Meet the Team
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Bob Marthai The dreamer, architect and builder of Uhuburg and founder of Uhuburg Institute, Bob brought his vision of an educational castle in the mountains of North Georgia to fruition from 2007 to 2023. Bob built Uhuburg to share what he has found to be important for the good life. Bob is an ex-psychologist, retired tall ship captain, naval architect, and lover of dance. Join his Day Visit guided tour for the full story!
Naomi Marthai Admin Assistant to Bob and wearer of many hats, Naomi manages many of the day to day castle affairs, web/social media, and oversees the gardens. Naomi was previously an 8th grade science teacher for 11 years up in Maine, and she loves all kinds of dance from contra to bachata. A family operation, she is one of Bob & Janine's daughters.
We are grateful for the more than 80 workers, volunteers, trade folks, donors and inspectors who helped build Uhuburg from foundation to tower.
Volunteer
Uhuburg has volunteer opportunities in CastleFaire support, gardening, grounds keeping and tourism. To join our volunteer list, please complete the form linked below with your contact information, interests and skills you'd like to offer at Uhuburg. Upon receiving your information, we will contact you and communicate volunteer opportunities through email.
Fantastic volunteers: Elle harvesting her first peanuts and watermelon time for Fay
Maintenance
Weeding
Gardening
Cleaning
Trail maintenance
Tourism
Ticketing​
Guides
Docents
Entertainment
Fairies
Wood Nymphs
Wizard
Harold
Committees
Art work
Technical applications
Garden design & flora
Nature trails & fauna
Programming & Education
Marketing, Merch & Events
Employment
If interested in a position at Uhuburg, please send your resume along with a brief description of how your interests, background, skills and experiences overlap with what we are doing here at Uhuburg to Bob at castlewizz@gmail.com and to Naomi at info@uhuburg.com. We are primarily focused on filling docent positions for our weekend day tours at the moment. Thank you for your interest!
Operations
Great experiences by day visitors are facilitated by our fantastic crew of docents.
Other positions include reception & ticketing, shuttle transport, chef, other culinary positions, and perhaps a few wood nymphs.
Grounds
Gardens, grounds & trails are managed by a horticulturalist, landscape gardeners and maintenance gardeners.
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Artistry
The philosophic mural series is a collective effort.
More positions are available.
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Additionally, Uhuburg will host a resident artist, guest artist and intern.
 Time to press grapes (about 1500 pounds a season!) |  Shuttle Driver Donna |  Head Gardiner Janine |  Docent Haley |
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 Pedro pulling the Radish harvest |  Uhuburg Docent Ann |  Early morning sorghum harvest |  PXL_20221013_164623144_edited |
 Building the brick road |  Alonso tiling at the top of the Tower |  JanineJanine harvesting muscadine grapes |  Sorghum harvestPressing sorghum for syrup |
 TristanTristan harvesting eggplant |  Elle packing okra |