Since September, we've been hard at work at Skylarks Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Nottingham. The task at hand, to design and build a timber frame building with inspiration drawn from the late Anglo-Saxon period. So with the help of volunteers from Skylarks Experimental Archaeology we accepted the challenge! The concept was to create an small 'village' at Skylarks Nature Reserve with six Grubenhaus' and a larger timber frame outdoor classroom to be used for teaching and

This week the team have been teaching our signature strawbale and reciprocal roof workshops to over 200 students of local Lincolnshire schools. We've had lots of fun meeting such enthusiastic students from all over the county who have been keen to learn a little bit about natural building. We were all very impressed how capable the students were able to pick up all the information in such a short session. TUESDAY The first day of Construction Week welcomed eight groups of Yea