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SPRING SUMMER 2023
Hello volunteers, this year I've programed a series of workshop and activities to revive our beautiful community and forest. I am looking forward to welcome you in our place to join us in the following activities and workshops:
-Stone carving workshop with 30 years experience carver
-Sustainable wooden cottage building and maintenance
-Open mic/poetry nights around the fire
-Food growing around the trees in forest
-Help with general Forest cleaning
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My name is Ivan , 49 Years, sculptor and concept artist. I live in Solin, Croatia.
Nearly 20 years ago, I started this 'nature and culture' project for my self, the people and the environment to build a better and more sustainable future while living off grid.
It is important to recognise that this is not a park for holiday makers or for people who just want a place to stay. It is a place for development of yourself and surroundings. Work is less of a requirment here and more of a way of life. You have the oppertunity to create your own structure and daily rutine. I hope that each working day you are present and commited to maintaining and improving yourself and the park. 5 hours a Day, 5 days a week is a guide line but how you organise your time is down to you. So either more work or less work is entirely possible as long as we come to an agreement. You need to be able to independantly sustain yourself here and have the means to leave or come and go as you like.
The minimum stay I ask is 1 month, longer stays are very welcome... There is no maximum!
This is because it can take a few days before people really start to adjust to this way of life and to get to know what projects they prefer.
Shorter stays may be possible depending on my schedule. Please message me for more information.
Feel free to message me with any questions you may have and I would be happy to answer them for you.
Please quote 'FOREST CULTURE' when you message me, so that I know you have read the description fully.Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Projetos artísticosPrática de idiomasAjuda em projetos ambientaisEnsinoJardinagemConstrução/faça você mesmoCriar/cozinhar refeições caseirasAjuda a cuidar da casaManutenção geralAjuda com computadores/internetOportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Meeting people from all over the world!
Experiencing new cultures and ways of living
Learning about nature and how you can help it
Becoming aware of your footprint on the environment
Building and working with natural materials such as freshly felled trees, removing bark etc
Cooking with open fires, chopping wood (safely)
Learning the local wildlife
Working with others, learning your strengths and your weaknesses!
Recognising strengths and weaknesses in others, and being kind and patient
Storing and preserving foods, drying herbs
Learning about herbs and growing vegetables
Techniques for vegetable and fruit cultivation
Problem solving when working with limited materials
Experiencing the local people, exploring!
Stone carving, getting your creative juices going!Ajuda
There are a number of different jobs in the forest and the vegetable/flower garden, such as;
Pruning shrubs & trees
Repairing stone walls
(Light) weeding - but we all know how boring this can be so you won't be doing it for hours!
Maintaining existing vegetables and fruit trees/vines
Watering
Repairing/improving structures, building structures & working with timber/natural materials
Harvesting fruit and vegetables
At the moment i am looking for people with expertise in COOKING, CARPENTRY, STONE CARVING and ADVERTISMENT.
Despite your skillset it is the right attitude i'm looking for, my current priority is trying to maintain the beauty of the park so every one is welcome.
It's really important that the local people are invited to be a part of what is happening here.
You are free to express yourself here, if you have any suggestions or ideas on how to improve something; structurally even just visual aesthetics. We want to here from you!Idiomas
Alemão: Fluente
Inglês: Fluente
Croatian: Fluente
Italiano: FluenteAcomodação
In winter volunteers can have their own Forest style cabins. In summer volunteers can sleep in tents that I will provide, spread out over various spots around the peaceful forest.
There is a hand built indoor area for cooking and hanging out.
There are a few wood stoves and a fire pit as during the summer we mostly cook outdoors.
There is a beautifully built compost toilet with total privacy and a lock - NOTE: THIS IS THE ONLY TOILET HERE.
Outdoor summer shower/winter shower and Sauna (some help is needed to get the sauna up and running again)
A climbing area/gym in the forest
A partially indoor library and freedom! Everywhere!
There is a fridge but there is no washing machine. All laundry must be done by hand.
The situation is very beautiful but basic here.
There are many supermarkets, shops and cafes within walking/cycling distance.
You are free to cook your food separately, or we can cook communally, it's up to you!
Internet is very limited and only available for emergencies or to check emails quickly, check bus schedules etc. But there are many cafes and places to access internet for longer periods should you need to.Algo mais...
There are various little activities within walking distance from there park. The park is a half hour walk from Salona, one of the biggest Roman ruins in the area. There's also a beautiful 3.5 - 5 hour hike to the top of the mountain that offers a spectacular view. Other potential activities include going to the local flea market, swimming in the river, or visiting the sea with a small stone beach and a fun hidden mud pit.
