Learn everything about the miracle tree elderberry

This experience gets off to a leisurely start. Taste your way through the elderberry jam creation. Manuela will explain to you what the elderberry is mainly used for and then set off with her to the nearby elderberry plantations. Depending on the time of year, you can help with the harvest, cutting or “plucking”.

 3-6 Highlights:

+) Learn all about the wonder tree elderberry
+)Taste the products
+) Help with harvesting, cutting, “sticking” or “plucking” (depending on the season)
+)Take your elderberry cuttings home with you and plant them in your garden
+)Learn all about caring for and pruning the tree

Are there any specific requirements that guests must meet?
No, except for tasting schnapps, the participant must be at least 18 years old

Should the guest bring anything special to the experience?
Good footwear, as there is a short hike to the elder plantation.

What is included in the service?

2 h overall program
+ Guided tour and interesting facts about the elderberry
+ Tasting of elderberry products
+ Hike to the elder plantation
+ Help with harvesting, cutting, “sticking” or “plucking”
+ Elderberry cuttings

What is not included in the service (but can be purchased on site, for example)?

A variety of fine brandies and other farm products can be tasted and purchased on site.

Number of participants per Slow Trips experience:
from 2 persons à price € 80,- per person
from 3 persons à price € 60,- per person
from 6 persons à price € 50,- per person
max. 12 persons

Further important information for the guest:
Time availability: seasonal
Winter: Help with pruning the elder trees
Spring: Help with “plucking” the excess shoots on the elder tree
Summer: Thinning out elderflowers
Late summer: Harvest
Fall: planting cuttings

How long does the tour take?

2 h

Detailed Slow Trips experience description
During this experience, you will be personally welcomed by the boss of the Pieber fruit farm. While you taste the various elderberry products, such as elderberry jam, elderberry juice..., Manuela Pieber explains everything about the end product elderberry. Here at the Pieber farm, only the red berries are processed and not the blossom.

After the tasting, you set off with her to the elderberry plantations. Along the way, you will also learn myths and legends about the tree of Frau Holle.

“An elder tree rises when a dead person has found his rest...”; “There used to be such a shrub on every farm or in every ridge...” You will explore these and many other beliefs together with her.

Once you arrive at the plantation, she explains the parts of the tree in detail: blossom, berries, bark and leaves.

She will also tell you how you can bring this wonderful shrub back into your garden, what you need to look out for and how to prune it.

On the way back along the Feistritz river, you can enjoy the beautiful region around Anger. At the end, Manuela will also give you a cutting of an elder tree, which you can take home with you to plant in your garden.

tickets

from 2 persons à price € 80,- per person
from 3 persons à price € 60,- per person
from 6 persons à price € 50,- per person
max. 12 persons

Indication of optional extras
For an additional charge, you can book a traditional Styrian snack (in advance)

Validity of the tickets (months from - to, weekdays from - to, time from - to, company vacation from - to). When could you do the experience on request?

Time availability: seasonal

Winter: Help with pruning the elder trees

Spring: Help with “plucking” the excess shoots on the elder tree

Summer: Thinning out elderflowers

Late summer: Harvest

Fall: planting cuttings

How long does the tour take?
2 h

Details of the location of the Slow Trip experience:

Address: Pieber fruit farm,
Oberfeistritz 14,
8184 Anger
Telephone number: 0664/88577433
Contact: Manuela Pieber
Mail: pieber.manuela@a1.net
www.piebers-edelbrand.at