Description
Learn how to make your own garden bench, using traditional hand-tools and sustainably-sourced materials. Want to make you own garden furniture? On this one-day course, one of our experts will guide your through the process of making your very own bench using traditional techniques and hand tools. We'll provide the tools and source the materials – sustainably-managed, local wood. You'll use a variety of tools to shape the legs, drill the holes, and fit the legs.
What's included in the price?
The workshop takes place over one day, running around 10am to 4pm, on our site in Stirlingshire. Tea, coffee and snacks are provided throughout the day but please bring your own lunch. You are welcome to cook over the fire.
Duration
6 hours
Cancellation policy
Easy - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts
Maker
We’re a social enterprise committed to reconnecting people to their landscape - and to each other. We do this through encouraging people of all ages to get into the woodlands, through supporting communities with traditional skills, delivering workshops and events, offering volunteering, developing sustainable products, running kids clubs and projects, and managing woodlands sustainably.
Suitable for
- Adults
- Teenagers
- Suitable for beginners
- Parking provided
FAQs
Yes. We provide hot drinks throughout the course, but please bring your own packed lunch/ dinner.
Yes - all materials are included in the price of your ticket. We source wood from sustainably-managed woodlands.
No - we supply all the tools you'll need for the courses.
We have two composting toilets on our site. They work just the same are regular toilets, just with a scoop full of sawdust down the loo, instead of a flush. There is a separate urinal, too.
Yes! Parking is available on our site.
