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  • Gardening for Schools

      Some of these
    courses, those designed especially for schoolteachers, take place at...

    Royal Horticultural Society - Mary McLeod
    11 March 2010
  • PIG-KEEPING - introduction

    This one-day course aims to cover all the things you need to know before starting to keep a few...

    £65
    Kevin Blundell
    14 March 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Signwriting - traditional

    This is a rare opportunity to learn the basics of a skill that is rapidly...

    £120 including materials & home-made lunch
    Wayne Tanswell
    16 March 2010
    9.30 - 4.30
  • Your first horse - getting started

    This one day course is designed to help those who are considering buying or loaning a horse or...

    Sandy Nicholson
    21 March 2010
  • Furniture Conservation

    Bring your own furniture and repair/re-polish/refurbish it with the help of Anne...

    £145 including home-made lunch, biscuits, cakes, & materials
    Anne Holden
    27 March 2010 - 28 March 2010
    9.30 - 17.00
  • Garden Machinery maintenance

    Fed up with lawnmowers, strimmers & hedgecutters that won't start in the springtime after a...

    £70 including lunch & all materials
    Simon Millyard
    28 March 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Stained glass

    A great introduction to stained glass of all sorts of colours and textures.

    £150 including £17 worth of materials & home-made lunch
    Anna Conti
    10 April 2010 - 11 April 2010
    10.00 - 4.00
  • Hands on the (bee)hive
    Meet Simon in the pub on Sunday before an amazing afternoon surrounded by...
    £35
    Simon Cousins - bees
    11 April 2010
    2.30 - 5.00
  • Herbal medicine-making: hedgerow herbalism

    Have you ever wanted to unearth the abundant Green Pharmacy in our fields and hedgerows? Then,...

    £70 including home-made lunch and £10 worth of materials (1 day) £140 - 2 day
    Emma Eastham, Jude Greenan and Vanessa Neville
    17 April 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Willow for the Garden

    Willow is a beautiful and sustainable art material with limitless possibilities.

    Enjoy a...
    £140 for two days, including lunch
    Sandra Barker
    22 April 2010 - 23 April 2010
    10.00 - 4.30
  • Fly fishing for absolute beginners

    This course is designed for absolute beginners and includes :

    • a breakdown of basic...
    £65 including home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes
    John Lattimore
    25 April 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Sheep for smallholders

    This is a one-day introduction for those who would like to keep a few sheep and will be led by...

    £65 including home-made lunch etc.
    Alan Adcock - sheep
    25 April 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Gardening for Schools

      Some of these
    courses, those designed especially for schoolteachers, take place at...

    Royal Horticultural Society - Mary McLeod
    28 April 2010
  • Coracle making
    We shall be making a version of the Irish 'Boyne' Coracle, using willow rods for the frame and a...
    £210 for three days, including lunch. Materials will come to about £70 and we will take payment on the day.
    Olivia Elton Barratt
    7 May 2010 - 9 May 2010
    9.45 for 10 - 4.30
  • Fruit Tree Pruning

    A one-day course to explain the principles of fruit tree pruning, the use of...

    £70 including lunch
    Chris Heseltine
    14 May 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Food for Free

    Identify, learn about, gather and cook edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers and...

    £50 including home made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Ian Rose, Emma Eastham & John Warner
    16 May 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Badgers

    A one-day introduction to the life of the badger:  the lifecycle and habits of badgers...

    £70 including full high tea with home-made cakes
    Bob Cowlin
    21 May 2010
    2.30 - 9.30
  • Beekeeping - Queen Rearing

    A new and unusual opportunity for all our beekeepers!  Come and learn how to rear your own...

    £130 for two days, including lunch and all refreshments
    Clive de Bruyn
    27 May 2010 - 28 May 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Clay oven making

    Food baked in a clay oven tastes quite different to food baked in a normal oven.  This is...

    £75 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Jon Dyvig
    5 June 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Hands on the (bee)hive
    Meet Simon in the pub on Sunday before an amazing afternoon surrounded by...
    £35
    Simon Cousins - bees
    6 June 2010
    2.30 - 5.00
  • Bread Making - beginners

    Beginner’s Bread-making John Lawrence will be running a one-day course to help people to...

    £80 including lunch (materials £7, to be paid on the day)
    John Lawrence
    6 June 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Straw Bale Building
    This three-day course is an introduction to straw bale building, with one of...
    £270 for 3 days including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Barbara Jones
    11 June 2010 - 13 June 2010
    9.00 - 5.00
  • Charcoal-burning day

    Charcoal has been made for thousands of years, probably in mounds covered with turf or twigs and...

    £55 including lunch
    Herman Ramsey
    19 June 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Beekeeping for Beginners

    This course is an introduction to the subject, with the emphasis on the practical aspects of bee...

    £75 including home-made lunch etc.
    Simon Cousins - bees
    20 June 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Chairs (cane & rush-seating) & Baskets

    Bring your own furniture and learn how to renew the seating and make it look beautiful again...

    £220 for three days, including home-made lunch etc.
    Sandra Barker
    2 July 2010 - 4 July 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Lime renders & plasters for strawbale buildings

    A three-day courses on lime renders and plasters for strawbale buildings.

    ...
    £270 for three days, including lunch
    Barbara Jones
    9 July 2010 - 11 July 2010
    9.00 - 5.00
  • Beekeeping for Beginners

    This course is an introduction to the subject, with the emphasis on the practical aspects of bee...

    £75 including home-made lunch etc.
    Simon Cousins - bees
    17 July 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Hen Keeping in Your Garden

    This one-day course is designed for those who want to keep a few hens in the garden.

    In...

    £65 including lunch
    Francine Raymond
    18 July 2010
  • Photography - nature & landscapes

    Get up to speed in time for the summer holidays!  An outstanding photographic weekend at...

    £140 for the two days, including home-made lunch and all other refreshments
    Jon Sturdy
    24 July 2010 - 25 July 2010
    10.00 on Saturday - 4.00 on Sunday
  • Hands on the (bee)hive
    Meet Simon in the pub on Sunday before an amazing afternoon surrounded by...
    £35
    Simon Cousins - bees
    25 July 2010
    2.30 - 5.00