Woodland Skills Centre
Woodland Skills Centre offer a wide range of woodland courses to suit all ages, abilities and interests.
Woodland Skills Centre offer a wide range of traditional craft courses to suit all ages, abilities and interests. We also offer Holiday Club, Birthday Parties, Family Days and Weeks in the Woods. Another sector is Social Forestry/Prescribing that involves working with people of all ages with special needs. We also offer Mindfulness in Nature sessions as part of our health and wellbeing programme.
There are so many good tools with broken handles. You donβt have to throw them away. The course today at Woodland Skills Centre was led by tool restoration expert Mal Edwards. Here are some of the tools that had new handles made and fitted.
Our beautiful Woodlands are open to the public 24 hours a day 365 days of the year, well behaved dogs are welcome too, we have many people and horse riders using our Woods daily πΎπ³π
We are at RHS Tatton Flower Show this week demonstrating crafts and running workshops for children. If you are at the show, why not pop over to say hello and pick up a course leaflet.
Hopefully see you tomorrow or Sunday.
Fan birds are a traditional craft from Eastern Europe and carved from a single piece of wood without the use of any glue or pins.
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Tool Handles- one day course, 3rd August 2024. Β£95
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A wonderful weekend of rustic chair making, everyone enjoyed themselves and went home proudly with their chairs π
Learn how to use and maintain a scythe.
One day course- Β£75
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We are all very proud to be part of National Forest for Wales π³πΏπ
A wonderful find in one of our ponds today, Dragonfly Nymphs, not one but two! π, one had already shed the other one was still inside, how lovely to see π.
Bushcraft, food cooked over the fire, free camping, games for children, activities for the whole family - sounds like wonderful weekend in the woods
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So this morning we had an uninvited guest, this Swallow had lost his way to the nest! End result was he happily left through the open doors after half an hour
What a wonderful day we had here today at woodland skills centre, creating a wooden spoon from a log of silver birch , everyone had a great time and many lessons were learnt! The results were amazing. Who knew an axe could produce such refinery π
Beauty that could be missed, always keep an eye out for our wonderful nature
One place left on this amazing course. Make your own basket that will last generations.
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A wonderful day crafting Willow Animal Sculptures, thoroughly enjoyed by everyone and the final results were amazing, first time for all participants
From tree to a usable chair in two days.
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Finding the most delicious alpine strawberries growing on the bank near the bee hives.
Such a popular course that we are running a second one.
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When you forget about the potatoes you left to chit in the seed cupboard
So many different types of Beeβs absolutely loving our flowers, even sharing flowers π. The Spider and Caterpillar were however at odds! Nature in its full glory.
After all the rain weβve had, I saw this Bee and watched them dry themselves and fly off, nature is wonderful
So lovely to see everything bursting back into life π³π«π±
Willow Animal Sculptures Course - Saturday 8th β Sunday 9th June 2024
Two Day Course β Cost Β£170 Deposit Β£85
Artist Caroline Gregson will guide you through the steps required to make your own animal sculpture.
We will be using prepared non-living willow and learning techniques which can be adapted to produce a wide range of animal forms.
Past workshops have produced pigs, dogs, cats, birds, squirrels etc. Animals which have a very distinctive outline tend to work the best.
You are welcome to discuss ideas for your sculpture with
Caroline prior to the workshop.
No previous experience is required.
Willow Animal Sculpture (June 2024) | Woodland Skills Centre If you book through the website please pay the full cost if possible. If you wish to just pay the deposit then the balance must be paid by 4 weeks before the course date.
Make a BushCraft Knife Course - Saturday 1st β Sunday 2nd June 2024
Two Day Course β Cost Β£230 Deposit Β£115
You will learn how to forge, heat treat, grind, sharpen a piece of tool steel and fit a handle to make a knife suitable for bushcraft.
Your expert bladesmith tutor is Gwyl Roche .
This course will run at least twice this year.
Make a Bushcraft Knife (June 2024) | Woodland Skills Centre If you book through the website please pay the full cost if possible. If you wish to just pay the deposit then the balance must be paid by 4 weeks before the course date.
Make a Shave Horse Course - Saturday 1st of June.
One Day Course β Cost Β£115 Deposit Β£60
A shave-horse is a simple but effective traditional tool to hold a piece of green wood while it is shaped with a draw-knife.
You will be provided with all the materials you need and you will make your own βmodernβ pattern shave-horse to take home, based on the design of Mike Abbott.
There should be time to learn how to cleave green wood and shape it with a draw-knife on your new shave-horse.
Make a Shave Horse (June 2024) | Woodland Skills Centre If you book through the website please pay the full cost if possible. If you wish to just pay the deposit then the balance must be paid by 4 weeks before the course date.
A photo taken every month for the last 4 months, same time , same placeβ¦ the rejuvenation is awesome, nature rules this world π³π―βοΈπ
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Woodland Skills Centre offer a wide range of traditional craft courses to suit all ages, abilities and interests. We also offer Holiday Club, Birthday Parties, Family Days and Weeks in the Woods. Another sector is Social Forestry that involves working with people of all ages with special needs. We offer Mindfulness in the Woods sessions where our qualified and experienced resident Mindfulness tutor guides participants through our tranquil woods to re-connect with nature and themselves and learn how to find inner calm.
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The Warren, Mold Road, Bodfari
Denbigh
LL164DT
Opening Hours
Monday | 9am - 5pm |
Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
Friday | 9am - 5pm |
Saturday | 9am - 5pm |
Sunday | 9am - 5pm |
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