Come along with all the family and spend the day at The Husbandry School planting seeds, exploring nature and having a go at some traditional crafts!
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 14th March 2026
Saturday 25th April 2026
Saturday 16th May 2026
Saturday 20th June 2026
Saturday 19th September 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price:
£15 for one child
£25 for two children together
£35 for three children together
(Adults & Additional children under 3 go FREE)
Gift Vouchers are available for all our courses and Family Experience Days – and you can specify a course for the recipient, or let them choose for themselves.
From Woodworking to Felting, and Basketry to Belts we’ve got something for everyone!
Make a small round basket perfect for collecting berries using traditional stake and strand method and with a variety of willow. You will also be shown how to insert a handle.
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 26th September 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Hedge laying is a skill which is being re-invigorated nowadays with farmers being encouraged to return to the ‘old ways’ of hedgerow management.
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm both days
Price: £160 per person
Minimum age: 16
This course is a lovely and relaxed introduction to wet felting and needle felting embellishments.
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 21st November 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Make an elegant frame basket perfect for all of your allotment tools and harvests, collecting eggs or heading out foraging!
Learn to use traditional weaving techniques with a variety of willow. This basket is a simple design without a border, which is perfect for first-time weavers.
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 13th June 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
If you are interested in growing more of the food you eat each week, and wish to do so in a natural, ethical, time-honoured and sustainable way, mindful of the rhythms of nature, then our Husbandry Skills courses are probably for you!
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 27th June 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Learn how to weave an obelisk plant support for climbing plants using green willow and a dragonfly sculpture. You will be using a selection of coloured willow to make the obelisk and pre-soaked willow for the dragonfly. All materials included.
2026 Course dates:
Saturday 28th March 2026
Time: 10am-4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16.
This is a beginners class, no experience in using wood, knives or axes is necessary. If you have some experience then this will help you progress faster.
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday 12th September 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16.
From gardening tools to kitchen knives and woodworking chisels, this full-day workshop will give you the knowledge to sharpen almost any tool. Bring along your own tools to learn & practice with – and sharpen them!
This workshop is suitable for beginners and for those who want to refine their sharpening techniques.
2026 Course Dates:
Sunday 13th September 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16.
2026 Course Date:
Saturday 9th May 2026
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Tuition, by Vivienne Turner an accomplished basket maker and sculptor with over 25 years experience. Materials and tools are provided to create the finished piece.
Bookings close 2 weeks before the course date.
