Workshops
“A fantastic day of spoon carving with a lovely bunch of people.
Hugh was an excellent host, gave clear instructions as well as imparting his knowledge and experience.
Thoroughly recommend a this and great to know this is also going to support the great work being done locally.”
- Chris, April 2026
Such a great spoon carving course. Ben and Hugh are great teachers and you leave the day with a handmade spoon, full of tea, shared lunch, good conversation and new knowledge to take away and start making your own.
The cost of the course also goes to supporting the other work that they do which is a great thing to know. Highly recommend!!
- Lauren, 2024
I would recommend this day to anyone and everyone. A chance to sit and learn something new with like-minded people in a surprisingly beautiful spot.
Our instructor, Hugh, was brilliant. Passionate about every aspect of the craft, including the safety. He created an amazing atmosphere where we all looked at a chunk of freshly hewn cherry wood and believed that we could turn it into a spoon of our own!
I enjoyed my whole day and I am so proud of my spoon. I would go back anytime to axe and whittle away at wood to make something new and precious to me. Maybe a bowl to mix things in with my spoon?
Mortimer, 2025
“This programme made me feel more at home on Earth - like I belong here.”
“This gentler environment has been really inspiring for my own projects.”
“My relationship with nature is massively transformed.”
“I think that going forwards, whenever I interact with nature, I now have another internal voice sort of repeating the vibe and atmosphere and the expression from the people who run this place saying, ‘No, it's okay’.”
“Coming into this space every week really gave me that time to reflect, which is really new.”
“It gives me a lot of gender euphoria to know to be able to do some basic woodwork now…I feel like it was really a chance for me to fulfil a childhood longing.”
“Coming here, doing the woodwork, has taught me patience and how to be gentle and do things with control - I leave happy when I come here - you can joke around, you feel welcomed - it’s awesome.”
“I feel so good, very informed, inspired, like raring to go almost. I can’t wait to do my workshops”
“I think that nature really needs our help, but it’s really hard to care about nature if you don’t feel any connection to it. (…) my goal was to share the feeling of belonging in nature”
“This has really brought me closer to nature, just noticing the habitats these birds are local in, it’s important.”
“A very big step forward, my brain is buzzing… I just can’t wait to do something with this knowledge and share it with other people.”
“This experience has been a great assist to my woodwork and environmental journey. Teaching me skills such as carving to portray my beliefs within.”
“It was an amazing experience to run [my Green Action] and to be like, WOW, I could do this, I could do it again. It’s an amazing first step in something that I have an interest in.”