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COVID PREVENTION MEASURES
For the foreseeable future we are
limiting the numbers of participants on our courses to 6.
Practical sessions will be held outside in the fresh air.
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2021 course
programme
Free Gardening with Nature
mini workshops, funded by Frank Jackson Foundation. These family
friendly, fun sessions run on Saturdays or Tuesdays from April -
September 2021
Monday 6th - Friday 10th September 2021
Traditional timber
framing including oak roof construction
(CPD)
Learn
traditional timber framing using traditional tools,
techniques and locally sourced green oak. Course led William
Clement-Smith, supported by the Orchard Barn team
Course duration
- 5 days
Full course fee - £625
Monday 11th October 2021
Wattle
and Daub (CPD)
Learn traditional constuction
skills using earth, coppiced sticks and Elm bast. Course taught by
Sarah Partridge of Orchard Barn
Course
duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £125
Tuesday 12th October
An
Introduction to using Lime (CPD)
Learn traditional
construction skills with Gemma
Sayers Lime Plasterer and Heritage Buildings Director at Orchard Barn
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £125
More information and booking
Wednesday 13th October 2021
An
Introduction to Timber Frame Repairs (CPD)
Learn how to assess old
timbers and undertake simple repairs.
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £125
Monday 11th - Wednesday 13th October 2021
Timber
Frame Restoration Skills (CPD)
Discover why old buildings
get damp and how to remedy it. Learn how to use lime. Understand
traditional timber frames and how to repair. Conservation experts Mike
McConnell, Gemma Sayers and Sarah Partridge lead the way.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £375
Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th October 2021
Lime
Finishes (CPD)
For those with some
prior experience of plastering, or of using lime, course led by Gemma Sayers
Course duration -
2 days
Time:
9.00-4pm
Full course fee - £250
October TBC
Vernacular
Building - human scale eco building (CPD)
Our ancestors built with
materials from the local landscape. Learn where to source
building materials for free, and how to convert them using low impact
and environmentally sound traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £125
Friday 10th
December 2021
Restorative Pruning
Taught by Dr Anna Baldwin
Course duration - 10-3.30
Early
Bird fee £55
More information and booking
Next date TBC
Introduction
to Timber Framing (CPD)
The
basics of timber frames spelt out. Terms, traditional techniques/tools
AND locally sourced timber. with traditional timber framer
William Clement-Smith and centre manager Sarah Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £125
Next date TBC
Wooden Roof Tiles -
Shingles
(CPD)
Learn
how to convert logs into shingles using a traditional woodland tools -
cleaving with a froe, siding up with a side axe and final dressing
using a draw knife. Course led by Sarah Partridge, Centre Manager of
Orchard Barn
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £125
Next set of dates TBC
Taking
Timber Framing Further (CPD)
Work alongside William
Clement-Smith
to progress your timber framing skills on a live restoration project.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £375
Next date TBC
Hurdle
Making
Develop
your skills in riving (controlled splitting), hewing (shaping with an
axe), shaving (with a draw knife) and greenwood joinery to make a small
Suffolk gate hurdle (to take home). Led by Master Bodger Will Wall.
Course duration - 2 days
Full course fee - £250
Next dates TBC
Shave
Horse
Make your own shave horse
with Master
Bodger Will Wall.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £375 (+ £15-40 for
materials)
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