Training Courses

Restoring, transforming, enabling – in the countryside

Courses in Hedgelaying and Countryside Crafts

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The ‘Introduction to Hedgelaying’ course includes the following:

– Assessing the hedge

– Choice of style

– Tools and sharpening, including health and safety

– Lay your own section of hedge

– Aftercare

– Questions and answers

Winter Courses – Dates and Locations

Training Courses in London

& the South East:

Hedgelaying

Coppicing

Hurdle Making

Austrian Scything

Wildflower Meadow Management

Pond Building

Other Traditional Skills

 

Date
Location
Booking
Training Course Address
Saturday, 2nd November 2024 Gallowstree Common, Oxfordshire

 

INTRODUCTION TO HEDGELAYING:

£85 – includes light refreshments. To book, please contact me direct at:  Hedgecraft@theoldfarmyard.co.uk

 

off Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, Oxon RG4 9DR

Dates for winter ’24-5 TBA

Please get in touch if you would like to be on our list

Ipsden, South Oxfordshire

 

INTRODUCTION TO COPPICING:

– assessment of copse;                                                  – economic viability;                                                        – cutting and layering;                                                  – sorting products                                                            – protection from deer

£85 – includes complimentary lunch at the Blue Tin Cafe. To book, please contact me direct at:  Hedgecraft@theoldfarmyard.co.uk

 

Opposite Blue Tin Cafe, Garsons Farm, Ipsden, Oxon OX10 6QU

 

Austrian Scything Courses

The ‘Introduction to Austrian Scything’ course includes the following:

– How to set up the scythe

– Choice of blades for your own application

– Sharpening/ Health and safety

– Technique and stance

– Personal troubleshooting and observation

Bring your own scythe if you have one or use one of ours if you haven’t. 

Summer Courses – Dates and Locations

 

Date
Location
Booking
Training Course Address

Saturday, 21st September 2024*; 10am to 4pm

*This date has been changed from 7th September 2024

Gallowstree Common, Oxfordshire

COMBINED COURSE:

INTRODUCTION TO SCYTHING;

IMPROVE YOUR SCYTHING TECHNIQUE, WITH INTRODUCTION TO PEENING

£85 – includes light refreshments. To book, please contact me direct at:  Hedgecraft@theoldfarmyard.co.uk

off Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, Oxon RG4 9DR
Saturday, 12th October 2024; 10am to 4pm Gallowstree Common, Oxfordshire

CREATING AND MANAGING A WILDFLOWER MEADOW

Learn how to plan, establish and manage a wildflower meadow; can be from a window box to a field

£85 – includes light refreshments. To book, please contact me direct at: Hedgecraft@theoldfarmyard.co.uk

off Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, Oxon RG4 9DR

 

Get in touch

Address

22 Marchwood Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading RG4 8UN

Call

0118 947 0298