Build a Backyard Chicken Coop: Basic Carpentry Skills

[Ken Johnston]

Build a Backyard Chicken Coop: Basic Carpentry Skills

Saturday, March 17

9 am – 3 pm

Hands-on workshop, All Levels – Beginners Encouraged

Tool list available at Berkshire Botanical Garden

Fee:  $60.00 Non-member, $50.00 member

Learn basic carpentry skills and put them to use building a small backyard chicken coop. Join Will Conklin for a hands-on workshop that will introduce basic hand and power tool techniques as well as woodworking and project planning skills. Students will become familiar with building materials and the simplicity of backyard woodworking projects. The instructor will focus on the simplicity and satisfaction of proper hand-tool use and will also cover the ways power tools expedite the building process. All students will be active participants in the project construction and will take away the skills to build their own chicken coop in the backyard.

 

Will Conklin is Program Director for the Greenagers, a youth action group located in Great Barrington, MA. He is a skilled carpenter, teacher and sawyer and is currently building his own timber- frame house.

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