Heritage Skills
Coppicing and hurdlemaking
Coppicing is about harvesting small-diameter wood that can be used for many purposes in a sustainable way that also creates suitable habitat conditions for a wide range of woodland species. One of the most profitable ways to make use of coppice materials is to use them to make woven hurdles. This course would be useful for anyone looking for work in the environmental sector and for involving communities in local woodland projects.
Date: 16th, 17th & 18th March 2012
Venue: Norley Rural Skills Centre
Cost: £5/day for Cheshire Residents, £30/day for non-residents – non refundable
Booking: Required
Contact: northern-training@btcv.org.uk 01772 325361
Care, maintenance and repair of hand tools
Maintaining and repairing your own tools can save you money, is environmentally sustainable and helps you work more quickly, safely and efficiently. This course will help you learn some tried and trusted sharpening techniques, how to replace wooden handles and how to deal with some of the most common faults that are likely to occur with a wide range of tools used in practical conservation and woodland crafts projects.
Date: 20th April 2012
Venue: BTCV Workshop, Trafford Watermill, Mickle Trafford
Cost: £5/day for Cheshire Residents, £30/day for non-residents – non refundable
Booking: Required
Contact: northern-training@btcv.org.uk 01772 325361
Practical dry stone walling
A well built dry stone wall should outlast any of the people involved in building it and leave a legacy of their work in the countryside for years to come. It can also provide shelter and a stable microclimate for birds, small mammals, amphibians and a huge variety of invertebrates. After a few years colonies of lichens decorate the sunny side, with algae and mosses growing in the shade. This wall is in a suberb setting, high on the Sandstone Trail and has been worked on by people attending these courses over the past three years. As our work here nears completion, come and learn some traditional walling skills and make your own contribution to one of the lasting legacies of the Habitats and Hillforts project.
Date: 15th, 16th and 17th June 2012 and 10th 11th and 12th August 2012
Venue: Higher Burwardsley (meet at the Sandstone Trail Car Park in front of the Candle Workshops)
Cost: £5/day for Cheshire Residents, £30/day for non-residents – non refundable
Booking: Required
Contact: northern-training@btcv.org.uk 01772 325361
