Courses 2010

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Our office hours are Tuesday and Friday 9 – 12am, but you’ll probably catch us at other times as well. Leave a message and we’ll get back to you.

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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 house interior

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

cabbage

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.


Updated: 8 July 2010 |