Introduction to Sustainable Woodland Management

Introduction to Sustainable Woodland Management

Spend a whole weekend deep in the woods of North Wales. Learn how to manage woodlands sustainably, craft your own charcoal and discover traditional woodland skills.

This weekend course is ideal for anyone who has access to woodland (or dreams of owning one) and wants to learn the skills to manage it better, both for wildlife and for sustainable coppice products such as firewood, charcoal and greenwood crafts. You will be guided through the weekend by an experienced tutor from The Woodland Classroom, based in Flintshire, surrounded by the fantastic Treborth Botanic Garden.

This course includes:

• Native tree identification
• Traditional coppicing techniques
• Ideas for craft projects using coppiced wood
• How to use brash to improve woodlands for wildlife
• How to make bean poles and pea sticks from hazel
• How to make your own charcoal kiln
• Loading, firing, sealing and unloading the kiln
• How to make your own artists charcoal from willow
• The history of coppicing & charcoal burning
• How to use hand tools safely; axe, billhook & saw

Refreshments will be provided, but please bring you lunch with you.

This is a FREE event, funded by the The Woodland Investment Grant (TWIG) scheme. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Welsh Government.

Host or Publisher Friends of Treborth Botanic Garden