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Words from the Woods Dec 2023
14th December 2023
The winter is keeping us on our toes out in the woods, skipping seamlessly from bright frosty days with sunlight streaming through the branches... to deep snow enough to collapse and bury the woodland shelters at National Trust Footprint... to enough rain to create streams in the woods that don't normally exist. All part of the beauty and drama of just 'being' in the woods... . best wishes Gareth and Ro [Photo credit Jonathan Smith Grasmere School]… read more
Words from the Woods December 2022
14th December 2022
Words from the Woods ... to keep you in touch with all the amazing things happening in the woods and beyond… read more
Words from the Woods July 2020
19th July 2020
Words from the Woods ... to keep you in touch with all the amazing things happening in the woods and beyond… read more
Words from the Woods Nov 2019
14th November 2019
Hope you are all set for some lovely wintery days to come.This time of year marks a shift for us into practical woodland work as we welcome new Woodshare Members, creating living willow structures, and gathering materials for the year to come. We've got some exciting new schools sessions planned and continuing to share our love of carving greenwood and camping out in the woods...enjoy...best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more
Words from the Woods December 2018
13th December 2018
Words from the Woods ... to keep you in touch with all the amazing things happening in the woods and beyond We've had a lovely few months in the woods, teaching, learning, sharing special times and enjoying exploring traditional skills with a great mix of people. Hope you all have a great festive season.. . best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more
Words from the Woods July 2018
11th July 2018
We've been super busy since we got back in January with coppicing contracts, Woodshare, Full Cycle, environmental arts projects, woodland camps and carving courses with 100s of people coming and enjoying all manner of fun in the woods. Its good to be back in native British woodland and enjoying what the seasons bring... best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more
Words From the Woods July 2017
31st July 2017
Many of you know that we're excited to be going on our long awaited family sabbatical to South East Asia until christmas. There will still be lots of exciting things happening in the woods. James Mitchell will be running bowl, bench and spoon carving courses and Debs Fletcher will be running the stone age sessions for schools. We'll be back and raring to go at christmas with Woodshare, coppicing, greenwood courses, school sessions and firewood. See below for how to book things while we are away ... . best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more
Watch this film to be inspired…explore the woods :)
26th July 2017
Dom Bush at Land and Sky Media has just made this great film about our Woodland Explorer course… read more
Words from the Woods November 2016
22nd November 2016
The leaves are dropping and with it comes the beginning of the coppice and Woodshare season. We're spending time in the woods with schools exploring, creating, time travelling and more.... There's plenty of greenwood carving courses coming up for adults wanting to create beautiful things... . best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more
Words from the Woods March 2016
20th March 2016
How lovely to see the sun and the snow in the last few weeks. There's lots going on in the woods, trees are budding and flowers popping up. We're really excited about the next few months with lots of camping out and exploring the woods... . best wishes Gareth and Ro… read more