The park is also within a half-hour bus or bike ride from downtown Split, Trogir and Kastela. There are ferry ports to the famous Dalmatian islands of Hvar, Brac, Vis and Korcula.
I can provide some bicycles.
DIRECTIONS AND DETAILS:
If you have a smart phone, you should load the map of Solin while you still have Wifi. Though there isn’t an address for the park, the directions are relatively simple.
Volunteers arriving from the Split bus station, train station or ferry terminal can head west along the promenade in front of Diocletian’s Palace, then head north to HNK, the Croatian National Theatre. If you get lost, just ask someone for HNK and they will tell you where to go. The city bus stop is in front of the theatre. Take bus number 1 and get off at the second to last stop. Also if you tell the bus driver you are going to Solin, they are usually pretty helpful. Once off the bus walk right about 50 meters and turn right at the stone driveway at the blue bus stop sign. Then take your first left at the fork in the road an you will then see the park on your right. You can't miss it with all the large stone art installations. However, if you do accidentally go to the last bus stop it's not a problem. It's just a short walk to the previous bus stop. You can also just give me a call at any point and I can direct you. It may be easier if you call me as soon as you get off the bus. :)
Volunteers coming from Trogir should take bus number 37 and get off in Sveti Kayo.
The park entrance is not marked, though there is a blue bus stop sign directly in front of the stone road you must walk down to get to the park. As mentioned, please feel free to just call me as soon as you get in Solin or when you get off the bus as this may be easier than trying to find it yourself. If you do not have a phone, you can find someone to call me and I will tell them how to direct you to the park. Don’t worry, people living in Solin are nice people.
Doesn’t apply if you take the bus: If you aren’t taking the bus (if you are hitchhiking, for example), a good landmark to get dropped off at or orientate yourself around are the ruins, Salona. If you are walking from Salona, go out to the main road, Ulica don Frane Bulica and walk west (take a left if you are walking out of the Salona parking lot). You will have a 2 kilometer walk on Ul. Don Frane Bulica, and on your right, you will eventually pass a café (Silver Cafe), then in the next building there will be a bakery, this means you are close. Walk down the hill right after the bakery, and you will see a stone road with a blue bus sign on the right side of the road. Walk up this road and stay left, and you will get to the park.Mais alguns detalhes
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No one else is like Ivan...
What a marvellous, charismatic, odd-ball of a human. He's great crack and golden hearted.
The experience really is as good as the effort you put in. If you're honest, open and clear with Ivan and communicate your ideas, you really can contribute in an endlessly rewarding way.
His… read more
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No one else is like Ivan...
What a marvellous, charismatic, odd-ball of a human. He's great crack and golden hearted.
The experience really is as good as the effort you put in. If you're honest, open and clear with Ivan and communicate your ideas, you really can contribute in an endlessly rewarding way.
His… read more
Äußerlich betrachtet ist natürlich ein wunderschönes Stück Natur, mit viel Freiheit, netten Menschen und einem… read more
I met incredible humans and we had a wonderful tribe… read more
This is a magical place that I believe gives to you whatever you seek from it, an absolutely beautiful space with a very special atmosphere.
I was here a short amount of time and was still greatly impacted from my experience.
This is a place to be, to be yourself, to be simple, to work in the earth and see the product of your… read more
Food is a medicine here and… read more
I spent two weeks in Nova Starline and it was an incredible experience. The place is beautiful, Ivan is a great and funny host, even the cat is really crazy ! (In the good way)
I learn a lot of things in this place, you are free to express yourself, if you like or don't like something there are no problems.
I went in the… read more
Pros: The forest is so so lovely. Really, the entire space is quaint and charming. It felt like home. When there are a lot of people there it feels like a little… read more
There are no words or expressions I can use that can truly do justice to this place and the… read more
This place gives you something I don't think many places in the world can give you, a clear mind and a moral compass that can lead you to the a considerate, sustainable and caring path that all people deep down want to lead but are often moved off due to modern society. Ivan is gem in himself and has created this diamond… read more
JB, if you had stayed longer we could have finally started that French lesson school, but the only thing left for me to say is to hope you are coming back and we can… read more
Ivan is a good host, very friendly and make you feel comfortable from the beginning of you adventure. He has a good project, with which I learnt a lot, and the community with the other volunteers is awesome.
The park is a perfect place to develop your creativity, a very cool place !
And again a couple that leaves me speechless.
