Come along with all the family and spend the day at The Husbandry School planting seeds, exploring nature and picking great things to eat!
2023 Course Dates:
Saturday 18th March 2023
Saturday 17th June 2023
Saturday 16th September 2023
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price:
£15 for one child
£25 for two children together
£33 for three children together
(Adults & additional children under 3 go FREE)
Gift Vouchers are available for all our courses and Wellie Stomp 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!
Create a wreath using an intertwined willow hoop, seasonal foliage and decorative additions – as well as your own willow tree decorations for indoors!
2023 Course Dates:
Saturday 9th December 2023
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
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.
2024 Course Dates:
Saturday 28th September 2024
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.
2024 Course Dates:
Saturday 9th March 2024
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.
2024 Course dates:
Saturday 2nd March 2024
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16.
Have a days tuition creating a beautiful large sculptured bird from willow and learning the skills to make your own.
2024 Course Dates:
Saturday 11th May 2024
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Weave a Willow Hare for your garden or home in a day. A fun workshop using willow to create a randomly woven hare that will be happy in the garden all year.
2024 Course Dates:
Saturday 12th October 2024
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16.
Learn how to make a Leather Belt using traditional hand tools and the finest materials.
This day course is for beginners and will guide you through every step and stitch.
2023 Course Dates:
Saturday 30th September 2023
Saturday 4th November 2023
Time: 10am – 5pm
Price: £80 per person
Minimum age: 16
Learn how to make your very own handcrafted Crochet Hook from wood, to use in your own crochet work or to give as a gift to someone special.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and for those with some whittling experience.
2023 Course Dates:
Saturday 11th March 2023
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.
2023 Course Dates:
Saturday 14th & 15th October 2023
Time: 10am – 4pm both days
Price: £160 per person
Minimum age: 16
A beginners workshop, especially designed for younger people (aged 6 – 16) and their families to try out green woodworking. Learn to use a saw, drill and rasp to make a coat peg, wooden flowers and feather firesticks from hedgerow materials.
2023 Course Dates:
Sunday 2nd April 2023
Morning session: 10 am – 12pm
Price: £20 per child/young person
