Courses Update
We have postponed all face-to-face courses until after mid-February 2021.
We do have some new online courses and experiences available.
When our courses restart we will be operating within Government guidelines at all times. Our courses team will be ensuring everything is safe and COVID secure for all of our visitors, course attendees and tutors.
We do have some new online courses and experiences available.
When our courses restart we will be operating within Government guidelines at all times. Our courses team will be ensuring everything is safe and COVID secure for all of our visitors, course attendees and tutors.
Cancelled Courses
If your course has was cancelled during the COVID shutdown then please tell us your preferred option by completing the booking form below.
Adult Courses
Our courses and workshops in green living, rural skills and bushcraft take place in our beautiful learning Centre in the Hampshire South Downs, near Petersfield. We are proud to host a range of excellent tutors, including renowned permaculture teachers: Aranya and Caroline Aitken; Forest School pioneer, Jon Cree; bushcraft and nature connection leaders: Jonathon Huet and Nick Ward; herb and foraging experts and a host of highly skilled craft teachers.
As well as our Course Listings below, we also offer private bespoke courses for your adult family group or organisation. Please contact us on courses@sustainability-centre.org for more information.
As well as our Course Listings below, we also offer private bespoke courses for your adult family group or organisation. Please contact us on courses@sustainability-centre.org for more information.
2021
Online Courses
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Nature Connection and Poetry
- live event £12.00 Sunday 31st January 2021 14:00 - 16:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
Experience a deep and lasting connection to nature in your own home wherever you are.
Reconnect and re-remember the story lines of our culture and foster a nature connection that is both profound and sustainable. Every landscape, tree, plant and animal holds that knowledge, we just have to take the time to listen. |
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Tree Folklore
- live event £9.00 Sunday 14th February 2021 19:30 - 21:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
Experience a contemplative and informative exploration of woodland folklore. In this online experience we will enter the woodlands of Britain to uncover the stories, poems and lore connected to each individual tree. The talk will give a detailed background to the subject before exploring ways to connect more deeply with the wisdom of trees in your everyday life.
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2021
January
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Willow Garden Sculpture
£80 Friday 15th January 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Tutor: Amanda Rayner |
Learn how to willow weave a sculpture for your garden on this craft course. Choose what you would like to weave from a small animal to an abstract form. Previous participants have made: dragonflies, hearts, cats, dogs, chickens, pheasants, obelisks and garden decorations - the choice is yours!
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Natural Wellbeing
£75 Saturday 16th January 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Sarah Hillyer & Suzanne Burnett |
A health and wellbeing workshop focused on herbal medicine and awareness. This powerful one day course will engage us with the techniques needed to build resilience using only natural and intuitive processes; offering ideas, knowledge and tools we can use to strengthen and bring resilience and wellbeing into everyday life.
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Fabric Baskets
£95 Saturday 23rd January 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Nancy Shafee |
Upcycle pre-loved clothing or favourite fabrics to make beautiful coiled fabric baskets. A great way to keep some of your children’s favourite outfits they’ve outgrown or your partner’s favourite old shirts and turn the materials into a decorative basket of memories for your home.
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February
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Willow Frame Basket
£80 Thursday 4th February 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Tutor: Louise Arthur |
Willow weaving training course in the Hampshire South Downs. Participants will make a hand woven gypsy style frame basket from sustainable locally grown willow. Use your basket for gathering berries, mushrooms, eggs, herbs or displaying treasures.
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Hedgelaying
£75 Friday 5th February 2021 09:30 - 17:00 Tutor: Les Brannon |
On this training course in Hampshire, you will gain practical, hands on experience in the ancient art of hedgelaying (South of England style). A local hedge will be laid using traditional tools i.e. billhook, broad axe and hand saws.
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Hedgelaying
£75 Friday 12th February 2021 09:30 - 17:00 Tutor: Les Brannon |
On this training course in Hampshire, you will gain practical, hands on experience in the ancient art of hedgelaying (South of England style). A local hedge will be laid using traditional tools i.e. billhook, broad axe and hand saws.
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Willow Coffin Making
£495 - reserve your place for £75 Thursday 18th - 23rd February 2021 09:00 - 17:30 Tutor: Amanda Rayner Teas/Coffee included |
An intensive four day course learning how to craft a coffin entirely of willow. You will start with weaving the base, followed by the sides lid, handles and clasps. You will learn advanced weaving techniques to create a beautiful resting place. This course is run by an established coffin maker with twenty years of experience.
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Deer Butchery
£160 Thursday 25th February 2021 09:30 - 16:30 Tutor: Jamie Corry A venison meal and refreshments included |
A whole deer in a day course - learn butchery and cookery skills on this training course in the Hampshire South Downs. We promise you the most delicious, melt-in-the-mouth meat that you will have ever tasted, all prepared by your own fair hands.
