Seasonal and special courses
Hedgelaying
Come and learn to lay hedges
For more information on the wildlife and environmental benefits of hedgerows, and on their management, see Hedgelink web site:
Growing organic apples and pears including pruning
Willow garden sculpture and decorations
Living Nutrition
These four seasonal weekends are led by renowned chef Daphne Lambert, guest speakers and friends. Each weekend will focus on the foods growing or harvested at Trill Farm. Learn about foods and your health and become inspired to change how you feel by the way you eat - enjoy discovering the foods around you.
Integrated Conservation Seminar
with Iain Tolhurst. An opportunity to learn more about utilising conservation management as a whole farm/garden policy.
Easter plant ups and decorations
Be inspired and join our creative team for a tutorial and demonstration in creating your own plant-ups and arrangements to decorate this Easter.
Edible Gardens Walk, discovering local food production
Make your own skep to catch a swarm
Skeps are not often used for hives these days, but they are a wonderful container for collecting a swarm. The Natural Beekeeping Trust is offering two dates for a whole day master class in skep making with expert Martin Newton.
Sustainable Building Techniques Workshop
Food for free
Identify, learn about, gather and cook edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of our common plants.
Herbal medicine-making: hedgerow herbalism
Ways and Means, a demonstration of local transport systems
Eco-textiles
with Gail Bryson. This course is aimed at young people with an interest in eco textiles, design and the world around them. The course is split into four day long workshops, which are held once a month at Trill farm. They can be attended individually or as a group of four.
Stonewalling
Come and learn the traditional skills of making and repairing a stone wall
Rag rugging
Turn unwanted clothes and material into decorative and useful rugs
Making Spring Paper Flower Decorations
Create long lasting floral and cake decorations using crepe paper for christmas, weddings or any season
Lime renders & plasters for strawbale buildings
Soap making
Clay/cob oven making
Local food, local people: A guide to Community Supported Agriculture
The course will explore Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a new economic model for farms and communities. What is CSA? And in what forms can it be found? How can we secure a healthy local food supply? During the course we will explore existing and alternative economic models, discuss new solutions for small agricultural enterprises and ways to setup a CSA.
Herbs in the Home
A practical hands-on course taking herbs from the garden to create ointments and potions for health, beauty and the home
Straw Bale Building
Charcoal Burning Workshop
Chairs (cane & rush-seating) & Baskets
Learn how to renew cane & rush seating using natural materials cane, and rush, under the supervision of a professional. Also traditional basket-making.
Sustainable Sewage Systems
This one-day course will introduce you to the range of reed beds that exist for treating a whole variety of wastewater types, explaining where and when they are appropriate
Eco-textiles weekend
Our weekend course is aimed at adults with an interest in eco textiles, design and the world around them including an introduction to eco textiles, what are they and why do we need them, natural dyes, including making dyes from plants found on the farm and making your own eco textile product.
Bush craft day
This one-day course is a great opportunity to learn skills in bush-craft and wild food. Reconnect to a time gone by, where people depended on mother-nature and themselves to provide their shelter, fire, water and food.
Herbal Medicine
These weekends will immerse us in the delights of medicinal plants.Using the resources of Trill Farm, the hedgerows and meadows, we will discover how plants grow, their traditional uses and how we can best use them as powerful and effective remedies.
Felt-making
Felt making is an ancient textile process. Come and learn, in one day, how to transform washed and combed sheep's fleece into beautiful, tactile, durable felt; using nothing more than soap, water and friction.
Cyder making
This one-day course is suitable for beginners, for those interested in making cider or perry at home and for anyone with an interest in these unique, versatile and tasty products.
Spin a yarn - from fleece to fabric
This day workshop aims to cover the basics of woollen spinning including suitable sheep fleeces, preparation for spinning, how to use a wheel and other equipment involved. There will be a demonstration of the processes ranging from carding the raw fleece to knitted samples.
Woodwork for beginners
This course is designed for enthusiastic but inexperienced amateurs
Coppicing - traditional woodland management
This course is aimed at beginner. We will spend some time inside learning about various aspects of this traditional management technique and why it is so important. We will spend the majority of the day outside coppicing in a nearby woodland.
Supported by the Daylesford Foundation
