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Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland  boghill@eircom.net +353 (0)65 70 74644

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Cob building weekend	Eco Experience Weeks	Interacting with Nature Tours
Ecotreat - A School Retreat with a difference

Cob building weekend Date: to be arranged...please register your interest Workshops 10.30am - 1pm and 2pm - 4.30pm Lunch 1 - 2pm Prices: 60 euro  (includes workshops and lunch) Accommodation available: Hostel B&B 23 euro per night/Private room B&B 34 euro per night About Cob Building   Discover how to build in a sculptural and environmentally friendly way. These workshops will give you hands-on experience in the construction of a small cob building including windows, doors, glass bottle facades and a living roof. It is an ancient building technique that has been used since prehistoric times, made by mixing clay with straw, sand and water. This earthen mixture is then trodden, shaped and moulded onto the wall in a process known as cobbing. Have a look at our little cob house, the start, progress and what stage it is at now: Click Here How to Book: You can book on line following the link below or give us a call at the Centre 065 7074644 You can book on-line or print off the booking form and send it to: Boghill Centre, Kilfenora, Co.Clare, Ireland. Ê Click Here to go to the Print Friendly Booking Form                                                                                                                        Back to top    Eco Experience weeks Dates 2012: 5th - 11th August 12th - 18th August A 5 day interactive “Eco Experience” of nature based and creative activities offered by a key member of the Burren Ecotourism Network. This package includes Sustainable building techniques, Wild Life Surveying, Organic Gardening, Ceramics, Flax Weaving, Natural Sculpture making, a Guided Burren Walk or Guided Bird Watching Tour, Vegetarian Cooking and optional Holistic Therapies and evening Traditional Irish Music and Dancing sessions in the local pubs. The programme has been designed to create an awareness of environmental interaction and how to get closer to nature and it includes components of nature interpretation and education as well as being fun and creative. All activities use resources found on the Boghill estate – clay, flax and willow as well as the rich biodiversity of animals and plants. The action packed agenda typically starts with yoga stretches in preparation for the experiences in store, followed by a variety of nature interactive morning workshops. After a delicious two course vegetarian lunch participants are encouraged to take a guided tour around Boghill or the Burren or go on an organised trip to local attractions. Late afternoon there are a series of informal options including Ceramics Studio Work, Cob building or Natural Weaving Workshops.  Another gourmet vegetarian meal is followed by a mini-bus trip to a variety of evening entertainment in the local pubs – music sessions, set dancing or local bands. We offer an Eco Holiday with a difference - in the words of a previous visitor “a series of very enjoyable experiences in a beautiful secluded natural haven”      Early Morn 8.00 -9.15 Morning 11.00 - 1.00 Afternoon 2.00- 5.00 Late afternoon 5.00- 7.00 Evening 9.00 - late Sun Arrival and evening meal (7.00pm) & introduction       Trips out to local entertainment  - Traditional Irish music sessions, Set dancing and local bands Mon       Preparation for the day with Yoga stretches and Meditation   Ceramics Wild life Survey – Moths/ Butterflies Interactive Nature tour around Boghill site Ceramics Studio Cob building Tues Ceramics Org Gardening Recommended tours to local venues Ceramics Studio Wild life Survey -Pond/ Flowers Wed Ceramics Cob building Organic Garden/Farm trip Ceramics Studio Cob building Thur Ceramics Bird Watching at The Cliffs of Moher Wild life Survey – Moths/ Butterflies Guided Burren Walk Fri Ceramics Natural Sculpture Organised tours to local venues Ceramics Studio Flax/willow weaving Sat Breakfast and departure Guests can choose a full selection of nature based eco experiences or home in on a personal focus from the programme such as Traditional Irish Music, Ceramics, or Yoga and combine this with a variety of nature based activities and tours. See example of combined modular programme. Prices: One week workshop with hostel accommodation 495 euro One week workshop with private room 567 euro One week workshop with twin en-suite room 567 euro The price includes accommodation, meals, tuition and full facilities. The meals are vegetarian - participants are encouraged to help with the washing up and cleaning afterwards. Bedding is provided. Towels are not supplied in the hostel accommodation. Discounts: Go to Discount Page How to book: To secure a place on one of the workshops please send a non-returnable deposit of 50 Euro along with the booking form. The remaining balance should be paid eight weeks before your arrival date. Cheques should be made payable to “The Boghill Centre”. Cheques in other currencies are accepted. You can book on-line or print off the booking form and send it to: Boghill Centre, Kilfenora, Co.Clare, Ireland. Ê Click Here to go to the Print Friendly Booking Form                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Back to top    Interacting with Nature Tour Tour Dates: June – September ½ day or full day A full or half day “Nature Interaction” experience offered by a key member of the Burren Ecotourism Network. This package is focused on a range of sustainable activities and projects in evidence at the Boghill Centre which demonstrate a close bond with nature. The experience includes an educative tour of the organic vegetable garden, orchards  and mini farm from which the ingredients for the vegetarian kitchen are sourced, an onsite demonstration of the “reduce, reuse and recycle” mantra, a taster of sustainable building practices, an interactive clay processing and pot building experience, a meditative walk within the reed labyrinth, an informative tour of nature interaction within the sweat lodge site and contemporary stone circle and an interpretive nature trail. The tour has been designed to create an awareness of environmental interaction and how to get closer to nature and it includes components of nature interpretation and education as well as being fun and creative. Visitors can choose to come for a 2 hour tour including refreshments or stay for the full day, enjoy a delicious two course vegetarian lunch and get their hands and feet dirty in our nature based muddy activities such as ceramics or cob building. Price:  Entrance –  €10 inc refreshments             Cob building and Ceramics Workshops - €15 each            Lunch €13            Under 16 years half price                                                                                                                     Back to top  Ecotreat - A School Retreat with a difference A range of vocationally orientated, experiential days working on a variety of sustainable projects and creative activities within the 50 acre Boghill estate. Offering students the opportunity to develop practical ecological, creative and personal development skills, this programme can be tailored to the requirements of the group. For more information click here.

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