OUR CRAFT COURSES & WORKSHOPS

  • A new and unusual opportunity for all our beekeepers! 

    Come and learn how to rear...

    £140 for two days, including lunch and all refreshments
    19 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
    10 - 4.30
    19 / 19
  • This new one-day course will help you to find out whether you want to keep goats.

    ...

    £70 including home-made lunch
    9 June 2012
    9.30 - 4.30
    4 / 12
  • Beginner’s Bread-making.  John Lawrence will be running an intensive one-day course to...

    £85 including lunch (materials £8, to be paid on the day)
    John Lawrence
    10 June 2012
    10 - 4.30
    10 / 10
  • A  storytelling weekend workshop for those wishing to tell stories to children or to other...

    £120, including home-made lunch
    Paul Jackson
    23 June 2012 - 24 June 2012
    10.00 - 16.30
    7 / 16
  • An afternoon with Simon Cousins inspecting his beehives and learning how to find the queen,...

    £35 including tea
    24 June 2012
    2 - 4.30
    7 / 7
  • This is a two-day course on traditional upholstery.  Bring your own furniture to be re-...

    £185 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Gary Phipps
    28 June 2012 - 29 June 2012
    10.00 - 4.30
    8 / 9
  •  

    A practical workshop for the tortoise owner or enthusiast.

    The workshop will...

    £70 including home-made lunch
    1 July 2012
    10 - 4.30
    6 / 12
  • A two-day photographic shoot in and around Assington Mill, led by professional photographer Jon...

    £165 for two days, including lunch & breakfast on Sunday
    Jon Sturdy
    7 July 2012 - 8 July 2012
    10 - 4.30
    6 / 8
  • Bestselling author, Victoria Connelly, teaches all you need to know to get that novel written...

    £85 including home-made lunch
    14 July 2012
    10 - 4.30
    7 / 10
  • You will be learning to scythe using an Austrian scythe provided by the tutor.  If you have a...
    £95 including use of tools and all refreshments
    David Mason
    15 July 2012
    10 - 4
    0 / 6
  • Learn to make a clay oven for baking bread or pizzas just in time for the summer holidays....

    £80 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Jon Dyvig
    21 July 2012
    10 - 4.30
    12 / 12
  • A one-day course learning to make a clay oven for baking bread or pizzas just in time for the...

    £80 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Jon Dyvig
    22 July 2012
    10 - 4.30
    12 / 12
  • An afternoon with Simon Cousins inspecting his beehives and learning how to find the queen,...

    £35 including tea
    22 July 2012
    2 - 4.30
    3 / 6
  • We shall be making a coracle (for you to take home) based on traditional Welsh styles, with the...
    £220 for two days, including lunch. Materials will come to about £80 and Alistair will take payment on the day.
    28 July 2012 - 29 July 2012
    9.00 - 5.00
    4 / 8
  • This year we will be building a 50m cartlodge at the traditional brickworks, Bulmer Brick &...

    £300 for 5 days, including home-made lunch
    Barbara Jones
    20 August 2012 - 24 August 2012
    9.30 - 4.30
    12 / 12
  • Course content:

    The day will start with a talk on materials and tools,...

    £125 including home-made lunch etc. £20 for materials, to be paid on the day.
    Neil Luxton
    2 September 2012
    9 - 5
    0 / 6
  • This is a rare opportunity to learn the basics of a skill that is rapidly...

    £140 including materials & home-made lunch
    4 September 2012
    9.30 - 4.30
    0 / 7
  • Cyder (fermented from apples) and perry (from pears) are amongst the oldest drinks produced in the...
    £80 inc. home made lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Simon Reed
    8 September 2012
    10.00 - 4.30
    9 / 12
  • Cyder (fermented from apples) and perry (from pears) are amongst the oldest drinks produced in the...
    £80 inc. home made lunch, biscuits & cakes etc.
    Simon Reed
    9 September 2012
    10.00 - 4.30
    5 / 12
  • This is a new course on learning how to work with Harris hawks, and maybe other hunting animals...

    £95 including home-made lunch
    15 September 2012
    9 - 4
    7 / 7
  • This course is an introduction to the subject, with the emphasis on the practical aspects of bee...

    £80 including home-made lunch etc.
    16 September 2012
    10 - 4.30
    1 / 15
  • Felt making is an ancient textile process. Come and learn, in one day, how to transform washed...

    £80 including lunch - materials will cost £20, to be paid on the day
    22 September 2012
    10 - 4.30
    1 / 10
  • This practical course is for those who already have some...

    £85 including home-made lunch etc.
    Roy Connelly
    23 September 2012
    10 - 5 with the option of staying on in the evening
    3 / 10
  • This is a two-day course on traditional upholstery.  Bring your own furniture to be re-...

    £185 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    Gary Phipps
    4 October 2012 - 5 October 2012
    10.00 - 4.30
    3 / 9
  • Identify, learn about, forage for and cook edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of...

    £70 including home made lunch, biscuits & cakes
    6 October 2012
    10.00 - 16.30
    3 / 20
  • This is a new course on learning how to work with Harris hawks, and maybe other hunting animals...

    £130 including home-made lunch
    13 October 2012
    9 - 4
    5 / 6
  • This class is designed for beginners and is almost totally practical, i.e. you will be drawing...

    £70 including home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes
    Nick Miller
    14 October 2012
    10 - 4.30
    3 / 12
  • This course is an introduction to the subject, with the emphasis on the practical aspects of bee...

    £80 including home-made lunch etc.
    21 October 2012
    10 - 4.30
    0 / 15
  • Beginner’s Bread-making.  John Lawrence will be running an intensive one-day course to...

    £85 including lunch (materials £8, to be paid on the day)
    John Lawrence
    27 October 2012
    10 - 4.30
    8 / 10
  • The Night Sky for Beginners

    Assington Mill, 28th October 2012...

    £70 including home-made high tea/supper
    28 October 2012
    2 - 8.30
    0 / 15