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STRAWBALE BUILDING COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

Attending a strawbale building course or a volunteer workshop is a great way to learn more about strawbale building and meet other like minded people, and they are usually very good fun!


Courses.

  • The Dharma House
    in the languedoc region of southern France

    Strawbale building and Lime rendering workshops, for full details check out their website.

    www.thedharmahouse.com/

    info@thedharmahouse.com


  • The Hollies
    Centre for Practical Sustainability,
    Castletown, Enniskeane,
    Co. Cork,
    Ireland.
    Tel--00 353 23 47001

    For details of the courses held at The Hollies
    Contact Rob Hopkins

    thehollies@eircom.net

    The Hollies strawbale building


  • Carymoor Environmental Centre
    Dimmer Lane,
    Castle Cary,
    Somerset. BA7 7NR
    Tel--01963 350143

    For details of the courses held at Carymoor Contact Jill Gilbert

    Jill Gilbert@carymoor.org.uk


  • The Yarner Trust
    Wellcombe Barton
    Wellcombe, Bideford
    Devon. EX39 6HF
    Tel--01288 331692

    For details of the courses held at The Yarner Trust contact Sandra Helsby

    sandra@yarnertrust.org.uk

    www.yarnertrust.co.uk/


  • International Workshops in Poland organized by Earth Hands & Houses.
    Learn to construct with straw bale

    info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org

    www.EarthHandsAndHouses.org


  • Mike Wye & Associates
    Buckland Filleigh Sawmills,
    Buckland Filleigh, Beaworthy,
    Devon. EX21 5RN
    Tel--01409-281644/266

    One day Lime workshops held by Mike Wye & Associates who also supply lime products, Natural Paints, oils, waxes, natural decorating products. See entry under suppliers

    sales@mikewye.co.uk

    www.mikewye.co.uk


  • I.J.P Building Conservation
    Hampstead Farm, Binfield Heath,
    Nr Henley-on-Thames,
    Oxfordshire. RG9 4LG
    Tel--0118 969 6949

    One day workshops held by IJP Building Conservation who are also suppliers of traditional building materials and Repairers of Historic Buildings. See entry under suppliers

    info@oldhousestore.co.uk

    www.oldhousestore.co.uk


  • J&J Sharpe
    Woodside, Merton,
    Okehampton, Devon. EX20 3EG
    Tel--01805 603587

    Strawbale building and lime/mud plastering and Cob workshops, One day workshops held by Jan and Jerry Sharpe who run an old buildings restoration company. They also supply lime products.See entry under suppliers

    mail@jjsharpe.co.uk

    www.jjsharpe.co.uk


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