Our Courses

COURSE	LOCATION	DATES	COST	BOOKING
Theoretical – Preparing to Build with Bales	Tod College, West Yorkshire	22 September 2023	£75	Full info here
Theoretical – Designing your Straw Bale Building	Tod College, West Yorkshire	23 September 2023	£75	Full info here
Theoretical – Technical Details	Tod College, West Yorkshire	6 October 2023	£75	Full info here
Theoretical – Natural Plasters	Tod College, West Yorkshire	7 October 2023	£75	Full info here
Practical – Straw Bale Building	Hounslow, West London	2 – 6 October 2023	£200	Full info here
Practical – Straw Bale Building	Hounslow, West London	9 – 13 October 2023	£200	Full info here
Practical – Clay Plastering	Selkirk, Scotland	16 – 20 October	£200	Full info here
Practical – Lime Plastering	Hounslow, West London	30 October – 3 November	£200	Full info here
Practical – Lime Plastering	Hounslow, West London	6 – 10 November	£200	Full info here
Practical – Clay Plastering	Hounslow, West London	30 October – 3 November	£200	Full info here
Practical – Clay Plastering	Hounslow, West London	13 – 17 November	£200	Full info here

Some courses may be advertised at short notice because we work with self-builders who may not be able to give a long lead-in time. We will advise all trainees of course dates by email as they are confirmed.

For even more inspiration and information, check out Barbara’s book. Our self builders, and the architects we advise, all say this book is invaluable as a resource to understand how to build with straw. It covers the whole building process from foundations to internal plastering. Barbara has been designing and building with straw for 25 years – this book is a distillation of all her knowledge and experience. Originally published in 2002 it has never been out of print – revised in 2009 and 2015, the last revision taking in details of how to compress straw walls and how to build the roof first when doing load-bearing buildings.