Tree House Building Workshop - May 2010
This tree house building workshop should be even bigger and better than last year! Once again, our goal is to prepare you to build your own treehouse in a way that minimizes damage to trees and is safe for everyone. All topics are covered from Treehouse fastener installation to finishing details of a project that are treehouse specific. This years' practicum will be a single tree platform, which will be centered around the tree. These are tricky to get perfectly level, and we will demonstrate some of our tricks of the trade. We will also follow up on some serious tree care issues on the property that were raised at the last treehouse building workshop in September. Lastly, we will be building a bridge to connect the new platform to an existing one higher up in the next group of trees over. We hope you can make it!
May 2010 Preliminary Workshop Schedule
This workshop will cover modern tree house building theory. Sessions will be taught by Tree Top Builders Staff and special guests who are experts in their respective fields. In addition to teaching theory in class sessions, we will practice by building a single tree platform, and time permitting, a bridge connecting it to another platform higher up.
At this most current update, some speakers and course titles are confirmed, but others remain tentative. Please note that we do reserve the right to change the workshop content including the guest speakers, topics, and the specific project that we build as a group, if we have to - and we all know that things can come up unexpectedly.
- Location: 307 Diane Drive, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Time: Saturday, May 29th, 8:00am, until Sunday, May 30th, 9:00pm.
- Registration Fee: $400 per person, includes all meals on the schedule below. $200 required to secure your spot. Refunds will be given up until Friday, May 7th, 2010, after which the deposit becomes non-refundable.
- Saturday, May 29th
- 8-9am Breakfast
- 9-9:30 Opening Remarks, Introductions - Dan Wright, Tree Top Builders
- 9:45-10:45am Session - Tree Biology.
- 11-11:45am Session - Treehouse Fasteners, Gary Koontz (Tree Top Builders).
- 12-1pm Lunch
- 1-1:30pm Session - Safety in and around trees.
- 1:30-5pm Practicum - Construction of a single tree treehouse platform.
- 1:30-5pm Tree Climbing
- 5:30-6:30 Dinner.
- 6:30-10pm Unstructured - Time alloted for zip lining, consulting & designing, building, and informal learning
- Sunday, May 30th
- 8-9am Breakfast
- 9-9:45am Session - Treehouse Layout & Design, Dan Wright.
- 10-10:45am Session - Treehouse Fastener Installation, Gary Koontz.
- 11-11:45am Session - bridges, nets, zip lines, and accessories, Dan Wright.
- 12-1pm Lunch
- 1-3:30pm Session - bridge installation. Zip Line Inspection Checklist.
- 3:45-5pm Final Session - Question & Answer. Any unanswered questions will be addressed. Or possibly a whole other topic may be added upon request.
- 5:30-6:30pm Dinner. Families invited to attend.
- 6:30-9:00pm Free Zip Line Rides (kids allowed too with parental permission), campfire with snacks, and a few lingering treehouse conversations.
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View completed September, 2009 tree house building workshop.