Join us for a Natural Building course and learn about all aspects of sustainable building with natural materials. Live in and explore the natural builds around our farm, enjoy off-grid permaculture living deep in nature, eat nutrient-rich organic food and attend some yoga classes.
Natural Building Course dates
- 31st July 2023 – Book Now
- 10th October 2022 – Full, join the waiting list – Natural Building Course
- 3rd May 2022 – Full
Sign up to our mailing list for future dates
Video from our May 2022 Natural Building course
Please do check out this video so you can get an idea on what our course is like.
What is included in the Natural Building Course
- Tour of our permaculture farm and natural buildings
- Three Yoga classes per week
- Three healthy organic meals per day, most of the produce coming from the farm
- Working on real-life projects using various natural building techniques
- Free camping (or option to hire a caravan, tipi or tent)
Facilitator: Laurence Manchee
Since starting Keela Yoga Farm and with the help of volunteers, the local community and course participants, Laurence has completed a straw bale house which he now lives in, the straw bale community house, a wattle and daub chicken house, a long drop compost toilet using stone and wattle and daub, a straw bale greenhouse and a cordwood & wattle and daub barn. Each time he builds he manages to decrease the carbon footprint of the build, use more natural materials which inturn brings the cost down of the building. A truly sustainable building would use all local natural and recycled materials at zero cost.
Laurence is also on the Board for WWOOF Portugal, a writer for Permaculture Magazine UK and mages an agroforestry and reforestation program. He has been managed over 400 volunteers at Keela Yoga Farm and also runs Permaculture internships and Food Forest courses.
