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trainings & workshops

Earth Building Workshops & Trainings

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We are happy to announce hands-on natural building workshops on a range of topics in Spring and Summer 2022/23

Scroll down for detailed information and sign-up links.

Adobe Brick Design & Construction

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21-23 April 2023, Solid Earth Yard, Nelson

Over the 3 days we will cover everything you need to know to build an Adobe home to code, using local materials. The workshop is a mix of lectures, testing and ample time for hands-on practice at our Adobe yard

Investment $510
The price includes lunch.
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For more information and registration

SPECIALTY NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOPS

Book us to run an earth building training or workshop at your place

We are very happy to come to your place to run a workshop or training. 

This can be anything from a fun 1-day pizza oven building play-shop, to a week-long specialized training in earthen plaster techniques for trades people, to facilitating working bees or community builds.

We usually require clients to be responsible for organizing the on-site logistics and advertising of their own event, but can of course help with this if needed.

For workshops we teach in a team of two and the charge for tuition is $1200+GST per day (for longer trainings we charge an hourly rate for preparation and planning), plus travel and accommodation.

A discount can be negotiated for community or school projects, please do not hesitate to talk to me about your options.

Topics we can cover


  • Development and testing of earthbuilding materials
  • Earthbuilding design and construction
  • Set-up of large scale production and building sites
  • Adobe brick technique
  • Cob 
  • Light Earth
  • Wattle-and-daub and experimental earth building
  • Earthen plasters
  • Pizza ovens 
  • Earthen floors
  • Lime plasters
  • Tadelakt plasters
  • Restoration of historic earth buildings
  • Artistic play 2D and 3D
  • Therapeutic use of clay (art therapy, Kneipp therapy and medicinal clay)

Some of our previous workshops...

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2 Part Earth Building Summer Workshop, Introduction & Adobe Immersion
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Adobe Pizza Oven Workshop
Natural Bathroom Workshop (clay, lime, soap, greywater)
Tadelakt & Lime Plaster Workshop
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