Adult Courses Diary
2026
MAY
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Foraging, Fire and Folklore
Next date: Wednesday 24th June £35 Wednesday 20th May 2026 |
A series of seasonal events, each one a special experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Bushcraft and Celtic folklore specialist, Jonathon Huet, 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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Spoon Carving
Last Place Available £90 Saturday 30th May 2026 |
Learn how to carve a spoon, spatula and butter knife on this wood carving course in the Hampshire South Downs. Our tutor, Chris Matthews, 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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June
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Nature Led Meditation Evening
Places Available £25 Wednesday 3rd June 2026 |
A series of guided meditation workshops, each with an individual flavour. 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 the land to which we all belong.
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Kitchen Gardening Weekends
£350 (reserve a place for £75) 7th & 8th March and 6th & 7th June 2026 |
A four day course, split over two weekends, 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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Woodland Management
Places Available £95 Saturday 20th June 2026 |
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.
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Foraging, Fire and Folklore
Places Available £35 Wednesday 24th June 2026 |
A series of seasonal events, each one a special experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Bushcraft and Celtic folklore specialist, Jonathon Huet, 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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July
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Creating Wilder Gardens
£95 Saturday 4th July 2026 |
By using plants that are beneficial for nature, celebrating wilder aesthetics and increasing diversity, we will focus on welcoming wildlife into our gardens. Garden designer and plantsman, Tom Nielsen, will cover how to create immersive, relaxing outdoor spaces you will immediately want to spend time in.
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Wildflower Meadows
£90 Saturday 18th July 2026 |
This wildflower meadow course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create, restore and enhance 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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september
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Foraging, Fire and Folklore
Places Available £35 Wednesday 2nd September 2026 |
A special experience of wild food foraging, Celtic fire and folklore. Bushcraft and Celtic folklore specialist, Jonathon Huet, 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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Creative Forest Bathing & Therapeutic Sound Day
Places Available £95 Saturday 12th September 2026 |
Why not try a new way to look after your wellbeing? Join us for a day of Forest Bathing, nature-based art and finishing with a deeply relaxing sound journey session all set in our beautiful woodlands within the South Downs National Park.
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October
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Coppicing Course
Places Available £125 Thursday 15th or Friday 16th October 2026 |
A one day course in building your own play structures with rope and natural materials. This course is for educators wishing to be a little more adventurous with creative play structures at their sites, building them out of wood and rope and combining these with the natural features at your site.
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Climbing Frames, Ropes and Ladders
with Jon Cree Places Available £110 Saturday 17th October 2026 |
A one day course in building your own play structures with rope and natural materials. This course is for educators wishing to be a little more adventurous with creative play structures at their sites, building them out of wood and rope and combining these with the natural features at your site.
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Nature Led Meditation celebrating Samhain
Places Available £25 Wednesday 28th October 2026 |
Samhain marks the end of the harvest season in autumn and the beginning of winter. This evening of story, poetry and meditation to enable the participant to recharge and experience deep peace and joy. This session will be held in our new outside heated structure and not the Woodland Hall. We hope you can join us.
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November
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Hedgelaying Course
Places Available £125 Thursday 5th or Friday 6th November 2026 |
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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december
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Two half-day Festive Willow Decoration Workshops
Places Available £50 per workshop Thursday 3rd December 2026 |
Join us on these fun, half-day festive decoration courses. Our friendly tutor, Mollie McMillen, will show you how to make sustainable willow decorations. Weave these charmingly rustic creations to adorn your home for Yuletide. We will supply the willow, trimmings, and foraged sprigs to add finishing details, plus ideas for displaying and reusing your item year after year.
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