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Orchard Barn
Courses Calender
for 2019
5 March -
Restorative Fruit Tree Pruning
Learn how with Anna
Baldwin
Course duration - 11am-3pm
Course fee - FREE - funded by Orchards East/HLF
15-16
March - 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 - £220 Early Bird fee £190 (+ £15-35
materials)
4-6 April
- Shave Horse
Make your own unique shave
horse to take home. Led by Master
Bodger Will Wall.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £294 Early Bird fee £255 (+ £15-40
materials )
9 April
- Introduction to Timber Framing
The
basics of timber frames spelt out. Terms, traditional techniques/tools
AND locally sourced timber. with traditional carpenter Rick
Lewis
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
25 April
- Earth and Tree Natural Building Experience
Learn where to source
building materials for free
from the local landscape and how to convert them using traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £101 Early Bird fee £87
27 April
- Green Woodwork for Gardeners POSTPONED
The
range of possible products you might make includes seed and plant
labels, trellises, plant supports, garden trugs and seed-trays, but the
real take-home from this course will be the skills and techniques of
green wood making. Led by Will Wall
Course duration - 1 day
Full course Fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
More information and booking
details soon
29 April
- 1 May Timber Frame Restoration Skills
Discover why old buildings
get damp and how to remedy it. Learn how to us lime. Understand
traditional timber frames and how to repair. Conservation experts Mike
McConnell, Rory Sumerling and Rick Lewis lead the way.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £330 Early Bird fee £285
2-4
May - Taking Timber Framing Further
Work alongside William
Clement-Smith
to progress your timber framing skills on a live restoration project.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £330 Early Bird fee £285
3-4 May - Greenwood Bench
Learn how to make your own
live-edge greenwood bench with master bodger Will Wall
Course duration
- 2 days
Full course fee - £220 Early Bird
fee £190
7 May
Wattle and Daub
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 - £110 Early Bird fee £95
8 May
- Make your own Compost
Find out how to convert
garden waste into rich plant food with Master Composter Sean McLoughlin
Course duration - 2-4pm
Course cost - FREE - donations
towards running costs of Orchard Barn welcome
24-25 May
- Advanced Lime Finishes
For those with some
prior experience of plastering, or of using lime, course led by Gemma Sayers
Course duration - 2 days
Time: 9.30-4pm
Full course fee - £220 Early Bird Fee - £190
25 May -
Green Woodwork: the solution to the Plastic Problem
On this course you will learn
how to make simple, domestic objects out of green
wood which can replace the plastic in your life. This might be a plate,
carved bowl, chopping board, spatula or tapas dish. Led by Will Wall
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £95 Early Bird fee £85
29 May - Forest Sessions for Children
Woody, earthy craft activities for your child/ren and you. Have fun in our old orchard.
Session duration - 0-8 years 10am-12 midday 8-12 years 1-3pm
Session fee - Adult and 1 child £8, Adult and 2 children £12, Adult and 3 children £16
30 May -
Earth and Tree Natural Building Experience POSTPONED
Learn where to source
building materials for free
from the local landscape and how to convert them using traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £101 Early Bird fee £87
15 June - Listening to the Land - a Writers Retreat
Invite to writers from sapling to seasoned to spend the day with Valerie Dawn from Canada and Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge. This is a day for you to find a quiet place to connect with the ancestral wisdom of the land.
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £45 Early Bird fee £40
26 June
An Introduction to using Lime
Learn traditional
construction skills from Lime expert Rory Sumerling.
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
27-29
June - Shave Horse
Make your own shave horse
with Master
Bodger Will Wall.
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £294 Early Bird fee £255 (+ £15-40 for
materials)
27-29
June - Cob Sculpture for beginners
An introductory
course on sculptural cob relief with artist and craftsperson, Jue Sota
Course duration - 3 days
Full course fee - £294 Early Bird fee £255
28 June
An Introduction to Timber Frame Repairs
Learn how to assess old
timbers and undertake simple repairs. Course taught by Rick Lewis from
Traditional Oak Carpentry
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
29 June -
Earth and Tree Natural Building Experience
Learn where to source
building materials for free
from the local landscape and how to convert them using traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £101 Early Bird fee £87
9 July - Masonry Stove Construction Seminar
9-13 July Masonry Stove Construction Course
Learn the theory and the practical side of construction a masonry stove. Seminar and course led by Martin of Stove Mason in Scotland
Full 5 day course fee (inc Seminar) - £550
Early Bird fee for 5 days (inc Seminar) £475
1-day Seminar £110
20 July -
Spoon Carving
Learn how to carve your own
spoons with Will Wall
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £95 Early Bird fee £85
26 July -
Building with Earth and Trees
Learn where to source
building materials for free
from the local landscape and how to convert them using traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £101 Early Bird fee £87
30 July -
Introduction to Timber Framing
The basics of timber frames
spelt out. Terms, traditional techniques/tools AND locally sourced
timber learn with traditional carpenter Rick
Lewis
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
3 August - Wooden Roof Tiles - Shingles
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
Course duration
- 1 day
Full course fee - £110 Early Bird fee £95
9-10 August - Greenwood Bench
Learn how to make your own
live-edge greenwood bench with master bodger Will Wall
Course duration
- 2 days
Full course fee - £220 Early Bird fee £190
12 August
- Traditional Carpentry
Make a brace and ledge door
using hand tools and Suffolk grown oak planks milled in 2015.....
workshop led by TBC
Course
duration - 1 day
Course cost - £TBC
13 August
- Wattle and Daub
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 - £110 Early Bird fee £95
5
September - Earth and Tree Natural Building Experience
Learn where to source
building materials for free
from the local landscape and how to convert them using traditional
techniques and human energy. Led by Orchard Barn Centre Manager Sarah
Partridge
Course duration - 1 day
Full course fee - £101 Early Bird fee £87
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