Zarlarketjes
June 21, 2025
Hands in the clay, hearts wide open, wonder sprouting under bare feet.
On June 21st, the Zarlardingas Boerderie transformed into a living fairytale — ZarlarKetjes Day.
Children shaped bowls from wet earth in the pottery corner, built a temple from wood and cloth where wishes whispered in the wind, discovered hidden mushroom rings beneath tall grasses, and helped heal the land with small but mighty gestures — sowing seeds, moving stones, restoring balance.
It was a day where play met purpose, where tiny hands imagined big futures.
A celebration of earth, magic, and the quiet power of doing.
Project
As the gateway to the day’s wonder, we opened the Temple of the Eagle of the Condor — a soft space of silence, symbols, and stories.
All around, children wandered freely from one world to another: kneading dough with flour-dusted hands, shaping clay into bowls and creatures, weaving, mixing, building — discovering the joy of making with heart and hand.
This gentle invitation to explore showed that the richest learning needs no classroom. Sometimes, the future begins with a lump of clay, a shared fire, and the freedom to play.
Zarlarketjes Market 3
June 8, 2024
Our project
Hands and feet in the earth, grounding! Creating an educational playful experimental garden where children from nearby village schools learn to spin, card, comb, sow, plant, harvest, mow, weave, milk, create…
As the icing on the cake, the enchanting market of Nachtwacht is revived, where children sell their self-made seasonal products and where there’s much more to experience! This self-created ‘short chain’ proves that super difficult questions about a guarantee for the future sometimes have a very simple answer.
Zarlarketjes workshops
Do you, as a school near Zarlardinge, wish to participate in one of our children’s workshops and the children’s market on June 8th?
If you are a school or organizer and would like more information about the possibilities to book a customized visit or camp, send an email for more information to: sarah@zarlardingas.be
