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Sustainable Woodland Management AIM L3

: 04 Dec 2023 - 06 Dec 2023

: The Green Wood Centre

A course designed for new or aspiring woodland owners and managers who want to manage their woodlands to balance environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two days of classroom sessions and woodland visits are followed by a practical skills and woodland products day.

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Sustainable Woodland Management AIM L3

: 08 Jan 2024 - 10 Jan 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

A course designed for new or aspiring woodland owners and managers who want to manage their woodlands to balance environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two days of classroom sessions and woodland visits are followed by a practical skills and woodland products day.

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Sustainable Woodland Management AIM L3

: 05 Feb 2024 - 07 Feb 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

A course designed for new or aspiring woodland owners and managers who want to manage their woodlands to balance environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two days of classroom sessions and woodland visits are followed by a practical skills and woodland products day.

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Straight Knife Blade Making

: 24 Feb 2024 - 25 Feb 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Master the skills of the blacksmith and blade smith and make your own knife.

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Introduction to Coppicing

: 24 Feb 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Spend a day working in the woods at the Green Wood Centre, practicing the ancient woodland management technique of coppicing – cutting & processing small diameter trees with simple hand tools to let the light back into a given area of the wood. Coppicing enriches biodiversity and generates a useful local resource.

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Creating Coppice Products

: 25 Feb 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Spend a day investigating and making a range of coppice products – stakes, binders, wattle hurdles, panels, rustic furniture – from small diameter hazel using traditional hand-tools and techniques.

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Sustainable Woodland Management AIM L3

: 04 Mar 2024 - 06 Mar 2024

A course designed for new or aspiring woodland owners and managers who want to manage their woodlands to balance environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two days of classroom sessions and woodland visits are followed by a practical skills and woodland products day.

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Straight Knife Blade Making

: 16 Mar 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Master the skills of the blacksmith and blade smith and make your own knife.

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Straight Knife Blade Making

: 17 Mar 2024

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Straight Knife Blade Making

: 23 Mar 2024 - 24 Mar 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Master the skills of the blacksmith and blade smith and make your own knife.

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Green Wood Stool Making

: 06 Apr 2024 - 07 Apr 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Learn how to make your own unique green wood stool. Choose between a woven or solid wood seat, and whether to complete your components on a shave-horse or pole-lathe.

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Introduction to Woodland Management AIM L3

: 08 Apr 2024 - 09 Apr 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

This two-day course will help build the background knowledge needed to manage your woodland sustainably and work towards creating resilient, productive woods.

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Coracle Making

: 11 May 2024 - 12 May 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Build an Ironbridge-style coracle using simple tools and techniques to suit all levels of experience and ability.

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Make a ‘Mike Abbott-style’ shave-horse

: 01 Jun 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Make & use a shave-horse in a day!  Designed by green wood chairmaker Mike Abbott, these slightly crude but wonderfully functional shave-horses are assembled using lengths of 4x2, sturdy screws,  simple tools, and a cordless drill. 

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Rustic Rake Making

: 02 Jun 2024

Make your own garden rake! Using green ash wood, you will spend the day cleaving and shaping components using traditional tools and devices

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Introduction to Pole Lathe Turning

: 30 Jun 2024

Spend a day at the Green Wood Centre learning how to turn fresh green wood on a foot-powered pole-lathe.

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Make a traditional shave-horse

: 13 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Make your own traditional-style shave-horse using green ash for components and a sawn ash board for the shave-horse body.

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Coracle Making

: 23 Aug 2024 - 25 Aug 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Build an Ironbridge-style coracle using simple tools and techniques to suit all levels of experience and ability.

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Coracle Making

: 05 Oct 2024 - 06 Oct 2024

: The Green Wood Centre

Build an Ironbridge-style coracle using simple tools and techniques to suit all levels of experience and ability.

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Courses
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Sustainable Woodland Management AIM L3

  • The Green Wood Centre
  • 04 Dec 2023 - 06 Dec 2023
A course designed for new or aspiring woodland owners and managers who want to manage their woodlands to balance environmental, economic and social benefits.

Two days of classroom sessions and woodland visits are followed by a practical skills and woodland products day.

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Events
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myForest walkthrough - online event

  • 12 Dec 2023
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