As part of our Growing Up Green Project, this week, Hill Holt Wood hosted students from the Humanitarian Architecture Society of the University of Sheffield. The group had visited previously last June to assist with the hempcrete casting in the Bunkhouse porch. The three-day workshop required the students to brave camping in less-than-ideal weather conditions in the Roman Villa opening. WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL 2018 The workshop began with a quick introduction to the course and th

The design team hosted a workshop teaching strawbale construction. With people from the Leeds Coppice Workers, Glue Collective, Whistlewood Common and Nene Coppicing & Crafts, they have been shown the fundamentals of straw bale construction! The Summerhouse went to site at the start of the month with rammed tire foundations and built using timber from local woodlands that Hill Holt Wood manage. The project is due to be finished in early June. On the 8th May a Design team memb

Wednesday and Thursday marked Chris and Bex's time to represent the business at Design:HHW's annual trip to Ecobuild, housed in the excel centre in London. The Pair spent the two days networking with like minded natural build businesses from specialists in straw bale to hemp crete and so much more. During the event they had the chance to meet up with Aidan our new to start design team intern. Every year it is great to see so many like minded businesses representing such brill

On the week of the 13th - 17th of February Design:HHW ran a 5 day course aimed at teaching Straw Bale construction to chosen learners of Hill Holt Wood. The general make up of the course allowed the pupils to work within a classroom environment, involving presentations and model making activities and practical based tasks to fully understand the stages of Straw Bale construction. By the end of the week the aim was to create a Small 5m2 Straw Bale structure with enough space