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Deer Butchery
£160 Friday 26th February 2021 09:30 - 16:30 Tutor: Jamie Corry A venison meal and refreshments included |
A whole deer in a day course - learn butchery and cookery skills on this training course in the Hampshire South Downs. We promise you the most delicious, melt-in-the-mouth meat that you will have ever tasted, all prepared by your own fair hands.
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Forest School Taster Day
£55 Saturday 27th February 2021 10:00 - 15:00 Tutor: Polly Whyte |
An experience day for teachers and parents to give a taste of the Forest School approach to learning. Have a go at fire lighting, den building, tool use, plus other woodland crafts and activities. Find out how Forest School supports children and adults of all abilities to learn in the outdoors.
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March
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Gate Hurdle Making
£100 Saturday 6th March 2021 09:30 - 17:00 Tutor: Phil Clayton Hot drinks included |
Learn traditional wood carving techniques to make your own sweet chestnut gate hurdle on this one day course in the Hampshire South Downs. Using a shavehorse and other traditional hand tools including drawknife, twybil, brace, side axe and hammer, you will learn to create your own hurdles, which you will take home with you.
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Deer Butchery
£160 Thursday 18th March 2021 09:30 - 16:30 Tutor: Jamie Corry A venison meal and refreshments included |
A whole deer in a day course - learn butchery and cookery skills on this training course in the Hampshire South Downs. We promise you the most delicious, melt-in-the-mouth meat that you will have ever tasted, all prepared by your own fair hands.
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Deer Butchery
£160 Friday 19th March 2021 09:30 - 16:30 Tutor: Jamie Corry A venison meal and refreshments included |
A whole deer in a day course - learn butchery and cookery skills on this training course in the Hampshire South Downs. We promise you the most delicious, melt-in-the-mouth meat that you will have ever tasted, all prepared by your own fair hands.
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Spoon Carving
£70 Saturday 20th March 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Tutor: Jonathan Huet Hot drinks included |
Learn how to carve a spoon, spatula and butter knife on this wood carving course in the Hampshire South Downs. Our tutor, Jonathan Huet, will teach you how to use a knife, saw, crook knife and axe to whittle items from locally harvested green wood.
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Medicinal Herb Workshop
£25 Sunday 21st March 2021 10:00 - 12:30 Sarah Hillyer |
Nature's pharmacy to help our health and wellbeing. You will learn how to use all your senses to correctly identify the plants and how to use these powerful remedies by making herbal teas and your own herbal tincture to start your own family medicine chest.
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Natural Wellbeing
£75 Saturday 27th March 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Sarah Hillyer & Suzanne Burnett |
A health and wellbeing workshop focused on herbal medicine and awareness. This powerful one day course will engage us with the techniques needed to build resilience using only natural and intuitive processes; offering ideas, knowledge and tools we can use to strengthen and bring resilience and wellbeing into everyday life.
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April
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Woodland Folklore
£65 Friday 2nd April 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A one day course spent exploring the spiritual practices of the Celtic Bard: stories, poems, woodland traditions and meditation. This unique course will take you through an in-depth exploration of the trees, plants, landscape and seasons.
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Willow Dragonflies & Fish
£35 Friday 9th April 2021 10:00 - 13:00 Tutor: Louise Arthur |
Learn how to weave a dragonfly in a spiral 'corn dolly' weave in brown willow and how to make a wishing fish with a 'figure of eight' weave. These can be placed outside on sticks or hung up. They make great decorations for adorning the garden, pond or even plant pots.
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Clay Oven
£105 Saturday 17th April 2021 09:30 - 16:00 Tutor: Sara Collins Hot drinks included |
Learn the techniques to build a clay oven at our beautiful site in the Hampshire South Downs. Participants will learn how to construct the oven from builder’s sand, clay, wood shavings and bricks. The course includes a sandwich lunch.
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Nature Connection
£65 Wednesday 14th April 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
Get away from hectic everyday life and rekindle your connection with nature. Jonathon will guide you gently through meditations and natural connection practices in our peaceful woods, designed to leave you feeling relaxed and calm.
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Nature Led Meditation
£25 Wednesday 28th April 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A progressive series of nature-led meditation evening workshops. Jonathon will guide you gently through meditations and natural connection practices designed to restore your connection with nature and to bring healing to yourself and to the land to which we belong. Take some time in our peaceful woods to find calmness.
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May
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Medicinal Herb Workshop
£25 Wednesday 5th May 2021 18:00 - 20:30 Sarah Hillyer |
Nature's pharmacy to help our health and wellbeing. You will learn how to use all your senses to correctly identify the plants and how to use these powerful remedies by making herbal teas and your own herbal tincture to start your own family medicine chest.
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Woodland Management for Forest School Leaders
£75 Saturday 15th May 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Tutor: Nick Ward |
A one day Woodland Management course for those working and educating in the forest. From woodland ecology and basic site surveying, to trees, woodlands, wildlife and the law, this course will give outdoor educators a sound knowledge of their environment and how to maximise its potential, whilst maintaining a minimal impact approach.
