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Family fun

~ Family Experience Days ~

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)

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Gifts

~ Gift Vouchers ~

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!

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Basket Making

Berry Basket Workshop

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

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Hedge Laying

Devon Hedge Laying (2 days)

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

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fibre

Felting Workshop

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

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Basket Making

Foraging Frame Basket Workshop

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

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Husbandry

Husbandry Skills – An Introductory Course (1 day)

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

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Willow weaving

Plant Supports & Dragonfly Embellishments Workshop

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.

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Woodwork Skills

Spoon Carving Workshop

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.

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Woodwork Skills

Tool Sharpening Workshop

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.

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Willow weaving

Willow Weaving – Bee Skeps/Alvearies

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.

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