Earthen Plasters and Floors

Abuela Gardens 4649 Bear Canyon Rd., Willits, CA

A great opportunity to develop your skills and understanding of earthen finishes, including: straw-clay base coat plasters for sculpting and protection, endless variations of clay finish plasters for durability and […]

$750

5-Day Cob + Straw Immersion

Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC

Our Immersion is our most popular course, and is designed to provide an understanding of some common natural wall systems: cob, strawbale, and slip-straw. The course emphasizes hands-on learning, and […]

$875

3-Day Cob + Straw Immersion

Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC

Our Immersion is our most popular course, and is designed to provide an understanding of some common natural wall systems: cob, strawbale, and slip-straw. The course emphasizes hands-on learning, and […]

$525

Introduction to Cob and Straw Workshop

Dates: October 10 – October 14, 2022 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Greeneville, Tennessee Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next […]

$499

2-Day Cob Oven

Mud Dauber School of Natural Building 8813 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp, NC, NC

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 […]

$350

Learn to Build with Cob

University California Riverside Palm Desert 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Parking Lot B, Palm Desert, CA

Join us on the Campus of University of California Palm Desert Campus for a 3-day cob class where we will continue working on our materials yard project. During previous courses […]

$175

4-Day Natural Building Introduction & Earthen Floor Workshop

thrive - Malta Thrive Malta, Paradise Gardens, Triq Marsalforn, Xaghra

Learn how to make an Earthen Floor! On October 29-30 and November 5-6, 2022 we will run another permaskills Natural Building Workshop in Gozo (Malta). This workshop will provide you […]

$353

Intro to Earthen Building Workshop

Dates: November 7 – November 11, 2022 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction […]

$499

Fundamentals Cob Workshop

University California Riverside Palm Desert 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Parking Lot B, Palm Desert, CA

Escape winter and start your natural building journey in this 3-Day cob workshop in Southern California. We are continuing with our garden walls project that is the start of our […]

$175

Cob Pallet Shed Build

University California Riverside Palm Desert 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Parking Lot B, Palm Desert, CA

Join us as we continue building our 6' x 6' Cob Pallet Shed that we started in February. It needs shingles on the roof, paint on the fascia boards, a […]

$175

Intro to Earthen Building Workshop

Keystone Heights, Florida Keystone Heights, FL

Dates: April 17 – April 21, 2023 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Come and join us in Florida for our next Introduction […]

$499

Natural Building Intensive

In this two-week course, get your hands muddy with Michael G Smith and the Wanosh Family and leave with the skills to build a small structure from the ground up. […]

tiered pricing and payment plans

Whole Cob Cottage Foundation to Roof in North Carolina, USA

Earthsong Regenerative Farm Murphy, NC

THE PROJECT Students will be building a 10-15m2 cob cottage (size depends on number of students) for the couple as their first “home” on the land, which will be outfitted […]

$2500

Introduction to Cob Workshop

This Cob House Greeneville, TN

Dates: May 15 – May 19, 2023 (YES. We are still having the workshop as scheduled.) Location: Greeneville, Tennessee Come and join us in beautiful eastern Tennessee for our next […]

$499

VersaTerra 10-day Complete Cob & Natural Building Intensive

Be the Change Project 2055 McCloud Avenue, Reno, NV

Wednesday, 5/24/2023 - Saturday, 6/3/2023 (10 days) Number of Students: up to 12 Cost: $1550 The Building Project During this ten day workshop we will build a beautiful garden wall […]

$1550

Womens Carpentry with Avani Leitz

Wanosh Forest Gardens Willits, CA

This course is designed for both carpentry novices who want to break the ice using power tools, as well as women who have some carpentry experience but want to increase […]

tiered pricing and payment plans

Natural Building Cob Certification Course

Cob hill natural building school hughes springs, TX

This action-packed, hands-on/feet-on workshop is for adults who wish to begin their learning journey toward helping others realize their natural building dreams as part of a build crew or to […]

$1890

Artistry with Clay and Lime

Be the Change Project 2055 McCloud Avenue, Reno, NV

The Project During this six day workshop we will cover the essentials of natural and earthen plasters and dive deeper into the more specific finishes for your home. Each participant […]

$900