The Character Of Spoon Carving

The Character Of Spoon Carving

This year, we have begun hosting a variety of woodworking courses, from birdhouses to yoga stools, with the intention of offering individuals the opportunity to get to grips with traditional tools and a variety of woods, as well as also allowing our enthusiastic...
From Winter To Spring

From Winter To Spring

As the landscape begins to leave the frosts of winter behind, its springtime bounty begins to appear and, for foragers especially, this is a remarkably exciting time. Young shoots of intense green begin to appear, from common hogweed to three-cornered garlic, as well...
The Free Food Forever Initiative

The Free Food Forever Initiative

The act of sourcing one’s food from the wild is remarkably powerful and its why we continue to offer free foraging walks to communities across Cornwall. It creates opportunity, a chance to see the hedgerows and shores in a more intimate way. The landscapes that once...
The Art of Hedgelaying

The Art of Hedgelaying

The British countryside has been laced with robust and handsome hedges, cultivated living barriers that divide and protect land, for many centuries and, while there is definitive evidence of hedges being used for hundreds of years, many suspect it has far, far...
What Is Coppicing?

What Is Coppicing?

Those who have wandered through woodlands and spotted regimented trees, each with branches that extend from thin, often numerous, trunks, are likely to have seen a copse or coppice. The word ‘coppice’ is rooted in the French verb ‘couper’, which means ‘cut’,...