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Nature Led Meditation
£25 Wednesday 19th May 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A progressive series of nature-led meditation evening workshops. Jonathon will guide you gently through meditations and natural connection practices designed to restore your connection with nature and to bring healing to yourself and to the land to which we belong. Take some time in our peaceful woods to find calmness.
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Foraging, Fire & Folklore
£25 Wednesday 26th May 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A series of seasonal events, each one a special evening experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Jonathon will take you on a guided walk to forage for wild food and impart his knowledge on different native trees in each season.
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June
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Nature Led Meditation
£25 Wednesday 9th June 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A progressive series of nature-led meditation evening workshops. Jonathon will guide you gently through meditations and natural connection practices designed to restore your connection with nature and to bring healing to yourself and to the land to which we belong. Take some time in our peaceful woods to find calmness.
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Kitchen Gardening Weekend
£135 Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th June 2021 09:30 - 17:30 Caroline Aitken |
A seasonal weekend course on creating and managing a successful and abundant food garden. The course will include hands-on practical sessions and all the theory you need to make your kitchen garden grow and keep your larder full.
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Foraging, Fire & Folklore
£25 Wednesday 23rd June 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A series of seasonal events, each one a special evening experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Jonathon will take you on a guided walk to forage for wild food and impart his knowledge on different native trees in each season.
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Wildflower Meadows
£75 Saturday 26th June 2021 10:00 - 16:00 Rachael Mairey |
This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create, restore and enhance wildflower meadows, with a particular focus on chalk grassland. Whether you want to establish a mini meadow in your back garden or on a large scale, this course is for you.
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Medicinal Herb Workshop
£25 Wednesday 30th June 2021 18:00 - 20:30 Sarah Hillyer |
Nature's pharmacy to help our health and wellbeing. You will learn how to use all your senses to correctly identify the plants and how to use these powerful remedies by making herbal teas and your own herbal tincture to start your own family medicine chest.
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July
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Clay Oven
£105 Saturday 10th July 2021 09:30 - 16:00 Tutor: Sara Collins Hot drinks included |
Learn the techniques to build a clay oven at our beautiful site in the Hampshire South Downs. Participants will learn how to construct the oven from builder’s sand, clay, wood shavings and bricks. The course includes a sandwich lunch.
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Natural Wellbeing
£75 Sunday 18th July 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Sarah Hillyer & Suzanne Burnett |
A health and wellbeing workshop focused on herbal medicine and awareness. This powerful one day course will engage us with the techniques needed to build resilience using only natural and intuitive processes; offering ideas, knowledge and tools we can use to strengthen and bring resilience and wellbeing into everyday life.
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Mental Health
First Aid £225 Wednesday 28th - Thursday 29th July 2021 09:00 - 17:00 Ali Johnson |
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. MHFA won’t teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first aid, it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis.
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August
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Medicinal Herb Workshop
£25 Wednesday 18th August 2021 18:00 - 20:30 Sarah Hillyer |
Nature's pharmacy to help our health and wellbeing. You will learn how to use all your senses to correctly identify the plants and how to use these powerful remedies by making herbal teas and your own herbal tincture to start your own family medicine chest.
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September
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Foraging, Fire & Folklore
£25 Wednesday 1st September 2021 18:00 - 20:00 Tutor: Jonathon Huet |
A series of seasonal events, each one a special evening experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Jonathon will take you on a guided walk to forage for wild food and impart his knowledge on different native trees in each season.
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Willow Bowls and Platters
£35 Thursday 2nd September 2021 14:00 - 17:00 Tutor: Louise Arthur |
Spend a few hours learning new skills with sustainably grown UK willow. We will start with tension trays or 'platters' used to present bread, cheese or baked goods. You will then create another with added curve to use as a fruit or egg bowl.
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Clay Oven
£105 Saturday 11th September 2021 09:30 - 16:00 Tutor: Sara Collins Hot drinks included |
Learn the techniques to build a clay oven at our beautiful site in the Hampshire South Downs. Participants will learn how to construct the oven from builder’s sand, clay, wood shavings and bricks. The course includes a sandwich lunch.
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Natural Wellbeing
£75 Saturday 18th September 2021 10:00 - 17:00 Sarah Hillyer & Suzanne Burnett |
A health and wellbeing workshop focused on herbal medicine and awareness. This powerful one day course will engage us with the techniques needed to build resilience using only natural and intuitive processes; offering ideas, knowledge and tools we can use to strengthen and bring resilience and wellbeing into everyday life.
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October
november
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Coppicing
£75 Friday 5th November 2021 09:30 - 16:30 Les & Toni Brannon |
This course will give you practical, hands on experience in the traditional art of coppicing. You will work on a section of hazel woodland which is being coppiced as part of a wider woodland management plan to undertake conservation work on site.
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Donations |
Charity Number 1079866 |
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Earthworks Trust & Earthworks FoundationThe Sustainability Centre is owned and operated by The Earthworks Trust (Charity No.1079866). Our trading company is Earthworks Foundation. All profits go to support our charity The Earthworks Trust. |
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