We use our farm and woodland as venues for short courses
a sample of what's been happening on the farm...
Cumbrian basket maker Phil Bradley delivering a basket making course
 
  
 
 
growing cooking and eating...
   
  
We grow a lot of our own food on the farm, and support small groups of teachers wanting to develop their food growing skills with a view to setting up vegetable gardens with their children in school.
Timber frame builder Malcolm Lemmon running a 4 day course for BHMAT apprentices using douglas fir sourced locally and milled on the farm.
  
 
Another timber frame constructed under Malcolm's expert guidance - oak this time.
 
  
 
  
  
Supporting BTCV by teaching a group of young people -developing green woodworking skills, weaving hurdles to repair
the bankside of a heavily eroded stream...
 
 
and making shave horses as part of their project
 
 
the two finished shave horses
and in the woods...
  
  
 
 
This ash timber frame was built on a course that ran across eight weeks.
we also get out and about...
We have a long standing working friendship with NECA and their community allotment project in Boldon South Tyneside. They are currently building a communal sitting area and clay oven
 
 
 
 
  
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