Woodland Courses 2008
Time to get your diary out and plan this year’s courses.
Please check with the organisers in case of changes. Let us know if you run a course which might be of interest to woodland owners or if you’ve attended one you’d recommend.
Backwood Crafts, May 16th with Dan Watson Woodland Products at Sicklinghall, W Yorks
Bird Watching for Beginners, April 19th with Kent Wildlife Trust
Bowl and Spoon Carving Weekend, July 5th with Dan Watson Woodland Products at Sicklinghall, W Yorks
Bushcraft - The Original Bushcraft Show, August 28th Knoyle, Wiltshire
Charcoal Making, April 5th with the Dorset Coppice Group
Charcoal Production, April 15th at the Woodland Skills Centre, Bidfar, Denbigh
Conifers - Getting to Know Conifers, November 21st at FSC, Juniper Hall
Continuous Hurdle Fencing, January 30th at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester
Coppice Crafts, An Introduction, March 16th at the Woodland Skills Centre, Bidfar, Denbigh
Coppicing, February 2nd at the Green Wood Centre
Digital Nature Photography, August 8th at FSC, Slapton Ley
Digital Nature Photography in Close-up, May 9th at FSC, Dale Fort
First Aid for Remote Places, March 31st at FSC, Kindrogan
Forestry First Aid: 1 Day Appointed Person Certificate, January 18th at the Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell
Green Wood Working, May 2nd at FSC, Flatford Mill
Hedgelaying, February 23rd at the Green Wood Centre
Hedgelaying - Practical Hedgelaying Skills, October 31st at FSC, Flatford Mill, Suffolk
Hedgerows, May 9th at FSC, Preston Montford
Management - OCN Introduction to Small Woodlands Management Planning, March 8th at the Green Wood Centre
Management - Woodland Conservation & Management, April 24th with FSC, Orielton
Mosses - Woodland Mosses for Beginners, March 1st with Kent Wildlife Trust
Mushrooms - Introduction to Growing Edible Woodland Mushrooms, March 16th at the Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell, Kent
Plants - Woodland Plants, May 5th with FSC Slapton Ley
Stick Making Workshop, March 1st at Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester
Tools - Full-Day Sharpening Course, April 12th with www.davebudd.com Devon
Trees and Identification in Winter, February 1st at FSC Flatford Mill, Suffolk
Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape (Oliver Rackham), March 25th at FSC Flatford Mill, Suffolk
Trees - Broadleaved Trees in Spring, April 26th with the Kent Wildlife Trust
Trees - Identifying Trees in Leaf, September 14th at FSC, Epping Forest
Veteran Trees, March 15th with Kent Wildlife Trust
Wild Food - Seasonal Wild Food, May 16th & September 12th with Dan Watson Woodland Products at Sicklinghall, W Yorks
Wild Food & Medicine, May 25th with FSC, Epping Forest
Willow - Working with Willow, March 15th at the Woodland Skills Centre, Bidfar, Denbigh
Willow - Living Willow Aftercare, April 5th at the Green Wood Centre
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Rod Waterfield
11 January, 2008
Google pointed me to your listing of courses as you have some of mine listed. My complete programme of courses for 2008 is now on the website (woodlandskillscentre.co.uk). Would you be able to list more of the courses?
The ones that you have listed have a link to my site - thankyou! The next job on my website is to create a useful links page. Would you like me to list woodlands.co.uk? Please give my regards to Angus (known from years ago in Small Woods Association)
David Plummer
16 January, 2008
Just to let you know that my 2008 list of wildlife photography courses is now updated on my website www.davidplummerimages.co.uk. There are lots of courses across Sussex which I teach on behalf of Sussex Wildlife Trust, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and a new project in the New Forest as well as on my own behalf at my own wood Scrag Copse, nr Rusper, West Sussex. These courses start from absolute beginner level and then can become more specialised focussing on WOODLAND BIRDS, ADDERS, BLUEBELLS AND ORCHIDS etc. I hope this is of interest to other woodland owners who may wish to document or capture beautiful images of their woodlands.
Thank you
Dan Watson
16 January, 2008
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added a FAMILY CAMP-CRAFT AND WOODLAND SKILLS weekend to our course list in North Yorkshire for August 2008. Aimed at parents with children aged 5-12 who want to learn bushcraft skills, nature awareness and more. Pleanty of hand-crafted items to return home with! For more information, take a look at the website http://www.dwwp.co.uk/woodland%20skills.asp
Many thanks, Dan
Tracy Pepler
11 April, 2008
WoodNet is running another Forestry First Aid course on the 18th June
email
training@woodnet.org.uk if you are interested.
Also coming up:
Woodland Archaeology - 19th April
Tree ID for Timber - 17th May
Woodland mapping - 5th July
Rod Waterfield
2 May, 2008
All owners of small woodlands and anyone else welcome on our courses on woodland, coppice and greenwood crafts at the Woodland Skills Centre in North Wales - www.woodlandskillscentre.co.uk
Deb Millar
30 May, 2008
We are running quite a few courses in our woodland in Somerset this summer which may interest woodland enthusiastsin the South West or even elsewhere if you fancy the overnight ones.
June 20 - 22nd Adult bow making course with tutor Martyn Huxter (accomodation in Norwegian tipi)
June 29th Spoon Carving for adults 10:00- 5:30 with tutor Martyn Huxter
July 25 - 26th Adult Bushcraft with tutor Heath Dawson
further info www.wilderwoods.btik.com
catherine
5 June, 2008
thanks Deb. New courses blog for 2nd half of 2008 coming up soon!
Tracy Pepler
5 September, 2008
Continous Cover Forestry at Wilderness Wood Hadlow Down, on the 7th Nov, run by WoodNet
9:30am - 4pm
£60
Understand the principles of continuous cover forestry applied to the unique woodlands of SE England; learn about a variety of regeneration methods without clear-felling; managing the ecosystem not just the trees & creating diversity in the species & structure; distinguish where CCF is appropriate; why neglect is not conservation & does not usually increase biodiversity; advanced regeneration & using natural processes; working with site limitations.
email training@woodnet.org.uk for more information