Woodland Courses 2010 Pt 1
There’s a bumper crop this year, so this is just a very small selection of courses up to June that caught our eye. Check on websites such as Woodlots , Small Woodland Owners Group and the Small Woods Association magazine for more. If you have been on any courses that you would recommend, or run some yourself, why not share it with others by putting a comment in the box below. And don’t forget that Woodlands.co.uk now includes £300 towards the cost of courses and training as part of its new woodland owner package. Find out more at Free Courses for Woodland Purchasers.
Please make sure you check with the training supplier for times, dates, prices and availability.
Woodland Management
BTCV offer a range of woodland management & practical skills courses. See their website for details.
The Greenwood Centre at Ironbridge are running various courses in woodland management and related subjects, including:
OCN Hedgelaying – 15-19 Feb
OCN Introduction to Small Woodland Management – 17-18 April
With WoodNet:
Emergency First Aid for Farmers & Foresters – 11 Feb
Introduction to Chainsaw Use & Maintenance – 5 Mar
Introduction to Tree Climbing – 11 Mar
Practical Wood Management Using Hand Tools – 18 Mar
With the Field Studies Council:
Woodland Conservation & Management – 9-13 April
Site Surveys for Biological Surveying – 6-9 April & 21-24 May
NVC: Woodlands – 14-17 May
Archaeology
With WoodNet . Essential for all those who’ve been following David Brown’s archaeology blog on Woodlands.co.uk:
Woodland Archaeology with David Brown – 10 Feb
Coppicing
Coppicing at the Greenwood Centre – 13-14 Mar
Charcoal
Charcoal Making with WoodNet – 29 Jan
WoodfuelWoodfuel: Making the Switch, WoodNet – 24 Feb
Flora & Fauna
With Kent Wildlife Trust:
Badgers – 17 Feb
Bees & Beekeeping – 15 April
Dawn Chorus Walk – 18 April & 15 May
Trees & Early Spring Birds (walk) – 24 May
Bluebell Walk at Cole Wood West – 24 May
The Woodland Year – 10 May
Wildlife at the Warren – 29 May
With the Field Studies Council:
Arboriculture & Bats – 15 Feb & 8 Mar
Identifying Lichens – 19-21 Mar & 5-12 Apr
Special Spring Moths – 5-10 Apr
Bats & Bat Surveys – 12-14 Apr
Woodland Plants – 14-17 May
Butterfly & Moth Identification – 28 May-3 Jun
Fungi Foray with the Greenwood Centre – 11 Oct
Woodworking & Craft Skills
At the Field Studies Council, A Week of Willow Basketry – 26 Feb- 4 Mar
At the Greenwood Centre:
Wooden Hazel Hurdles (Sheep Hurdles) – 17-18 April
Sussex Trug Making – 1-2 May
Longbow Making – 26-28 May
Welsh Stick Back Chair Making – 5-10 June
Cleft Wood Gate Making – 19-20 June
With WoodNet :
Hazel Hurdle Making – 19 Mar
Willow Structures – 9 April
Introduction to Green Woodworking – 29 April
Trees
With the Field Studies Council:
Identifying Trees without Leaf – 24 Jan
Trees & Woodland in the British Landscape with Oliver Rackham – 6-11 April
Understanding Trees – 7-9 May
The Natural History of Veteran Trees – 8 May
Big Tree Country: Introduction to Tree Identification – 14-17 May
Big Tree Country: Tree Identification for Improvers – 17-21 May
Veteran Trees with Kent Wildlife Trust – 24 Oct
Photography
Advanced Wildlife Photography with Kent Wildlife Trust – 11th July
David Plummer runs photography courses for all levels of expertise in and around East Sussex and at his own woodland with opportunities for photographing both flora and fauna. Details on his website at www.davidplummerimages.co.uk/courses.html
Art
There are courses on Botanical Illustration for various degrees of experience at the Field Studies Council
Walking with a Sketchbook at the Field Studies Council – 28-30 May
Drawing & Painting Birds & Other Wildlife – 2-6 June
Hedgerows
Field & hedgerow survey techniques with Kent Wildlife Trust – 12th Sep
Bushcraft
Down2Earth run various bushcraft and survival skills courses in South East Wales. Contact them through their website for more details: www.down2earthsurvival.com
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Badgers, Beeches and Blisters
A book about the practicalities of managing your own woodland. Available free here.
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Michael
22 January, 2010
We are a small community in mid-Wales offering various courses in 2010 based around woods, archaeology, self-sufficiency & crafts. Please visit our web-sites for details & the chance to visit this beautiful unspoilt part of Britain.
Merrill Mabey
26 January, 2010
At PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development) we run courses on coppicing, hedging, tree planting, and wetland management. We have vacancies on some of our courses.
If you live in Pembrokeshire and would like to come on one these courses please contact Sarah Diment on 01834 862107 or email sarahd@planed.org.uk
Christiana Turner
1 February, 2010
Has anyone in the Wiltshire or Somerset areas have any woodland that I can use for promoting a Forest Schools approach to learning?
Raina Jones
3 February, 2010
COURSES AT THE SUSTAINABILITY CENTRE:
If you are interested in any of the following courses please contact Raina on 01730 823166 or at courses@sustainability-centre.org. Please check out our NEW website http://www.sustainability-centre.org to find out all about us and our courses!
March
Sat 6th
Introduction to Wood Fuel (1001)
John Bushby (Wood4 Heat Ltd)
Non-residential £60
This course provides an overview for woodland managers, owners, building professionals and those who wish to understand more about the practicalities and benefits of using a wood fuel system. There will be a particular focus on the woodland resource and wood fuel opportunities for the forestry sector.
