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Good NEWS - we will be opening shortly. Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. Adult Bushcraft and Survival Skills Course This is a great hand’s on day at our woodland site near Warminster Wiltshire. Learning basic survival and bushcraft skills. During your time spent with us you will discover how to: · Build a debris shelter · Purify water · Use natural tinder's · Light a fire without matches · Make cordage from natural plant fibres · Identify trees ·...

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. 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...

This intriguing chopping board with it's very curious design was inspired by the Japanese craftsman Shuhei Nagano. The story behind this delightful chopping board will be shared with you during the course. The day will start by selecting a piece of wood of your choice to shape. You will use a range of tools and skills to create your very own Japanese style chopping board to take home. This course will be running from our new indoor space at our workshop next to the beautiful Kenneth & Avon Canal just...

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....

Another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. On this two day course you will create your own rustic English style Shave Horse. During the time you spend with us, you will get to use a wide range of green woodworking tools and how to use them. The course will be running from our Woodland site near Warminster Wiltshire. The course will Starts at 9:30 each day with half an hour for lunch. The course is limited to 4 attendees to comply with...

Here’s another Award-Winning Course from Explore the Great Outdoors, Winners of the Best Woodland Courses 2019. During your time spent with us you will learn how to carve a spoon the Scandinavian way. Your tutors will pass on the knowledge they have gained from their time spent studying the art of spoon carving with the world-famous Swedish master craftsman Jögge Sundqvist. This workshop will be running from our new indoor crafting Studio next to the beautiful Kennett & Avon Canal at Brimslade just outside Marlborough.  Minimum age is 18, younger...

Join us and learn how to make your own seasonal wreath the Traditional way. This traditional wreath making workshop will be running from our new indoor Crafting Studio next to the beautiful Kennett & Avon Canal at Brimslade just outside Marlborough. Create your own beautiful natural wreath using wild materials that we have responsibly foraged for you from our own sustainably managed woods and hedgerows. You start by forming the shape of your wreath using coppiced hazel rods, ready to start attaching a selection of evergreen foliage. You will be...

Join us and learn how to make your own seasonal wreath the Traditional way. This traditional wreath making workshop will be running from our new indoor Crafting Studio next to the beautiful Kennett & Avon Canal at Brimslade just outside Marlborough. Create your own beautiful natural wreath using wild materials that we have responsibly foraged for you from our own sustainably managed woods and hedgerows. You start by forming the shape of your wreath using coppiced hazel rods, ready to start attaching a selection of evergreen foliage. You will be...