A communal agricultural enterprise has been established at the charming “Ban Dong Yen”, where visitors can enjoy a range of activities such as planting organic vegetables, mushrooms and sunflower sprouts, singing while feeding chickens (it apparently makes them happy), preparing earthworm compost and picking up useful knowledge and skills from each other’s expertise. The vegetables collected from the garden will be cooked in the kitchen, transformed into chili paste and served up as part of lunch. After you’re full, it’s time to head out and see how the locals add value to their organic rice production, as well as how they have impressively transformed this ordinary village into a charming learning site.
| Morning | Arrive at Dong Yen Community. Enjoy a refreshing herbal drink. |
| Explore Dong Yen Community and its 100% organic farming lifestyle. | |
| Plant organic vegetables in baskets and seasonal vegetables. | |
| Learn how to easily grow sunflower sprouts. | |
| Visit the communal mushroom garden and learn how the delicious Indian oyster mushroom is grown. Then, recharge your batteries with some deep-fried mushroom fresh off the wok. | |
| Noon | Enjoy herbal rice salad with watercress, a healthy local dish, for lunch. |
| Afternoon | Visit the earthworm house and learn about the lifecycle of earthworms. |
| Have fun at the communal egg farm. | |
| Evening | Farewell to Dong Yen Community. |
car
Approximately 3 hours by car from Bangkok.
train
Take a train from Bangkok and get off at Suphan Buri station is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes away. From the station, the community is approximately 30 minutes away.
