A 3 day course in a beautiful woodland. No previous experience needed, this course will give you the chance to learn these key skills. You will have plenty of time to work on the skills, learn form each other and enjoy our beautiful ancient woodland. See web site for details.
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Course dates now on the web siteAn introduction to over 30 woodland plants over 3 days. Each day will include a practical session using the plants that you've learnt to identify. You can join us for just 1 day or book all 3 days see the web site for details.
We love running bushcraft days whether its taster sessions or more in depth training. We create great days for the novice or the more experienced. People have already started booking courses with us, check out the website and see what course you would like to do with us.
You can buy a voucher for someone this Christmas and they can use it for any course we run in 2024 There are single day courses, overnight courses, skill training courses and identification courses. We specialise in creating bespoke courses so you get the most from the course.
Click here and get in touch. We will continue to provide great activities for school groups while they stay in the amazing lodges at Lydeard Farm, check out there site here. We run team building, archery, air guns, bushcraft, including foraging, fire, making ink from trees, safe use of knives, shelter build and so much more. This is the most wonderful site for your school children to experience nature, have fun and learn skills.
Looking forward to a great year in the woods. We start in January with our really amazing course all about trees, then we will be running a wide range of courses from single days to in-depth 3 day courses. We will be working with schools, families, corporate groups, helping with Somerset wildlife trust wellbeing days and foreign students from as far away as Mexico. We can create the best course for you, so get in touch and book a wonderful day in the woods with us. Contact us here
We are approaching the time when deciduous trees lose their leaves and become dormant. Its the time to look at trees and be amazed by their form, the twisted boughs reaching out and in some cases the shear size of the tree. Its why we start our tree course in January, walking with trees is for anyone who wants to discover more about trees. Check out the website and book a place, join us and be inspired.
We have some places on a single day bushcraft course this Saturday, if your interested get in touch here
Another great day in the woods with amazing people enjoying the spring weather as we learn some bushcraft skills. We specialize in creating bespoke days and courses to suit your requirements. You can join others or book an exclusive day. Check out the website and get in touch to book your day with us.
A new course for this year. The aim is to provide an introduction to the plants found in a woodland. It will cover how to identify them, how we once used them, a practical element, where we have a go recreating a few of the uses. Our ancient woodland boosts over 15 species of trees and over 50 species of plants including several acres of blue bells. It makes for an amazing classroom in which to learn about plants. It is a 3 day course over 3 months. details on the website.
WALKING WITH TREES, is our tree ID course plus so much more. Learning how to ID trees in winter and summer. Visiting our beautiful woodland over a 6 month period and seeing it change with the seasons. Learning about the trees place in our history, its folklore and stories. Discover how we made use of the trees with craft skills going back in time. A walk will never be the same as you learn about the trees that surround you.
More details here DATES FOR OUR TREE IDENTIFICATION COURSE FOR NEXT YEAR CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
This will be the fourth year we have run this course and the dates are in the diary. Places are limited to enable us to provide quality teaching experience for you. This course will help you identify trees, understand how we used them and learn some skills that date back 100,000's of years. Its 6 days over 6 months, enjoy being in an ancient woodland and watch the woodland wake up from winter and become full of life. Its time around a fire with like minded people and its most importantly re engaging with these most amazing living beings. Course details here Book now here This year has been our busiest ever, which means lots of days in the woods with amazing people. We have enjoyed many family days, run bush craft sessions for schools activity weeks and run large corporate team days. Its not over yet with more schools work and corporate team days booked in. We also ran our tree identification course Walking with trees, it has proven very valuable and popular, dates for next year coming soon.
Well done ladies, it was a damp cold day but you all did so well. Axes, froes and fire lighting a great way to keep warm.
It was lovely to work with this family from the States on holiday in Somerset. They kept me on my toes with great questions and they did really well with all the activities. We are very grateful to those who helped us on Saturday deal with some unsafe Ash trees around the camp. Having lost some big trees in the recent storms it was sad to be felling two more, but they were suffering with die back and deemed unsafe around the camp. A great day with good food and amazing people.
