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 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...
New Craft Courses for 2021

New Craft Courses for 2021

Part of our mission is to preserve the knowledge and heritage skills of the local community. Typically, this involves enabling elders the means to share their wisdom through craft courses but which also manifests itself as other projects too, such as our Grandparents’...
Online Foraging Course

Online Foraging Course

As the nation weathers a third lockdown, the Family Foraging Kitchen team are starting to very much miss normality. The beginning of the year is such a wonderful time for delicious wild food and, as the first season of the year, it is an ideal period to begin learning...