Coppicing for Woodland Management

Description

Want to learn how to get more from your trees by coppicing? Come and join Ryan our Nature Reserve Manager for two days of traditional woodland management and learn the art of coppicing in the beautiful native woods at Denmark Farm nature reserve. The course will cover basic theory and provide hands-on practical experience including tree identification, coppicing, Snedding and High Pruning, ideas for craft projects using coppiced wood and creating wildlife habitat piles and windrows. We will also show you how to use hand tools safely in the woodland to make bean poles and pea sticks. The future of woodlands relies on effective management, just as a garden needs constant maintenance and care to thrive. Trees must be thinned to grow well and invasive species like bramble have to be managed so that they don’t dominate other plants. So what is coppicing? Well it’s is an ancient form of woodland management, that involves repetitive felling of the same stump, near to ground level, which allow the shoots to regrow from that main stump. Coppicing creates a variety of micro-habitats within a woodland which become homes for specialised wildlife such as dormice and butterflies. Coppicing also produces many useful timber products that are still used today. All proceeds from our events and holidays are ploughed directly back into managing our 40 acre nature reserve. Thank you for your support and please do come to visit soon.

What's included in the price?

Face to face teaching, tools & equipment, light refreshments. Please wear warm, waterproof clothes and appropriate boots. Wellies can be provided if required.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre

with Craft Courses since 2013

Message the tutor

Denmark Farm Conservation Centre is a 40 acre nature reserve managed by the charity The Shared Earth Trust. We host a range of craft, sustainable living, conservation and ecology courses with all profits ploughed back into caring for the nature and wildlife on site.