General information on our workshops

All of our workshops are hands-on, with about six hours a day devoted to building. We feel that the best way to learn is by doing! Having said that, everyone does what they can, and there is no pressure to do more than you feel comfortable with. No previous building experience is necessary for any of our workshops. What we do is completely different from conventional construction. We accept all ages.

Our classes are small. We usually have no more than 15 students and generally have at least one instructor for every 10 students. Tuition usually includes all the meals and a place to camp. Due to personal circumstances, we are offering very few workshops in 2007. Therefore, the ones we are offering are likely to fill up soon. Don´t wait too long with your registration!

The workshop days are long and fulfilling! We start at 7:30 am and are sometimes still talking at 9 p.m. However, we usually take a long afternoon break. We value your time and we want to do everything we can to give you the best learning experience possible. Please bring all your questions! We like to answer individual questions and like to tailor the workshop to the needs and interests of the students. All the projects we work on are real buildings; they will be used and may out last all of us! We try to plan projects to suit the needs of the students, and tend to keep them small so that many stages of the building process can be experienced in a short amount of time.

The workshops are about more than just learning how to build. We strive to provide a retreat experience, with good food, laughter, some relaxation, community spirit and singing. We hope that you leave the workshop feeling better and more hopeful about the world. Our food is vegetarian, out of care for animals, the world and ourselves. We do provide options for vegans. Most of the food is organically grown and a portion of it comes from our own gardens. If you feel you need meat, we are not insulted if you bring some with you. We always have eggs, cheese, soy, and other high protein food items available. Please let us know if you have any other special food needs or allergies.

There is a lot of information on our website, but we are always happy to talk to you on the phone. Please give us a call at (541) 899-3751 if you have any more questions. You can also email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .