So much so that in a few years their population went from 654 individuals (2004) to up to 805…
Visit to Mariano Bueno’s “La Senyeta”
Part of the Valldaura team has visited «The Senyeta» farm, which Mariano Bueno started in Benicarló in 1982, with the clear purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of organic farming, renewable energy and healthier…
Nature rewards the volunteers work
Early results appear after the effort made by the IAAC students during the March 18 workshop. At that time, a tree it was cut down to create a clearing in the forest, and…
“Measuring Nature” – From Matter to Product
The IAAC Team will meet on Sunday, March 18 to celebrate the «Measuring Nature» day,which includes the following: From Matter to product: tree / prune / wood / chair Natural transformation: clean the…
Workshop for the IAAC students: lumbering, land preparation, planting
On March 18, a group of students attended a workshop of the IAAC in Valldaura. After the design conducted by Andreu Vila in Valldaura, the students prepared the ground for sustainable forest management,…
ArboReal house Workshop at Valldaura
During this week the students of the IAAC MAA have worked on their first introductory course to design – Design of a tree house – making a tree house, at one to one….
