Coppicing & woodland management courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

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Coppicing and woodland management workshops across the UK. The traditional woodland management skill of coppicing involves cutting trees back so that new shoots grow from the stump. Coppicing has been done since pre-history and the poles produced are often used in hurdle making, thatching and charcoal making. Coppicing can be practiced on hazel, ash, oak, chestnut, hornbeam, willow, and beech trees and woodlands. Learn how to coppice your trees to harvest young shoots, suckers or larger poles, as well as boost wildlife and vegetation by increasing light.

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CHARCOAL MAKING COURSE Warminster Wiltshire

CHARCOAL MAKING COURSE Warminster Wiltshire

In-person course

Wiltshire - Next course on 30th May 2021

Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. This one day charcoal making course is one of our most popular courses and will run from our Warminster site from 9.30am to 4pm. The course fee is £60 per person. This course is well suited for small woodland owners, community woodland groups and conservation groups or anybody interested in low-volume charcoal production. The course will cover the following: • The history of charcoal making • Health safety • Making charcoal using a small...

Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. This one day charcoal making course is one of our most popular courses and...

Garden Pig Keeping Course

Garden Pig Keeping Course

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 18th April 2021

This course introduces you to keeping pigs for either meat or as pets. Pigs make a fantastic addition to a garden farm; Aside from the simple pleasures of keeping pigs they also help to clear and improve a patch of land for future planting and will clear your surplus veg and cuttings. You will learn how much space you need and what is involved in small scale pig keeping to ensure you go away feeling confident to start keeping pigs yourself in a back garden or smallholding type set up....

This course introduces you to keeping pigs for either meat or as pets. Pigs make a fantastic addition to a garden farm; Aside from the simple pleasures of keeping pigs...

Cleft Gate Hurdle Making

Cleft Gate Hurdle Making

In-person course

Wiltshire - Next course on 15th May 2021

Here’s another award-winning course from Explore the Great Outdoors, winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. About the course: - This course will be run at our site near Warminster. - One Day Course 9.30am to 4pm - Maximum course size 4 candidates Make your own traditional wooden Cleft Gate Hurdle to take home with you. This course is a great opportunity to learn new skills in a beautiful woodland setting. Discover how to cleave wood with a froe and shape with a drawknife. Have a go at using a...

Here’s another award-winning course from Explore the Great Outdoors, winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. About the course: - This course will be run at our site near Warminster....

Sharp Tools Day

Sharp Tools Day

In-person course

Wiltshire - Next course on 23rd May 2021

Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. About the Course This course will be run at our site near Warminster. One Day Course 9.30am to 4pm Maximum course size 4 participants. This course would be well suited for Forest School leaders and anybody looking to gain more hands-on experience using sharp tools. During the day you will get the opportunity to use a wide range of tools whilst making yourself a buck saw and woodland mallet to take home with you....

Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. About the Course This course will be run at our site near Warminster. One...

Crosscut saw sharpening

Crosscut saw sharpening

In-person course

Dumfries & Galloway - Next course on 5th March 2021

Learn to fettle a "Great American" or "peg tooth" saw of 3 feet and longer. If you have a new saw (perhaps from Flinn Garlick, or Wilhelm Putsch) and wish to improve its performance, or have an old one you'd like to restore, this is the course for you. If you already have a rusted crosscut saw, do bring it. It may well be recoverable even if rusted. Alternatively choose one of my £60 vintage saws: de-rusted and ready-to-file. Decide before the day starts if you want to learn all...

Learn to fettle a "Great American" or "peg tooth" saw of 3 feet and longer. If you have a new saw (perhaps from Flinn Garlick, or Wilhelm Putsch) and wish...

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