Workshops & courses
Our workshop programme is frequently updated so please check back regularly,
and do contact us if you have a request for a course to attend or teach.
Weave a set of Willow Trivets
Willow trivets are a beautiful addition to your table. They take hot dishes straight from the oven or hob. This course is ideal for beginners or those not experienced in working with willow, as well as those who would like to practice making bases. These trivets make an attractive yet
3 places available
Get Winter Ready: Firewood Processing for Beginners
Warm yourself twice this winter! Learn how to safely split, season and store firewood, sharpen and use an axe, prepare the perfect kindling and get your fire going without the huffing and puffing. A practical, hands-on outdoor course suitable for complete beginners.
4 places available
Expressive Drawing
Expressive Drawing is a gentle workshop that uses drawing, mark-making and body-awareness techniques to explore emotions, self-expression and creativity. No artistic experience is needed. Through guided exercises, participants will connect with their inner selves in a safe, supportive, judgement-free space, using art as a tool for reflection, insight and wellbeing.
9 places available
Traditional Hedge-laying
Learn the art of traditional hedge laying on this hands-on two-day course. Gain practical experience in hedgerow management, pruning, planting and laying a native hedge in the Ceredigion style, while learning safe tool use and conservation techniques from experienced tutor Peter Drake.
6 places available
Green Skills: Winter Tree Identification
Join Chris for a walk around Denmark Farm where we will be identifying the common trees you’ll find on site and the nature around them. You’ll learn about the important role trees play and how to easily identify one tree from another. FREE PLACES for local residents.
8 places available
Green Skills: Coppicing
Come and learn the art and practise of coppicing hazel. We will talk about the benefits to wildlife and the woodland itself and coppice an area of hazel on site using hand saws and then process the wood into products or wildlife habitat piles. FREE PLACES for local residents.
8 places available
Woodworking: Make a Chopping Block and Mallet
Using sustainably sourced timber and traditional hand tools, you’ll make a sturdy three-legged chopping block and matching wooden carving mallet, ideal for spoon carving, green woodworking, and general workshop use.
8 places available
Woodworking: Build a Shave Horse
Spend a day creating your very own Mike Abbott style shave horse. This invaluable tool is the foundation of being able to make tables, chairs and all manner of wooden items requiring peeling, shaping and tapering, for all manner of craft items.
4 places available
Outdoor First Aid Course
This Outdoor First Aid course for environmental work professionals, outdoor workers, forest school tutors etc meets all NGB requirements and will cover a full range of outdoor injuries and scenarios with a mix of theory and role playing training and practice sessions.
7 places available
Festive Wreaths, Stars & Reindeers Workshop
Time to start feeling festive and join us for a 3 hour workshop where you’ll learn how to make a beautiful unique willow wreath for your front door, and willow stars and reindeers to decorate your tree or home.
8 places available
Raw Chocolate Making Workshop
Learn how to make your own delicious raw chocolates with just a few, easy to source, healthy ingredients. Experiment by adding fruit, nuts and other flavours and turning the chocolates into different shapes with the moulds provided, and wrap them to give as gifts to loved ones, or yourself!
8 places available
Fabric Memories: Creative Appliqué Workshop
Every piece of fabric carries memories, history, and stories. In this inspiring workshop, we transform treasured textiles, worn clothing, and favourite fabric scraps into a unique textile artwork that celebrates personal and family memories. Create a wall hanging, cushion cover, or quilt top that tells your story.
6 places available
Japanese Rice Bag Workshop
Spend a creative day sewing a Japanese-style rice bag, inspired by traditional komebukuro. Your finished bag can be used for storing craft projects, carrying everyday items, as a gift bag, or simply enjoyed as something unique that you have made yourself.
8 places available
Wild Watercolours
This workshop is for anyone who has wanted to work with watercolours but hasn’t had the opportunity to spend time getting to know them. You will time looking at the landscape up close and spending time observing and responding to our environment, and developing a deeper connection to the world
8 places available
Growing Inner Strength Through Nature
In a world that can often feel overwhelming, this workshop offers an opportunity to pause, reconnect, and find steady ground. Nature will provide a lens to explore our inner lives. We’ll find how four facets of emotional wholeness can help us respond to life’s challenges with greater resilience and self-compassion.
12 places available
Tree to Frame – 5 day Roundwood Timber Framing
Utilize the natural beauty and low impact nature of roundwood timber framing and learn all the skills that you need for the design and construction of your own roundwood timber framing project.
8 places available
Workshop Terms & Conditions
Please book online by clicking on the course above and then book your place/s and pay online, ideally by bank transfer to minimise the fees we have to pay through PayPal.
Members receive 10% off the displayed course cost of all Denmark Farm events.
Most courses, unless marked otherwise, are hosted by Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.
All bookings and enquiries for SELL (School of Education & Lifelong Learning, Aberystwyth University) courses are directly with SELL. See https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-learning/ / phone 01970 621580. There are no membership discounts for these courses.
Denmark Farm Conservation Centre course places are reserved once full payment has been received.
If the minimum number of participants has not been met within 2 weeks of the start date, courses may be cancelled or rescheduled. Where a course is fully booked, please contact us to add your name to the waiting list in case of a cancellation. If we cancel a course for any reason (e.g. not reaching the minimum number of participants or illness of staff) we will refund your place in full or offer you credit for an alternative event.
Cancellations: If you need to cancel your place, please contact us as soon as possible. If you cancel 4 weeks or more before the course starts we will retain £20 (per event place) to cover our administration costs. Cancellations within 4 weeks of the course start date are chargeable in full unless we are able to fill the place from a reserve list and/or if special circumstances apply. We reserve the right to decide whether the latter applies, and this decision is final. Deposits, once paid, are non-refundable.
Start times: Times listed are the actual time the course begins. Please arrive 15-30 min before the stated time if you would like a comfort break or hot drink beforehand.
Lunch/refreshments: Please bring a packed lunch with you. Tea & coffee is provided during breaks, with decaf coffee/tea and herbal drinks also available, and dairy and oat milk are provided.
Ages: Unless stated otherwise, all courses are suitable for participants aged 16+. On some craft courses 13-15 year-olds are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian, please enquire.
Dogs: For health and safety, dogs are not permitted to accompany participants attending courses. We also request that dogs (or other animals) are not left inside vehicles in the carpark area.
Accommodation: We have a range of accommodation options on-site if you wish to stay here.
