PopUp Hagen / Kulturbruket Høytorp

The pop-up garden can offer accommodation, concerts, open days with animal care, garden walks and a cafe, courses, outdoor cinema and private events for those who want a completely unique experience.

At the small farm Popuphagen, Høytorp in Skiptvet you will find Simone and Thomas who took over the farm in 2022. The small farm has had a history like so many other small farms in Norway; closed down as a productive industry where the land was leased to a larger neighboring farm, the barn fell into disrepair and the farmhouse was used for ordinary housing. Now they want to bring life back to the farm and have a mix of culture, experiences, learning, short-traveled food and animals. The green garden stands in the center with an amphitheater in front where concerts and other events are held.

Simone and Thomas

Simone and Thomas both come from the world of theater and are trained actors and directors with additional expertise in narrative theater and teaching. Thomas also has an organic farming school from Denmark, and if you don't see him in the garden, he is either in the workshop building chairs, or in the garden with soil under his nails. Simone's background in theater is diverse and in addition to teaching she is an actor and director as well as writing her own plays, giving lectures and loving the role of hostess on the farm. She is currently taking courses in animal communication and works all the time to ensure that the animals on the farm have the best possible life.

Customized event and gift card
They tailor a plan for you who want a different and sustainable experience for your family, company, group of friends or perhaps the first date with your girlfriend... See their offers for some of what they can arrange, but feel free to get in touch for something completely separate and unique .. They make gift cards if you want to give away an experience. Examples of a gift card can be; accommodation in a glamping tent with breakfast in bed and a view of grazing sheep or dinner with ingredients from the farm in the farm kitchen with the hosts who love to talk and listen and philosophize. You can also give away courses in vegetable growing, sausage making, cooking vegetarian food, building chairs or guided meditation with the sheep.

Send an email for prices and a conversation about the desired arrangement

COURSE

We can offer courses for individuals, couples or groups in food, construction, gardening, animals and whatever it takes to follow your dreams and survive at the same time.

Build your own chair
Thomas can do more than tell stories. He has done carpentry both inside and outside on his own and other people's houses, but most of all he likes creative carpentry with recycled materials. The chairs have become his trademark and he has made many variations in recent years. Would you like to learn how to make a chair for the cabin or garden with your own materials? Bring your family or a friend and get a course and a chair home with you. Max 5 participants. The course lasts one day and includes lunch and coffee breaks.

Price

Chair with own materials NOK 1,500 per chair
Chair with materials we provide NOK 2,000 per chair
(You can build a chair together or separately..)

Accommodation with experiences

Do you want to wake up with a lamb on your stomach? Or for a delicious cup of coffee on the terrace while sheep, lambs, pigs and clucking hens wander around you? How about freshly hatched eggs for breakfast? Homemade liver pâté and home-baked rolls? Maybe you want to help feed the animals, meditate with a sheep or dig a little in the garden? You can pick your favorite vegetables from the field and we will prepare a dinner with what you like best. A basket for lunch is ready, and Glomma (Norways longest river) is half an hour's walk away. If you think this is too much farm romance, they can alternatively teach you how to butcher roosters or build a chair. We offer stories around the campfire in the evening and personal garden walks where you can get answers to most things about natural cultivation and fertilization. If you want to discover the child in you or play with the children, they can arrange tournaments, games and the construction of secret cabins in the forest.. Here the only limits are the imagination, but they have a lot of it thanks to ther theater background and great joy in play.

Price

Tent with room for 2-3 people NOK 1,200 per night
Tent with room for 4-6 people NOK 2300 per night
Breakfast per person NOK 150
Lunch basket for 2 people NOK 200
Dinner in the farm kitchen or served by the tent NOK 400 (adult) NOK 300 (child)
Family package for 2 adults and 2 children with all meals and activities for children and adults
NOK 5,000 per day (We agree on what kind of activities can suit your needs and create a package that is just for you).