European StrawBale Gathering (ESBG) 2021

July 15, 2021

As members of ESBA we are proud to announce our virtual/online participation of European StrawBale Gathering (ESBG) on Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2021

The full programme and Tickets are available here: E.S.B.A.

The three days will feature: educational, ‘live’ and Q&A sessions from SBUK and our fellow members of E.S.B.A. (European StrawBale Association)

More about SBUK’s final itinerary on Saturday 31st tba!

A teaser for the event, delivered by Herbert Gruber of ESBA (and of the Austrian StrawBale Network) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMX2UOan_w&t=17s

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