A great Christmas present, a voucher for one of our courses next year. You can but a voucher for any amount that can be used on any of the exciting courses we will run next year. It is a great gift, time around the fire, learning skills, having fun and soaking up the beauty of an ancient woodland. Someone you know will really appreciate time in the woods.
This is our tree identification course, where you can learn how to ID trees and much more. Discover some of the associated folklore, uses and learn some related craft skills. We are surrounded by these amazing plants, they are talked about as the answer to global warning and the hope is we might just stop cutting them down. When you are out and about and see trees every where, wouldn't you like to know whos who and how they played a very important role in the lives of our ancestors. Join our course to begin discovering just how amazing trees are.
Walking with trees 2022 On a beautiful October day in the woods with a lovely bunch of people teaching bush craft skills. As we packed up the camp after another day teaching, we were so grateful to have spent the day with such amazing people. Lots of fun learning new skills and discovering more about the woodland. Join us in the woods and learn some wilderness living skills, discover more about the trees and plants, have fun, and reap the benefits of being outdoors in an amazing green space.
Contact us here and see what we can do for you. We have spaces left on this one day course, why not join us for a great day in the woods having fun and learning some wilderness living skills. Get in touch and book your place.
Lots of happy memories for all ages and us. A busy summer has seen us working with a range of people from young school children to families and adult groups. Teaching wilderness living skills, team building and archery with the help of some great instructors. Get in touch and see what we can offer you this autumn or next year, check the website for our courses.
Walking with trees, our tree ID course will run again next year. Starting in January this 6 day course over 6 months will take you on a journey of discovery with trees. Learn how to identify them throughout the year, discover something of their role in our lives and learn some craft skills related to the trees.
Check the web site for details and dates and contact us here We have spaces on this course so why don't you join us around the fire as we teach some bushcraft skills and have a great day in the woods. No previous knowledge necessary and we provide all the tools you need for the day.
May has been a very busy month for us. Different groups joining us for a day in the woods, working with pupils of a school on a 12 week program and our tree identification course walking with trees. Next month our 3 day course on Sharp tools, fire, water, and shelter. Great days out in the woods with great people.
So excited to finally be able to start running this course. Our walking with tree course should have started in January. Both we and the clients have had to wait until now. What a lovely day to start, blue sky, birds singing, the woodland lush with bluebells about to flower and a carpet of gold with the lesser celandine in all its glory. We are so privileged to have access to this ancient woodland. The day covered coniferous trees, their identification and uses, a guide to safe use of sharp tools and a craft project to put those knife skills to use. Our aim is for the clients to have a great time learning about trees and being inspired by these amazing members of the plant kingdom.
Having just started this course we are now looking at next years, Walking with trees 2022. Limited places so book now, course details here. The dates and cost for next year will be available later in the year. Lets get out and re engage with the wonderful world around us. We are here to help you, get in touch and see what we can offer you, your family and friends, work place, school.....
We have had a busy week in the woods. It has been great to run some family bush craft days looking at a few skills like fire lighting and using sharp tools. We have just started a 12 week program with a school with the aim to teach bush craft skills to a group of pupils. The hope is that they will take this opportunity to learn, gain self confidence and a sense of reliance. Finally we will start our tree identification course, Walking with trees. This was due to start in January, we are so glad we can now run this, 6 days over the year looking at trees and there uses. Contact us here |
BUSHCRAFT COURSES IN SOMERSET, Bristol and DEVONWe love the great outdoors and are continually learning more about how amazing our wild world is.
We are also discovering that being out in woods, up in the hills or paddling down a river is such a benefit to our innermost being. It does us good. So how can we help you? We run all sorts of days where you can learn how to be at home in wild places, how to engage with our world with minimum impact. From children's birthday parties, to a fun day out with partners and friends. Staff training to team experience days. Stag and hen events. From an introduction to bushcraft to taking it further. Whatever it is you are thinking about we will endeavor to make it happen for you, or find the person who can. Talk to us about what it is you want to learn. Archives
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