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THE GARDEN ESTATE is a social, sustainable farming project in Sri Lanka.
Our mission is to produce healthy and tasty food consistent with environment and people.


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July 5th 2015

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Three friends for Rathie and Wasana

First results after our crowdfunding campaign RATHIE NEEDS LOVE: three more friends for Rahtie and her calf Wasana were brought to THE GARDEN ESTATE!

The cow, bull and calf were given to us by friends of the family, only had to pay for the transport. The cow was saved from the slaughterhouse and shall have a long and happy life at THE GARDEN ESTATE now.

Besides Nilantha is collecting building materials for the cow barn so we can let the rest of the funding goal become reality.

June 24th 2015

RATHIE NEEDS LOVE successfully funded

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Awesome, overwhelming, touching! It's done!
Our crowdfunding campaign hit the goal a today, thanks to all those lovely and generous people out there. Wow! Nothing more to say than:
1. THANK YOU
2. will arrange with Nilantha tomorrow to get things started
3. stay tuned on THE GARDEN ESTATE
We will keep you posted how the funded sum will turn into a real project within the coming weeks.

June 21st 2015

Final countdown for RATHIE NEEDS LOVE

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10 days and some hundred Euros to go - here's the final countdown...

We are full of hope that together we can make this happen. So here is our final call to support our crowdfunding campaign RATHIE NEEDS LOVE either financially or by spreading the word. Even the smallest contribution is greatly appreciated!

For more info, please click FUNDING

Thank you so much!


June 6th 2015

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Planning a cow barn

Suresh just drew the plan for the new cow barn for Rathie and her friends.
The barn should be about 80 square meters, can accommodate 10 cows and has a small storage area (for tools, milk cans, etc.) . It is planned very open, so that no excessive heat may build up and the cows "in principle" stand outside, just having a roof over their heads and dry feet.

We had a wonderful start with the campaign, but we still need 3,000 EUR until the end of June to get the whole thing going, so please help us to let this become reality by supporting our crowdfunding campaign either financially or by spreading the word. Thank you so much!

May 31st 2015

sunset at TGE

An exciting week

We are tired but very happy at the end of a busy and exciting week:
  • our crowdfunding campaign RATHIE NEEDS LOVE went live and has already been generously supported. We are full of hope that we can make it together until the end of June. Please continue to spread the word!
  • Sam and Holly, a lovely couple from the UK arrived on Wednesday and are intending to volunteer at THE GARDEN ESTATE for a few weeks. They have already seen some elephants and are working on the last touch ups of the family house as a start.
  • Today volunteers examiners from the PGS (Participatory Guarantee System) paid THE GARDEN ESTATE a visit. They sounded quite content with what they saw, so we hope to receive the certificate that proofs we only use organic farming methods in a few days.

May 26th 2015

Ready to go: crowdfunding campaign is live:
Rathie needs love!

Yeah! Long weeks of preparation, but finally we launched our crowdfunding campaign today!
Rathie, our single mom cow at THE GARDEN ESTATE is lonely, she needs some cow friends and a proper barn for the monsoon. Become part of THE GARDEN ESTATE and support our crowdfunding campaign.

Please find more info at FUNDING and at our project site at indiegogo.com
We would really appreciate your contribution and are excited to see whether we can make it together!

May 21st 2015

Ana and Carly

More volunteers and crowdfunding countdown

After an inspiring visit at our friends place Belipola, Anastasia came back to help for a few days. In the meantime Carly from the USA arrived and they had some fun doing some touch ups at the family house with clay... :)

We have been announcing it for quite some time, but it looks like we will be finally ready to launch our first crowdfunding campaign in only a few days.

Please check FUNDING during the next weeks, we'll keep you posted!
The goal is to collect money to build a proper barn for our cows and bring in some cow friends for Rathie and Wasana, because: RATHIE NEEDS LOVE!



April 20th 2015

first volunteer Ana

We present: The first volunteer

This week we welcomed the first volunteer Anastasia (24 years) from Malta at
THE GARDEN ESTATE! She's doing a great job, working hard on banana circles (a planting method from permaculture) and daily tasks! So happy to have her around!

Little side note: Our fruit trees as well as Wasana, our calf, are growing well.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Sri Lankan New Year!

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