A wonderful couple who were emotionally invested from the first moment they arrived. It's difficult to find the right words, none of which could accurately describe just how much they brought to the place and how deeply they touched the lives… read more
If you like independence and are pro-active, this… read more
Everybody liked Cesar and Lis.
Cesar started with international support campaign and he did great job.
Lis opened dancing school and that was excellent!
Also, at the film festival, my favorite movie was columbian that they have chosen.
I wish they could stay longer,
so I could finally improve my… read more
Very dear americam woman that I will never forget.
Absolutely fun to talk to and work with.
For sure I would like to see her again and be her host.
Niccie, stay well and have a great time, wherever you are!!
Ivan
Incredibly friendly, welcoming, open-minded, interesting to talk to and full of ideas.
He is very relaxed but always has so much he wants to do. He's a seriously skilled stone carver and also a great teacher.
He's patient and understanding, and loves to hear your ideas and experiences.
The place is beautiful… read more
I did not regret a single moment allowing him to stay for shorted period than written in profile.
Completely I agree with all that he said and I would add this;
He is a great young man full of positive qualities.
The man that you can really lean on and trust.
As he said, we… read more
I was here for a month, I was the only volunteer for most of that month, so I get to have plenty of alone time, just being quiet, feeling simply placid.
Sometimes it can be exciting, educational, or it can be tense, when things come to discussions… read more
Ralf and Roya are my favorite one.
They walked their way from Germany to here, almost three thousand kilometers and have
chosen this place to stay for four months.
At the time, park and myself are been facing some problems and help was needed.
How much they… read more
When we arrived we could feel that the place was flowing with love, even the stones! :D We are so glad that we… read more
He is a man with principles, focused on his goals, and has a smile to share with others.
He's always working on a learning languages, or asking me about Croatian history, he’s a curious guy who loves to learn.
He's great at the physical work, but also helped be organize much of what was going on… read more
I would suggest this place to people who are eager to live in nature and don't mind sleeping in tents or having to make a fire to cook; anyways, if you are ready to have a… read more
first of all I am very sorry for such late reply.
Malte, thanks a lot for nice and motivating lines.
It was a great pleasure to be your host here.
New volunteers continued to clean the forest where you did a great job.
Thanks a lot for your guitar evenings.
The stage is finally finished and next time you visit the… read more
First of all I'm sorry I didn't leave my feedback here earlier. "Besser spät als nie!"
I had such a great time ! In the two weeks of my stay I learned so many things I still can't believe. I'm telling all my friends to visit you to support your project, which I find even more important now being back home in Germany.
I wish you all… read more
volunteers at this park.
He doesn' like to stress it but, that young
man speaks six languages fluently and
croatian is one of them.
First of all I am soory to reply on his
feedback so late.
He is so uncomplicated and any job is ok
for him.
We worked together taking care of some
house area problems and it is just… read more
Organizing my stay was very fast and simple since Ivan always answered my mails very quickly. Even though his website profile is very detailed he maid sure once more I was okay with the conditions (outdoor shower and sleeping in a tent in february).
Ivan picked me up from the bus station and… read more
You are full of great idea for your place and for your stones and i hope that will be continue !
Thank you for the stone caring lessons that give me idea for my future.
I really hope for you the situation of your park go to stay like that or better of course !!
thank you again.
See you… read more
for the late reply. Really interesting
young artist from Slovenia.
He did not stay very long time
because of all the places he wanted to visit.
Still, he stayed long enough to help
a lot in park with different things.
He started with drawing of offical
logo which is finally finished and online to see.
Robi, my great… read more
Ivan is a nice person and great artist. I really like the project of the park witch is allready become a verry nice place and will become really amaising place.
thank you Ivan and ceap good work with good peapole
And than I got feedback from Marjolein.
It was hard not to get emotional;
What a wonderful woman!
I can also start with a smile:
She had a diamond smile!
From the moment we met until the goodbye hug, I enjoyed her presence in park.
Marjolein left significant sign… read more
Thanks to him the road to the entrance of park still looks very good. It was so much fun cooking toghether. It was a joy to have him around.
Sorry I couldn't take you to the fishpond, next time we'll get to it right away. Big hello to you and Texas!
I had an amazing time here and really got to learn hands on what a sculptor really does! Ivan's hospitality was amazing and had lots of laughs! His cooking is out of this world and I had the privilege to learn some real Croatian cuisine dishes! I am actually cooking one tonight for a few couch surfers. If you have the… read more
and lovely couple made a summer dream '04
in park unforgetible?
First, I should appologize to them for not informing
them about swich to not providing food.
