Community project providing training courses in traditional building skills that help lower our carbon footprint by using local trees and earth in construction
Suffolk, UK
Joined March 2014
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Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Getting ready to make Sweet Chestnut shingles for our Long House roof. This local woodland is about to be recoppiced. Delighted to be locking carbon into our roof AND the regrowth will process up to 3 times more carbon than a standard tree! + lots of volunteer skills development
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Hand converted cranked tie beams in place. Underneath we have two repaired original cross ties. Until we close the reinstated Long House in, we need to keep them dry - hence the black plastic #hewing #traditionalskills #suffolk #timberframe first built in 1580 #volunteerproject
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Excellent day learning about repairing preindustrial timber-framed buildings using sustainable methods through maintaining a craft tradition. Wonderful project.
@OBeeCIC Orchard Barn Environmental Education Centre
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Just a few days before the Creating The Greenest County Awards 2021 winners are announced. Not long now... See more at greensuffolk.org/awards/ #MyClimateAction @greensuffolk
@MidSuffolk @BaberghDistrict @West_Suffolk @EastSuffolk @IpswichGov @suffolkcc
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
FREE to attend Peg making workshops 14th, 16th, 21st and 28th October. Come and get involved. Learn a new skill. Meet other volunteers. Help progress the Long House project - the timber frame is held together with oak pegs, and we need to make 700 of them! Booked places only
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Orchard Barn is putting together it's 2021 course programme, and we want to know what YOU want to learn with us here. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BR88BXG
Please follow the link to our surveymonkey page; it takes less than a minute to respond, its only tick boxes.
Many thanks!
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Clay Plasters are perfect for ceilings as well as walls. Especially where softening the acoustics is important.
The Old Vic Theatre.
#architecture
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Earth building is returning to mainstream construction around the world. Great to see a thorough roundup by @ArchReview, who highlight early on that much so called ‘rammedearth’ is in fact full of concrete.
#naturalmaterials #eartharchitecture
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Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
When we set out to learn about vernacular architecture we ended up learning about clay.
And we are still learning.
#clayplaster #architecture
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
LOVE WOOD? Just two weeks until our event at Orchard Barn #woodlandcraft meets #vernacular #building orchardbarn.org.uk/lovewood.… 11-4 Sat 15th Feb #greenwood demonstrations #ruralcrafts
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
#architects #surveyors #conservation #builders do you need #CPD this year? Our #professional #courses have certificates upon completion, are taught by experienced master craftspeople, teaching venue is 17th century timber frame barn with abundance of authentic heritage repairs
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
2020 #woodland #craft and #vernacular #construction #courses available here .... orchardbarn.org.uk/courses.h… #environmental #sustainabledevelopment #sustainability #suffolk @greensuffolk @MidSuffolkGreen @MidSuffolk @moreStowmarket
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
The most important issue of our century, is the condition of the bountiful Earth.- Ian L. McHarg RT @OBeeCIC: #architects #surveyors #conservation #builders do you need #CPD this year? Our #professional #courses have certific… teapawt.net/i/web/status/121269209…
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
New #hobby for #2020 #greenwood #practical #skills #hurdlemaking #course 13-14 March at #offgrid centre in #suffolk orchardbarn.org.uk/hurdlecou…
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Tamped Earth floors, called Tataki or Douma in Japan, have historically been used in Japanese buildings for their practicalities and performance benefits. The distinctive aesthetic is one we have been working to replicate in our wall finishes.
#earthbuilding #clayplaster – at Falmouth, England
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
We’ve been saying this for sometime now - we Can Build With Carbon!
It’s great to see Chris Magwood’s work at @EndeavourCentre in @lloydalter article on how our built environment can become our planet’s #SixthCarbonSink.
🌱🌳🌲👉🏗🏠👍🌍
#BuildWithCarbon treehugger.com/green-archite…
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
Fantastic opportunity to learn beautiful, sustainable, traditional building techniques. The techniques that are coming back to the future.
#architecture
Building with Earth is an #Eastanglian #tradition #claylump #earthmortar #clayrender #daub #worldsoilday2019 #earthbuilding #naturalbuilding Want to learn how? orchardbarn.org.uk/vernacula… 2nd May learn how to make your own #lowimpact tried and tested building material #Suffolk
Orchard Barn environmental education CIC retweeted
First week of December and the countdown has begun
#suffolkhour is on every Wednesday 8.30-9.30pm
