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  • 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
    4 September 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Story telling - second stage for beginners

    This one-day course is for those who wish to add to their own storytelling skills and explore...

    £55 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Paul Jackson
    5 September 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Mosaic using Sea Shells

    Everyone loves to beach-comb and many of us have collections of shells from around the world....

    £65 including lunch & materials
    Anne Schwegmann-Fielding
    11 September 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Felt-making

    Felt making is an ancient textile process. Come and learn, in one day, how to transform washed...

    £55 - materials will cost £10, to be paid on the day
    Frances Barker
    12 September 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
    14 September 2010
    9.30 - 4.30
  • Herbal medicine-making: hedgerow herbalism

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

    £140 including home-made lunch and £10 worth of materials
    Emma Eastham, Jude Greenan and Vanessa Neville
    18 September 2010 - 19 September 2010
    10 - 5.00
  • Cyder-making
    Cyder (fermented from apples) and perry (from pears) are amongst the oldest drinks produced in the...
    £75 inc. home made lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Simon Reed
    25 September 2010
    10.00 - 4.30
  • Cyder-making
    Cyder (fermented from apples) and perry (from pears) are amongst the oldest drinks produced in the...
    £75 inc. home made lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Simon Reed
    26 September 2010
    10.00 - 4.30
  • 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
    2 October 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • PIG-KEEPING - introduction

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

    £75 to include lunch and all other refreshments
    Kevin Blundell
    3 October 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
    9 October 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Curtain Making

    A one-day course, learning the technique of making an interlined curtain with heading tape,...

    £70 including lunch
    Millie Heptinstall
    10 October 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Celtic drawing

    This class is designed for beginners and is almost totally practical, i.e. you will be drawing...

    £55 including home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes
    Nick Miller
    16 October 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Food for Free

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

    £55 including home made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Ian Rose, Emma Eastham & Malcolm Bendall
    17 October 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Spin a yarn - from fleece to fabric

     This day workshop aims to cover the basics of woollen spinning including...

    £95 for one day including home-made two-course lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Sally Hind
    23 October 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Woodwork for beginners

    This weekend course is designed for enthusiastic but inexperienced amateurs and will cover the...

    £75 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Simon Cousins - joinery
    24 October 2010
    9.30 - 4.30
  • Plumbing Basics for Amateurs

    Learn to change taps and washers, cure leaking showers, radiators, ball valves etc. You will be...

    £70 including lunch
    Mick Duke
    6 November 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Jewellery, silver clay (one day)

    Silver clay is an amazing new art material (99% silver) that makes it possible for everyone to...

    £70 including lunch and the silver clay
    Melanie Blaikie
    7 November 2010
    10.00 - 4.00
  • Hedgelaying

    Come and learn to lay hedges the Suffolk way, from a real Suffolk man!  Click on Alan's...

    £65 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Alan Adcock
    13 November 2010
    9.00 - 4.00
  • Coppicing - traditional woodland management

    Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management where stems are cut at ground level...

    £65 including lunch
    Kerry Vaughan
    14 November 2010
    9.30 - 4
  • Upholstery

    This is a two-day course on traditional upholstery.  Bring your own furniture to be re-...

    £145 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Gary Phipps
    18 November 2010 - 19 November 2010
    9.30 - 4.30
  • Compose your own Christmas Carol

    Learn how to compose the music for a new Christmas Carol.  This one-day workshop is...

    £55
    Quintus Benziger
    21 November 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • Fruit Tree Pruning

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

    £70 including lunch
    Chris Heseltine
    27 November 2010
    10.00 - 16.30
  • Ballroom dancing for novices
    Whether you want to have a go at Strictly Come Dancing, or just not to feel at...
    £45 per person including lunch, home-made biscuits & cakes etc.
    Jo & Mac Knox Weir
    28 November 2010
  • Natural Skin Care: gorgeous and good for you

    Learn the craft of making completely natural skin products.  This practical, empowering...

    £65 including home-made lunch etc.
    Jude Greenan & Vanessa Neville
    5 December 2010
    10 - 4.30
  • 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
    8 January 2011
    10 - 4.30
  • Massage - an introduction for couples
    Do you ever wish that you could relieve your partner or your family's aches,  pains and stress...
    £45 per person including home-made lunch etc.
    Shawn Edwards
    9 January 2011
    9.45 for 10.00 - 16.00
  • Circle dancing

    Brighten up a cold January weekend!  Learn something new and fun in the company of others....

    £55 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cake etc.
    Jen Larner
    15 January 2011
    10 - 4.30
  • Medieval timber-framed houses

    Spend a day with David Andrews discovering timber-framed buildings:  learn how they were...

    £55 including a two-course home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes.
    David Andrews
    16 January 2011
    9.30 - 4.30
  • Drawing for beginners and improvers

    General Description of Course:

    This course aims to demonstrate through a...

    £110 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Belinda King
    22 January 2011 - 23 January 2011
    10.00 - 4.30