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To cancel a booking, you must inform us either by:
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Refunds
Cancellations received within 14 days of booking your place on the course will receive a full refund.
Cancellations received after the 14-day cancellation period and later than 14 days before the start date of the course will not be eligible for a refund.
If we are able to fill your place, refunded fees can be transferred to another course of the same type. Please contact the office to discuss.
Paddle Making
: 20 Sep 2025 - 21 Sep 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Work alongside an established boat builder and artist to make your own personalised paddle.
Introduction to autumn foraging
: 23 Sep 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Woodlands are abundant with wild food at this time of year! This one day course is designed to teach you how to identify, harvest and make meals with some of these wonderful plants and fungi.
Dorset button making
: 02 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Dorset buttons are a traditional handcrafted thread button, originating in the 17th century.
Easy to make and pleasing to look at, these buttons are created by wrapping floss or yarn around the ring shaped base and then stitching an intricate pattern in the centre.
Sustainable Woodland Management AIM Level 3
: 07 Oct 2025 - 09 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Designed for new or aspiring owners and managers, who want to balance the environmental, economic and social benefits of their woodland. Two days of classroom sessions are followed by a practical skills assessment and woodland products day.
Coracle Making
: 11 Oct 2025 - 12 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Build an Ironbridge-style coracle, using simple tools and techniques that suit all levels of experience and ability.
Tool sharpening
: 18 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
An immersive day learning how to sharpen a wide variety of green woodworking tools.
Relief Carving in Wood
: 19 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Gain a great introduction to wood carving skills and how to set yourself up to carve at home.
Make a bendy chair with hazel
: 25 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Ideal for anyone who wants to begin learning or build on their existing green woodworking skills - spend a day making a beautiful, bendy hazel chair from a bundle of coppice hazel rods.
Shrink pot making
: 26 Oct 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Shrink pots originate from Scandinavia, and are traditionally used for storing dry goods in the kitchen and pantry. They can be made so the bark is left on, or can be peeled or carved and maybe painted; there are many creative opportunities!
Gate making with sweet chestnut
: 01 Nov 2025 - 02 Nov 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Design and build a rustic sweet chestnut gate to take home. You will be guided through the entire process by an expert tutor, using traditional tools and techniques.
Introduction to Woodland Management Plans
: 08 Nov 2025 - 09 Nov 2025
: Old Ley's Wood, Devon
This specially developed course will help overcome the practical and psychological barriers small woodland owners can face, and help you develop the confidence to write an effective woodland management plan.
Introduction to Coppicing
: 29 Nov 2025
This course is a great opportunity to spend a day in our small coppice woodland, learning how to safely and effectively cut, present, and process hazel coppice.
Creating Coppice Products
: 30 Nov 2025
: The Green Wood Centre
Spend a day turning freshly cut coppice wood into useful and saleable products.
We’ll start with the basics – hedging stakes, beanpoles, weaving rods & pea-sticks – before moving on to splitting and weaving with hazel, and investigating different and perhaps entirely new coppice creations!
