Over the next month, Gerry Cussen and Dylan Mc Guirk will be in the Park finishing up the cob roundhouse which was started last year as a workshop by Cob On. Unfortunately, this year Gerry won’t be running cobbing workshops but please call in if you would like to see how it’s progressing. These demos will include traditional and low-impact building techniques such as cob walling, round wood timber roofing and thatching.

Thatching and mud-walling are traditional vernacular building techniques, especially in Wexford where clay and reeds were plentiful. Vernacular building techniques extremely sustainable in that the materials are local, minimally processed and even can be recyclable hundreds of years afterwards being first built!

Gerry is currently completing her MSc in Green Building with The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales and has been leading cobbing workshops for 10 years. Dylan is a traditional carpenter with over 20 years experience in building and traditional crafts.

Park admission rates apply.