Learn to Build Your Own Cob House

From earth. From scratch. With your own hands.

Join us for a 35-day immersive journey into natural building, where you will co-create a complete, beautiful, and ecological home using raw, locally sourced materials.

This is a deeply hands-on workshop where you won’t just learn about cob—you will live the process. From foundations to roof, you’ll gain a clear and practical understanding of what it truly takes to build a low-impact home with earth.

What you’ll experience

Over five weeks, we move through the full building process together:

• Laying foundations and building a natural rock stem wall

• Mixing and building with cob to shape the walls of the house

• Integrating windows, shelves, and structural elements

• Sculpting, detailing, and applying earthen plasters

• Pouring earthen floors and completing finishes

• Constructing a reciprocal roof and installing a green roof

Along the way, you’ll learn about soil, materials, design, and essential systems like drainage, electrical integration, and plumbing—grounded in permaculture principles.

join for 2-5 weeks

week 1

foundation

Building a rock stemwall + the 1st coat of earthen floor.

week 2 &3

Building the house structure

Making cob, building walls with cob, inserting windows, shelves and all the elements of the house.

week 4

Sculpting & earthen plaster

Create the details, decorations, earthen plaster and finishes

week 5

Closing the Buidling

Reciprocal green roof & 2nd floor coat

This workshop is for you if you…

• Dream of building your own natural home

• Want practical, real-life building experience

• Are curious about sustainable, low-impact construction

• Enjoy working with your body, creativity, and the elements

• Long to live and learn in close connection with nature and community

We stay at The Forrest, a place rooted in simple, nature-connected living. Humans and animals share the land with respect and awareness, guided by natural rhythms.

Accommodation is simple and close to nature. Camping is included in the price, with access to outdoor showers, compost toilets, shared gathering spaces, and a basic outdoor kitchen. Options to stay in a caravan, van, or nearby rental are also available.

Three fresh, balanced vegan meals are provided each day from Monday to Friday, nourishing the body to support the physical work and learning process.

This is more than a workshop.
It’s a chance to reconnect with the earth, your creativity, and a way of building—and living—that is grounded, collaborative, and real.

7:00-8:00 Yoga/ Movement

8:00-8:45 Breakfast

9:00-1:00 Hands-on building session

1:00-2:30 Lunch

2:30-5:30 Theory & Hands-on building Session

5:30-7:00 Free time

7:00-8:00 Dinner

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