Equally as important for a house as the foundation is the roof. Get hands-on experience in installing a low-cost, living (green) roof.

The Friday night presentation will cover the basic concepts behind a green roof (pros and cons), as well as an introduction to design of the one we will be building over the weekend. We will talk about the different types of living roofs, as well as the appropriate types of plants to use on your future roof.

There will also be an option to spend an hour or two working with cob on the Hand-Sculpted Whimisical Walls.

Workshop will include both information sessions and hands-on sessions on our current project: Building Sacred Space (a small building for spiritual work and meditation).

Weekend Workshop Schedule
7:00pm to 8:30pm Friday
9:00am to 4:00pm Satuday (lunch provided)
9:00am to 3:30pm Sunday (lunch provided)

This post was submitted by Elizabeth Edmiston.

Join us this Summer 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, and poles. You will also have the opportunity to use earthen plasters. 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.

This post was submitted by Taylor Starr.