We offer courses on practical skills for the management of small woodlands, green woodworking and crafts. Small Woods deliver a suite of accredited woodland management courses, with subsidised rates for our members and support new entrants to the coppice and sustainable woodland management sector through our apprenticeships.
06/04/2024 Green Wood Stool Making 2 Days
Coalbrookdale, Small Wood Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/4ad9iAm
Learn how to make your own unique green wood stool. Choose between a woven or solid wood seat, and whether to complete your components on a shave-horse or pole-lathe.
Cost £200
06/04/2024 Make a bent wood hazel stick chair 2 Days
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3wTUrw9
Learn how to make a beautiful green wood chair from locally grown hazel, using just a saw, drill and hammer. No previous wood-working experience necessary and you will be guided through the process. Your tutor, Maurice Clother will be on hand to give you as much help as you need.
Cost £20
08/04/2024 Introduction to Woodland Management AIM L3 2 Days
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3veOlpM
This two-day course will help build the background knowledge needed to manage your woodland sustainably and work towards creating resilient, productive woods.
Cost £180
11/05/2024 Coracle Making 2 Days
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/49VfTiW
Build an Ironbridge-style coracle using simple tools and techniques to suit all levels of experience and ability. The coracle has been around for thousands of years, evolving as a cheap, simple boat that anybody could make and use for all sorts of short river work, particularly fishing.
Cost £350
18/05/2024 Tool sharpening 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/48R3DPi
An immersive day learning how to sharpen green wood working tools. The morning will be spent focusing on the basics of sharpening straight edge tools such as knives, drawknifes and axes, and the afternoon will look into curved tools such as spoon knives and travishers.
Cost £95
19/05/2024 Kuksa carving 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/4abK3yc
Carve your very own Scandinavian style Kuksa using traditional tools and techniques. You will learn: How to select appropriate wood and the different properties; Tool use and selection; Marking out and creating the shape you want; How to use a variety of tools to scoop out the bowl and shape the outside.
Cost £95
01/06/2024 Make a Mike Abbott style shave horse 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3VjoeJ1
Make & use a shave-horse in a day! Designed by green wood chairmaker, teacher & author Mike Abbott, these slightly crude but wonderfully functional shave-horses are assembled using lengths of 4x2, sturdy screws, simple tools, and a cordless drill.
Cost £120
02/06/2024 Rustic Rake Making 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3VjoeJ1
Make your own garden rake! Using green ash wood, you will spend the day cleaving and shaping components using traditional tools and devices – a shave-horse and drawknife, a tyne-cutter and a brace and bit – before fixing it all together and giving it a try on some of the many shavings you will have created throughout the day.
Cost £95
08/06/2024 Relief Carving in Wood 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3TmsVPk
Learn wood carving techniques whilst making a relief carving. You will be guided through all the stages of from wood selection, to buying and maintaining your tools, using knives and chisels safely and effectively, and creating texture along with finishing techniques.
Cost £95
09/06/2024 Bowl carving 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/3vjATRm
Learn how to carve your very own bowl using traditional tools and techniques, with master craftsman Pete Lloyd. You will learn: How to set up a bowl mate How to select appropriate timber How to measure and mark up A variety of carving techniques using axe, adze and chisels Finishing techniques
Cost £95
10/06/2024 Introduction to Woodland Management AIM L3 2 Days
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/49R8UYh
This two-day course will help build the background knowledge needed to manage your woodland sustainably and work towards creating resilient, productive woods.
Cost £180
30/06/2024 Introduction to Pole Lathe Turning 1 Day
Coalbrookdale, Small Woods Association 01952 432769 office@smallwoods.org.uk c-js.info/4cfnSJo
Spend a day at the Green Wood Centre learning how to turn fresh green wood on a foot-powered pole-lathe and create your own unique items eg. rolling-pin, chair leg, garden dibber.
Cost £95