Mud Dauber School of Natural Building
Education
Why pick this one
Mud Dauber School teaches hands-on cob, straw bale, and hempcrete workshops at its Snow Camp campus with 14 demonstration cottages.
Best for
- Beginners seeking hands-on natural-building instruction
- Participants learning cob construction
- Participants learning straw bale or hempcrete wall systems
- People interested in permitted cob construction
- Visitors wanting a natural-building campus tour with a cob-oven pizza party
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking online-only instruction
- People seeking conventional construction services rather than education
- People unable to travel to the Snow Camp, North Carolina campus
Specialties
- cob building workshops
- cob and wattle-and-daub workshops
- permitted cob workshops
- straw bale building workshops
- hempcrete wall-system workshops
- clay plaster workshops
- cob oven building workshops
Certifications
- North Carolina General Contractor's license held by Greg
What makes them different
- Campus includes 14 natural-building demonstration cottages, two permitted natural homes, two earthen ovens, and natural garden walls.
- Greg apprenticed at the Cob Cottage Company with Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley.
- Danielle built a 12-by-12-foot, two-story cob cottage featuring an earthen floor, clay and lime plasters, and a living roof.
- Multi-day workshops include vegetarian meals with vegan and gluten-free options, free tent sites, and access to hot showers and compost toilets.
- Workshops are designed for participants without prior skills or experience and emphasize on-site hands-on building.
- Serves
- Snow Camp
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Website
- http://muddauberbuilding.com/
- contact@muddauberbuilding.com
Services
- natural building workshops
- campus tours
- natural building work parties for past students
- natural cottage rentals