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Open Day
Sun 18 July 2-5 pm
get to know the team, the gardens and buildings
Natural Building Courses:
Intro to Cob Building 22 May
Healthy and Affordable Homes with Natural Materials 1-3 May
The Handsculpted House 19 – 27 June
new date! 2/3 October Plastering with natural materials
new date! 9 October Natural Paints
7/8 August Earthen Floors
2 September Natural Paints
14/15 August Timberframe Construction
(Segal Method)
11/12 September Build a Baking Oven
Gardening Courses:
with Selvi Iyilikci , John Conway, Paul O’Flynn and Ron de Bruin
Create an Organic Orchard 6Feb
Apple Tree Grafting and Pruning 27/28 Feb
Starting a Vegetable Garden from Scratch
6March&17April
Allotment Gardening 13March &27March
Growing food in a Polytunnel
20 March & 15 May
Build your own ‘Chicken Tractor’ 20 March
Introduction to No-till Gardening 10April
Wild Food Foraging- a family day of Identifying, Collecting, Preparing wild plants 9 May
Soil and Nutrient Testing 7 August
Making Compost 7August &”October
Gardening through the winter season 14 August
Ecological Garden Design 9/10 October
[Mushroom Identification] 16 October
We are also planning to repeat our successful 8 day no-dig Gardening Training course – Growing Organic Veg to sell for growers, potential growers and anyone interested in learning to grow food to sell.Iin Cooperation with the National Organic Training Skillnet
Other Courses:
Leadership and Conflict Resolution 10 week evening class September to December at UCC
Resolve Conflicts in your Community and Family 13/14 February
Build a bike trailer with Rob Ireson . date in October tbc
Create your own Pedal Machine with Rob Ireson. date in October tbc
Introduction to Chainsaw Operating 30 October
Home Scale Renewable Energy – an introduction 6November (1/2 day)
Courses at The Hollies are currently hosted by a team of residents. With its wide range of cob houses, different sustainable building techniques, extensive market garden, further examples of sustainable land use and the wealth of experience accumulated over the years The Hollies is a unique venue. Feedback from previous course participants confirms that the team of The Hollies is able to create a very supportive atmosphere with a strong sense of community which leads to profound learning experiences. The teaching methods are ‘hands-on’ learning-by-doing, interactive and student centred. All tutors are practitioners with many years of experience in their field.