It really made them think should they stay
or should they go and, adventerous as they
are, they decided to stay.
These ten days in park that… read more
and amazing woman?
Maybe I just say; Jeannette.
Right from reading her application mail I
got the feeling: this could a very interesting
and pleasant.
It was even more than that.
With Jeannette I could talk for hours
and it was allways very pleasant and refreshing.
With other volunteers she was… read more
All the volunteers that were there at the time I stayed were wonderful and we all worked together as a team contributing to whatever was needed. It was lovely… read more
favorite spanish volunteers.
There is a number of reasons for that.
First, they simply enriched that international
atmosphere in park with a specific spanish
temper and spirit.
They were allways ok with a humble park
acommodation possibilities and very good
with improvising when necessery.
Their… read more
We spent a really good time with Ivan and all the volunteers in a beautiful place surrounded by high… read more
He was on his internship, English course.
First few days is was quite a job to speak english
with him. But, with the time, it was more and more
fun. Now, he can communicate very good
and due to his grown self-confidence, it is getting
better every day.
Kévin has shown that people can sucessfully
learn… read more
Already, I’m not a volunteer like others. When I will want come here, it was for an “internship” and above all speak in English because I had big difficulties (or speak 3-4 word and avec the bad accent French …) and also with a long time : 2 months (20 June to 20 August)!
Okay, the first days are complicated! But you and… read more
great guy from great city (Berlin), with great
future and great appetite!
It was really pleasure to have him as
volunteer in park.
He was really interested in learning how to
live with the nature and I was glad to show him.
Next time he visits we will
have a competition who is making better
vegeterian stuffed papers.
Simon, my… read more
The people I met there were all extremely friendly and most even good cooks, though all of them… read more
in the park, it is not easy to choose
the best ones.
Dear Helene and John,
I am more honoured to had you here.
You have been so dedicated, motivated,
supporting.
With so much good ideas.
I deeply hope we will again join our
creative energy in one of the interesting
projects.
There will be allways place… read more
really let an couple down.
My dear spanish friends, I am really
sorry for not having a propriate tent for
you. Also I am sorry that a change from providing
food to not providing, happened when you
came to the park.
It was my pleasure to let you know and,
if the road ever takes you again here, you… read more
was like a brother to me.
He was a friendly guy who built a great library
for the park, and he can cook very good food.
Giuseppe, we miss you at the park.
Ivan.
i had the chance to get involved in building a library/park office/ for the park. and I m really glad of this. It was important to help in this "process" which will allow the park to be a new reference point for culturale exchange between people from around world.
I got the chance to live in a… read more
a talented musician, he is a calm, curious
person and skilled worker.
Finn, you are welcome
back anytime.
Ivan.
You did not have a photo for
your profile and you only stayed
in the park for four days, but I let you
come to the park anyway.
While you were here you showed almost
no interest in the park.
So, I asked you why you came to the park and you
said, “I dont know.“
You need to come to the park ready for an
outdoor based lifestyle. You do not… read more
I have tried everything but it
was simply impossible to make her
laugh, immediately.
Maybe next time I will be better.
Because she deserves it.
Elisabeth, keep on going your way!
Ivan
here. Ivan was a kind, friendly host and the other volunteers were like a
family to me. The work in the park was varied and I was able to get
involved in some gardening and writing projects, which suited my interests.
I also helped with some construction work on the future… read more
woman and such a refreshment
from Canada.
Myriam, thanks a lot for your
contribution to the park and,
stay well!
Ivan
His idea was to hitch from
Switzerland to the park here, stay a few days and go
back.
So hi did.
First time I got so much interestinf
info about Switzerland.
Hi is a very interesting young man
and I hope to meet him again.
Stay well Fritz!
During this three days we had a lot of interesting talks and toughts and many things to laugh about.
By the way it was my first workaway experience and Ivan was the only host who wrote me back, even the park was still closed. Big compliment to his way, acting with the… read more
because, as Isabel says, it is allready
a number of months behind us.
One thing is for sure; they have been
best possible present from South
African Republic.
The fact that it is far away and maybe
I will not see them again, made
me sad. That is somehow price of
meeting a number of very dear… read more
When we first arrived we wandered around industrial and strange Solin on a… read more
Emmet reminds of young Indiana Jones;
adventurous, openminded and with smart
solutions.
In park he showed lot of interest, discipline
and skills.
If there was an problem, that was just a
challenge for him.
Brilliant guy that brings the hope.
Emmet, any time you feel like having a
forest home, we… read more
woman is a great motivation for me to
continue with the efforts of making this park
an creative and different place to be. Her presence
here was simply pleasant from first to the
last day.
