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Become a forest guide
The training at Wohlleben's Forest Academy lasts a total of 10 days. The training locations are the modern facilities of Wohlleben's Forest Academy in Wershofen and the municipal forest in Wershofen. During your training, you will meet all of the Forest Academy's wonderful instructors: conservation and landscape ecologist Patrick, forester Jan, environmental bioscientist Celina, and forester Peter. During the ten-day training, you will develop your own forest tour and conduct it with the group. Upon completion, you will receive a certificate as a trained forest guide from Wohlleben's Forest Academy.
During the training days, conference drinks and a vegan lunch snack are included.
The training to become a forest guide at our Forest Academy is characterized by its high practical relevance and includes, among other things, the following: Main topics :
- You will learn how to lead groups in nature and what you need to pay attention to.
- You will learn how to carry out games and activities in the forest.
- You will learn to identify and introduce plant species relevant for forest tours.
- You will learn how current animal topics can be integrated into a forest tour.
- You will learn how forestry works in Germany.
- You will learn communication methods that will inspire, convey knowledge in an understandable way, and touch people emotionally.
- You will learn and apply the basics of nature education.
- You design your own forest tour for children, teenagers or adults
Note: You should plan 1-2 hours in the afternoon after the regular seminar to plan your forest tour.
Exclusively in 2025: Receive a Forest Guide Goodie Bag including a super-light backpack from our partner Jack Wolfskin, essentials for your forest tours and other surprises worth 140 € free!
Also new for our customers:
- 10% discount on overnight stays at the Landgasthaus Pfahl or Hotel Kastenholz in Wershofen - more details here .
- 20% discount from our partner Jack Wolfskin with the code WALDAKADEMIE20 (not on reduced items)
Haus Blattwerk | Anfahrtsbeschreibung
|09:00 bis 16:00 Uhr
10 Tage
Veganer Mittagsimbiss & Getränke
Wir empfehlen ein Mindestalter von 18 Jahren.
3 bis 6 km pro Tag
Jan Kaufmann, Celina Gertz, Peter Wohlleben, and Patrick Esser
Tiere, Pflanzen, Wald, and Naturpädagogik
Bildungsurlaub möglich
Zertifikat nach Abschluss
Maximum 10
Hunde sind erlaubt, wenn sie sich mit anderen Hunden verstehen und permanent angeleint sind.
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The venue
Haus Blattwerk & Wälder in Wershofen

lecturer
Jan Kaufmann, Celina Gertz, Peter Wohlleben, and Patrick Esser