Help build a cob structure that will serve as an outdoor sustainable education area that also provides a windbreak for compost. This project is part of a campus wide permaculture demonstration site, at the University of California Riverside in Palm Desert, CA. In this three day workshop, you will learn to build a stem wall with urban crete, mix cob and create a hand sculpted structure with clay, sand and straw. The photo shows a model of the structure we…

$380 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $420 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- March 11/12th, or March 19/20th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 10 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Installing a green roof on your building can help it blend into the natural world around it, allow for an organic roof shape, and help to keep it cool during summer months. In this workshop, we will be…

$380 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $420 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- April 2/3rd or April 15/16th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Even a well-built structure is only as durable as its foundation, and foundations are challenging to repair later on. It’s really important to start with a good one! Join us in constructing a start-to-finish foundation for a future…

Dates: April 11 – April 15, 2022 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction to Earthen Building Workshop! We will be constructing a 6 foot tall rammed earth column, building a cob bench, and applying earth plaster to the cob cottage. A perfect class for beginners and experts alike! What makes this workshop unique is the opportunity to get hands-on experience with cob, rammed…

$380 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $420 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- April 2/3rd or April 15/16th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Even a well-built structure is only as durable as its foundation, and foundations are challenging to repair later on. It’s really important to start with a good one! Join us in constructing a start-to-finish foundation for a future…

From April 17th to May 15th we will start another 28-Day Natural Building ADVANCED Certificate Workshop in a community near Benfeita in central Portugal. This workshop will provide you an opportunity to get hands-on experience in Natural Building, all the skills and especially the confidence you need to build a little cabin/hut/studio/guestroom for yourself. The highlights of this workshop are the recycling of an old ruin, construction on a slope, a natural rock foundation, a wooden frame and roof, wattle…

$350 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $390 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- April 23/24th, or May 28/29th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Cob ovens are an inexpensive type of wood-fired oven. They can be used to make delicious pizza, bread, roasted veggies, baked beans, etc…. anything you can do in a conventional oven, but with more evenly-distributed heat, better flavor,…

This 3-week workshop offers students the opportunity to design and build a clay-based wood-fired cooking complex. Using locally sourced materials, students will collaborate to create a traditional ‘beehive’ oven adjacent to a rocket – Lorena stove multi-surface cook top. A prep counter and earthen benches are included as well, time and energy permitting. This workshop is an opportunity to learn about the operational principles of wood-fired cooking, both through the traditional oven, and the rocket stove. Terribly practical and pan-applicable,…

Want to learn the craft of dry stone wall construction? If so, join us for our 4 day introductory Dry Stone Wall Workshop. In this course, you’ll get hands-on experience building a dry stone retaining wall with two highly talented & professional dry stone wallers. Instructors will lead our workshop crew through all the necessary steps in creating a beautiful, long-lasting dry stone retaining wall using traditional methods. This class is a must for anyone interested in learning the ins…

$875 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $975 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- May 10-14th or June 22-26th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Our Immersion is our most popular course, and is designed to provide a full understanding of some common natural wall systems: cob, strawbale, and slip-straw. We will be working on two demonstration cottages (12’x12’ or smaller): one of…

Dates: May 16 – May 20, 2022 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next Introduction to Cob Workshop! We will be constructing a cob house. A perfect project for beginners and experts alike! You will get the knowledge to build cob projects scaling from smaller things, such as cob ovens and benches, up to large projects like homes and buildings. This workshop is a…

$700 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance) $780 Regular Rate 5% discount for family + friends participating together!   DATES: This course is offered 2 times- May 19-22nd or June 9-12th MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15 INSTRUCTORS: Greg + Rebecca Our Immersion is our most popular course, and is designed to provide a full understanding of some common natural wall systems: cob, strawbale, and slip-straw. We will be working on two demonstration cottages (12’x12’ or smaller): one of…

VersaTerra 10 @ Be the Change Project Reno, NV Natural Building in the Urban/Suburban Setting Dates: Monday, 5/23/2022- Thursday, 6/2/2022 (10 days) Number of Students: up to 12 Cost: $1350 The Building Project During this ten day workshop we will build a beautiful earthen wall that will be part of a 200 square foot cabin and an earthen bread/pizza oven. We’ll also do interior plaster work on a conventional building. The cabin will be a future off-grid affordable rental unit.…