As she said that she would like to come back
soon, I can only hope that she ment it seriously.
Caitlin, park is… read more
The park is nicely tucked away in nature, yet close enough to the nearby towns that Ivan was able to show us around on bike and introduce us to many interesting people. The work was relaxed, as was the entire atmosphere,… read more
Gabriella, thank you very much!
most pleasant surprize from Austria!
It was first time that park has hosted
a mother with son plus a friend.
It turned to workout just perfect!
Luise and Dalida were very inspired by
park combination and they have contributed
very much. Specially with some new interesting
ideas considering art and… read more
there is lot travellers from USA
which are simply great.
He was willing to help any time,
allways full of good ideas.
So greatfull and modest.
I hope he reached Kairo as he
said by leaving the park.
I also hope very much he visits
the park again.
It was a great experience meeting
that young… read more
I was so glad to offer you the best accomodation
and food that I had there.
Also I was glad to teach you some skills in
sustainable life.
I surelly had some stress:
In park lived allmost hundert volunteers
from the May, this year.
The most of them had really nice time
here, and, this is why I openned my profile
on… read more
and such enrichment for me and the park.
They had really easy going way about
art and job and that was quite nice.
Really pitty that they left after ten days.
Hopefuly Philip will have sucess with his
documentaries.
See you, my dear friends!
park last sommer. They have been mostly
very nice experience. Nancy was simply
the best present I could get from United States.
It is hard to decide which of her qualities
to stress.
I am simply happy to have met her.
And I hope to see her again.
twice.
As much as he liked the place, we all
in park liked him even more.
Very interesting and friendly
young man.
One of the trade marks of sommer
2013 in park
Elliot akadash,
see you!!
Ivan is so full of ideas you can see them bubbling out between his locks and infesting the people who come through.
The park is an incredible space, an oasis of peace and culture sandwiched between to quarries. Which isn't to say there's no excitement (and not just when their blasting for… read more
to anybody in park.
Just a wonderfull person and
friend.
I really miss her energy a lot.
Hopefully she visites park again,
any time.
Ivan and his park and the time spent there truly deserves the whole line of smiles and lot more..but definitely the four smiles after the excellent sign could not do justice! ;)
Ivan is a creator..lots of ideas..incredible… read more
volunteer in park. First of all,
it takes lot of courage to go
on such long trip beeing so young.
Very friendly and calm, allways
ready to help with anything.
He made lot of friends in park.
I surely hope that he comes
in park again.
Kevin, thank you and see you!
Three weeks that, in the end, could have been three months, or three years, because it seemed to me to be a place where time didn’t dictate so strictly, and didn’t need to, because freedom and selfhood take more precedence in these kinds of places. When I first arrived I felt riddled by the place;… read more
lovely musicians I new
they will bring some great
energy.
After they left, I have
noticed that that was more
than just great energy.
And, as they said, I also
hope very much they are
coming back!!
Free to work when we wanted and with no pressure, just great group vibes and the most stress-free environment I think we ever experienced. It was over 40 degrees when we were there because of a heat wave, which wasn't a problem thanks to the amazingly flexible working hours. Ivan really emphasises that he wants… read more
in park which were positive and
laughing good part of staying but,
maybe nobody like Lily.
I will surely miss her and hope that
she returnes.
See you Lily!
helped the park in an very important moment.
I just enjoyed their company and they are always welcome
to come again.
Nina and Nils,
see you!!
Ivan
how can I forget the way you left the park?
Other volunteers had wet ayes to.This young couple was a such
refreshment and hopefuly it is not a closed book.
Liebe Konne und Vivien,
bis bald!!
Ivan
We loved the… read more
friendship in so short time.
I still do not get it but,
exactly that happened with Chris and Nicole.
I had little problem with their irish accent but, they are coming
back soon to teach me more.
Now, they are in bella Italia so,
Chris and Nicole,
chiao!!
Ivan
We had an amazing time at ivans, and… read more
I was building this park for visitors like you!
Nothing I can promisse but, I will give my best to involve you
more in everything, next time you are here.
See you!
Ivan
After leaving the park, two weeks later,
he left as a very good friend.
I am sure we meet again.
Ci vediamo, MIO AMICO!!
Ivan
I am very rich man.
Her personality and dedication are something I can learn a lot from.
Aufwiedersehen, liebe Birgit!
Ivan
I hope some day we all recognize his work.
I can say only nice words about this young man.
Hopefully he has great time continuing his Euro tour.
Will, friend, see you!!
Ivan