Four Month Hands-on Carpentry Program: March 11 – July 2

In this four month carpentry program, you will learn carpentry, building, and infrastructure development skills over time, and with mentorship. Work with the Wild Abundance crew to prepare sites, work on building buildings, repair existing structures and systems, and generally tend to the physical-world tasks of the campus…and have fun doing it.

Our hands-on carpentry program is non-residential and takes place at Wild Abundance, located near Asheville, NC. It’s appropriate for beginning to intermediate level builders; no experience is necessary, just enthusiasm, a willingness to learn by doing, and the desire to work hard. If you do have some experience, there will be plenty of depth and advanced skills to dive into, you’ll definitely learn a ton too.

This is a non-residential program. Some participants already live in the Asheville area, and many move here specifically to take part. If you live a little too far to commute, but not far enough to move, you are welcome to camp on campus the night before and during program days each week.

Experience a hands-on carpenter program led by experienced instructors! For two days each week you and your fellow carpentry training program participants will work directly with a mentor on a variety of projects, including building and maintaining structures at our permaculture homestead campuses. At times you will be encouraged to work on your own without the guidance of mentors—this is an important part of your skill-building training and we’ve found our students really thrive!

You’ll also get into things like concrete work, roofing, preparing for building classes, sticker stacking lumber, and more. Together with a small group of other participants, you’ll get clear, hands-on guidance on projects and the practice (not just theory) of how to do them.

In order to make this a more comprehensive carpentry training, we’ve added a 10-day tiny house immersion to the regular 4 month program. During this intensive, you will learn (and actually complete) the framing and sheathing of a tiny house, along with the other content mentioned in our Tiny House Building Course.

Regular Pricing: $4,200 – $8,400
*Please pay what you can within this range. The median price helps cover the class costs. Choose the low end if you’re low income, or the maximum fee if your household earns over $115,000/year. Place yourself within this range based on your income.

After you register, we’ll set up a 20 minute Zoom call so we can both see if the program is a good fit for you. If we decide it isn’t, you’ll get a full refund.

Click here to learn more about this course and join!