at White Oak Farm & Education Center
With Jim Haim of Cob Together and Taylor Starr of White Oak Farm
Saturday June 23 - Saturday June 30
Join us this June as we build a small cottage in the woods designed to demonstrate a wide range of natural building techniques. Over eight days you will learn how to build with cob, straw bales, lights-straw-clay, adobe, cordwood and poles. You will also have the opportunity to use earthen plasters and clay paints. Lectures, discussions and demonstrations will focus on passive solar design, alternative energy, foundations, living roofs, load-bearing and non-load-bearing construction, cob ovens, and much more. We will also tour several finished natural homes. Participants will receive detailed instruction and hands-on experience in small cottage construction from laying the foundation to application of a living roof. This extened workshop allows for a deeper sense of community, and the opportunity to sink into the beautiful Willi ams Valley (an afternoon off is scheduled mid week).
The Workshop Starts the morning of Saturday June 23. Out of town participants are welcome to arrive Friday evening between 5pm and 10pm. The workshop ends at 4pm on Saturday June 30.
Cost: This eight day workshop costs $600.
For more information please contact the Farm: info@whiteoakfarmcsa.org.