Welcome to our new cohort of Sylva Professional Course Students
Recently, we welcomed the new students at the Sylva Wood School.
Managing Woodland for Wildlife
Nigel Symes (RSPB) and Paul Orsi (Sylva Foundation) will lead a workshop on managing your woodland for wildlife, including a demonstration of the new Woodland Wildlife Toolkit. Book now for your free place. 26th March at the Sylva Wood Centre.
Course: hurdle-making 23-24 March 2019
Learn and practise how to split hazel and make hurdles with coppice worker and craftsman Simon Farndon during this two-day course at the Sylva Wood Centre. 23-24 March 2019
Course: Make a Canoe Paddle April 2019
During this two-day course with award-winning boat builder Colin Henwood, you will learn how to shape a single canoe paddle from Ash using hand tools.
Course: Make a Canoe Paddle February 2019
During this two-day course with award-winning boat builder Colin Henwood, you will learn how to shape a single canoe paddle from Ash using hand tools.
Course: Saxon Building Woodwork, or ‘Treewrighting’
Led by Damian Goodburn BA PhD, a leading archaeological woodwork specialist, this workshop will be held in our new purpose-built Education Barn at the Sylva Wood Centre. Learn about Anglo-Saxon building woodwork, based mainly on the study of surviving wooden remains, including a review of relatively new evidence, with live demonstrations of tools and techniques, and opportunities to watch treewrighting in action.
Anglo-Saxon Treewrighting course (Day 3) 14Oct2018
Learn how to make various built components of an Anglo-Saxon building with tutors from the Carpenters’ Fellowship (Sunday 14th October, Day 3).
Anglo-Saxon Treewrighting course (Day 2) 13Oct2018
Learn how to make various built components of an Anglo-Saxon building with tutors from the Carpenters’ Fellowship (Saturday 13th October, Day 2).
Anglo-Saxon Treewrighting course (Day 1) 12Oct2018
Learn how to make various built components of an Anglo-Saxon building with tutors from the Carpenters’ Fellowship (Friday 12th October, Day 1).
Make a canoe paddle course 8th June 2018
During this two-day course with award-winning boat builder Colin Henwood, you will learn how to shape a single canoe paddle from Ash using hand tools.