Woodlands.co.uk suppliers - Training and courses

Abbots Living Wood

This firm has offered professional instruction in green woodwork since 1985.

www.living-wood.co.uk

Andy Morton

Sallerton Wood Courses in Green Woodwork set in 10 acres of beautiful deciduous woodland near Launceston in West Devon. It hosts a wide range of courses including a 1-day Introduction course, a 2-day Kuksa carving course, a 2-day Shave Horse making course, a 3-day Stool making course, and a 6-day Chair making course. The course instructor is Andy Morton, and the courses take place in workshop shelters within the heart of the woodland. Please visit the website for more details

www.sallertonwood.org.uk

Campfire Skills

Buschcraft skills: outdoor cooking, greenwood carving, tracking & basketry.

www.campfireskills.co.uk

Centre For Alternative Technology Short Courses

Certified Woodland management and many other practical courses offered from the CAT centre, and their woodland 'Coed y Gwern'. https://www.cat.org.uk/courses-and-training/short-courses/ Courses are offered in - Energy - Green living and crafts - Graduate School - Building - Green renovation - Growing and Eating - Nature and Woodlands - Water and sanitation

store.cat.org.uk

Chainsaw Training with Phil Dunford

Phil offers high quality chainsaw training, with courses tailored to fit individual needs. We are a small business and pride ourselves in a offering a personal and friendly service. If you have any questions about chainsaw training, don't hesitate to ring! Phil has twice won the British Chainsaw Championship and seven times the Welsh Treefelling Championship -so IF YOU WANT THE BEST, THEN TRAIN WITH THE BEST!

www.chainsawtraining.com

Cumbria Woodlands

Cumbria Woodlands is dedicated to the productive management of woodland in Cumbria. We give free advice on managing woodland, help woodland businesses, offer skills training and encourage the use of wood as a fuel. We also advise on funding to help you achieve your objectives.

www.cumbriawoodlands.co.uk

Dan Watson Woodland Products

Training in traditional woodland crafts and bushcraft, conservation management and planting.

www.dwwp.co.uk

Dirk Sporleder

11 Years experience delivering courses at The Crannog Centre. Now offering Continuous Cover Forestry and Woodland Management Courses in Scotland Other topics I cover as part of the courses: Tree species (site requirements, growth, stand development, woodland management strategies) Site survey Stand regeneration (planting, sowing, natural regeneration) Stand tending (tending of young stands, thinning, yield management, regeneration thinning) Pruning live branches of selected frame trees Woodland restructuring (under-planting)

Down2Earth Days Out

Our friendly, experienced team offers basic, intermediate and advanced woodcraft, country and outdoor skills courses, based in 128 acres of private woodland in the beautiful surroundings of the famous Usk and Wye valleys of Monmouthshire. Our woodland site is purpose-built and maintained to accommodate the varying needs of our participating groups. Our aim is to transfer knowledge and skills in all aspects of country/woodland life in a friendly but structured manner through a programme of activities pre-selected and agreed before your arrival. We will design a course to suit each individual party and we invite you to accept our learning and “hands on” challenges at your individual skill level and to develop further through the outdoor experiences provided.

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Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd ,

Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd is a non-profit making organisation based in the North West of England. Training projects in culture, heritage, archaeology and the environment including woodlands and forestry.

www.grampusheritage.co.uk

Ian Morgan Arb

Chainsaw training

ianmorganarb.com

Justin Marsh of Lakeland Permaculture

Lakeland Permaculture offer help, advice, training and contracting on permaculture, woodland and forestry works, dry stone walling, estate management and rural crafts.

Land Based First Aid (Standard and specialised Forestry First Aid Training)

Basic First Aid and additional subjects as recommended by the Forestry commission. This specialised training is known as Forestry First Aid also seen as (+F). Course content is designed for both the professional chainsaw operator and the private woodland owner. The latter at more risk if they are occasional chainsaw operators and a must for those working in woodlands specifically working in a remote location. 07895 565250 or 01622 370709

www.landbasedfirstaid.co.uk

Leeds Coppice Workers

Leeds Coppice Workers is a workers’ co-operative aiming to provide Coppice products through the restoration and management of neglected and underused woodlands in the Leeds area. We have been coppicing in the area since 2012. We provide regular volunteer opportunities for people in order to help reintegrate people back into their local woodlands. Collectively, we deliver workshops and training in a variety of skills such as hedge laying, charcoal making, hurdle making, tool restoration, greenwood crafts and all aspects of woodland management.

leedscoppiceworkers.co.uk

Mallimak Media

Professional drone videos of woodlands, including fly over shots. Professional woodland related short films, including commentary, editing and publishing. Contact Roland Arnison.

www.mallimak.co.uk

Morton Training

High quality land-based training courses, Morton Training Services Ltd are a Lantra registered Training Provider and City & Guilds/NPTC Assessment Centre. This means that we are able to meet all your land-based training and assessment requirements. All our instructors are highly qualified and registered with Lantra and our Assessors used are all NPTC qualified.

www.mortontraining.co.uk

Orchard Barn Environmental Education Centre

Lower your carbon footprint - practical course in natural, sustainable and traditional building, greenwood and rural skills

orchardbarn.org.uk

Phil Hopkinson

Coppice training at Ravenshill woodland reserve, a 50 acre privately owned nature reserve. Phil Hopkinson gives management advice to woodland owners, supplies woodland products and creates garden structures. Full public liability and indemnity.

www.malverncoppicing.co.uk

Plumpton College

Plumpton offers full and part-time courses, but also short courses on chainsaw use and woodland management.

www.plumpton.ac.uk

Rowan McOnegal

Kitchen pharmacy, hedgrow medicine courses with Rowan McOnegal, medical herbalist.

www.rowanmconegal.co.uk

Scott Fraser Training

Lantra Award Approved Instructor NPTC approved assessor providing:- Chainsaw Maintenance courses Felling small/medium tree courses Climbing and Aerial rescue courses Advanced climbing courses Specialist rigging courses Stump grinding/chipping courses

www.scottfrasertraining.co.uk

South East Landbased Training Courses LLP

South East Landbased Training Courses LLP provide an extensive range of flexible learning courses designed for the rural, agricultural and landbased business, these include practical skills, health and safety, legislative requirements, conservation and environmental skills. Contact 07437 601161 / 07752 098849

www.seltc.co.uk

Sparsholt College Hampshire

Specialist college for forestry and arboriculture - they run some good safety and chainsaw courses. Both full time and part time courses are offered.

www.sparsholt.ac.uk

Sustainability Centre

Courses and workshops in woodland management, green living, rural skills, bushcraft and forest schools.

www.sustainability-centre.org

Trim Tree Training

All aspects of Chainsaw Training from Domestic chainsaw user courses to Professional user courses. We can run courses at our venue or come to you. Please contact us on 07810 542518 or 01323 890127.

www.trimtreetraining.com

University of Wales

Various health and safety courses available and one of the best forestry departments at a University in the UK, the School of Environment and Natural Resources. See the website for details and to enquire about courses.

www.bangor.ac.uk

Wesnet Services

Courses on various topics of woodland management for small woodland owners

www.wesnetservices.co.uk

Woodnet

Advice, information, education, training, training facilities, outreach visits and research & development in all aspects of timber use, woodland management and woodland conservation.

www.woodnet.org.uk