Sat 13th- Sun 14th
Hedge-laying (1002)
Darren Hammerton (Out of the Woods Ltd)
Non-residential £90 Residential £109.50
Participants will gain practical ‘hands on’ experience in the ancient art of hedge-laying (southern counties style). The history of hedgerows in our landscape, their habitat importance and grant funding for management will also be covered.
Mon 22nd- Fri 26th
OCN Sustainable Woodland Management (accredited by Open College Network) (1004)
Ben Law
Non-residential £350 Residential £428
This level three accredited course covers the principles and practice of sustainable woodland management.
Sat 27th
Campcraft Tracking and Stalking
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Non-residential £45
Enjoy a day of sensory awareness, tracking skills and animal signs; including practical application of stalking.
April
Thurs 8th- Sun 11th
Yurt-making (1006)
Henry Dowell
Non-residential £300 Residential £358.50
Learn and experience all the skills you need to build your own yurt with the Sustainability Centre’s on site yurt-builder, and make your own crown to take away with you.
Sun 18th
Shingle Making (1007)
Darren Hammerton (Out of the Woods Ltd)
Non residential £60
Participants will learn the process of making cleft oak shingles from round wood using hand tools.
May
**ROUNDWOOD BUILDING OPPORTUNITY with Ben Law** (1010)
Price TBC
This is an exciting one-off chance to work with Ben Law in the building of the Sustainability Centre’s new outdoor eco-classroom. Participants will be involved in all the building processes over a number of weeks and learn all they need to make their own structure. There will also be a series of courses on the building techniques being used running at the same time, see our website for further details.
Sun 2nd
Willow Craft in the Garden (1011)
Ganesh
Non-residential £65
The day will be spent creatively making willow designs for the garden and learning all you need to do it on your own!
Sat 8th
Campcraft Skills
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Non-residential £45
Learn shelter building, water purification, fire lighting, navigation, tool work, games and more.
Sat 29th
Campcraft Wildfood Wildness
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Non-residential £45
Wild food exploration and sampling, different outdoor cooking methods, wine making, & more.
June
Sat 5th
Campcraft Sleepout – Parent and Child
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Residential £75 for both
A full day of Campcraft skills including shelter building, fire lighting, navigation, tool work, games and sensory awareness, star gazing, bat listening, a woodland evening meal, and the chance to sleep in your woodland shelter. Includes breakfast on Sunday
Sat 12th – Sun 13th
Green Wood Working (1018)
Chris Matthews
Non-residential £130 Residential £149.50
Learn cleaving, pole-lathing and seat-weaving using hand tools in this practical workshop whilst you make your own stool to take home.
September
Sat 4th
Campcraft Sleepout – Parent and Child
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Residential £75 for both
A full day of Campcraft skills including shelter building, fire lighting, navigation, tool work, games and sensory awareness, star gazing, bat listening, a woodland evening meal, and the chance to sleep in your woodland shelter. Includes breakfast on Sunday
Sat 25th
Campcraft Wildfood Wildness
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Non-residential £45
Wild food exploration and sampling, different outdoor cooking methods, wine making, & more.
October
Fri 8th
Seasonal Celebrations: creating events to mark the passing seasons (1026)
Gordon McClellan (Creeping Toad)
Non- residential £65
Drawing inspiration from nature and old and new seasonal celebrations, this workshop will help people plan and deliver their own events, with a chance to experiment with flags, lanterns, processions, stories, puppets and ephemeral sculpture
Sat 23rd – Sun 24th
Practical coppicing (1029)
Darren Hammerton (Out of the Woods Ltd)
Non-residential £110 Residential £129.50
Learn to coppice safely and efficiently using hand tools and receive information on products and tool care.
Sat 23rd
Campcraft Tracking and Stalking
Sean Reeves and Nicky Love
Non-residential £45
Enjoy a day of sensory awareness, tracking skills and animal signs; including practical application of stalking.
November
Mon 8th – Fri 12th
OCN Sustainable Woodland Management (accredited by Open College Network) (1030)
Ben Law
Non-residential £350 Residential £428 (prices tbc)
This level three accredited course covers the principles and practice of sustainable woodland management.
Sat 20th –Sun 21st
Hurdle making (1031)
Darren Hammerton (Out of the Woods Ltd)
Non-residential £136 Residential £155.50
Make a traditional chestnut gate hurdle and a woven hazel wattle hurdle to take away with you.
**Do one day of the hurdle making course for £70. Choose to make either a hazel woven hurdle or a chestnut gate hurdle contact us for more details.**
December
Sun 5th
Festive Willow Craft (1032)
Ganesh
Non-residential £65
Students will learn about cutting, grading and dying willow alongside a variety of creative techniques make festive gifts and decorations to take home.
Mon 6th –Fri 10th
OCN Coppicing (1033)
Darren Hammerton and Ben Law
Non-residential £350 Residential £428
On this level two course participants will learn the theory and undertake the practice of coppice management. Coppice trees, hand tools use and maintenance, assessment and planning, health and safety products, restoration and pests will all be covered.
Course gift vouchers
A course makes a great gift. Buy vouchers in £50, £100 and £200 towards the cost of a course or even courses at the Sustainability Centre. See website or contact us for more details.
Mace
23 February, 2010
The Bodgers Barn, in West Dorset, offers a wide variety of green woodwork, Forest School and bespoke family courses. Small group sizes, expert tuition and a fantastic coastal venue.
Visit http://www.brightwater.org.uk for more info and photos.
catherine
12 March, 2010
You might like to know that the Royal Forestry Society are launching Woodland and Wildlife Management Workshops – the first is in May http://www.hortweek.com/channel/Arboriculture/article/988583/Royal-Forestry-Society-launches-woodland-wildlife-management-workshops/
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david hogan
4 August, 2010
i have a woodland which could be used for a forest schools approach
please contact me with details 07900421609