Learn to survive in the wild!
Our exciting new series of courses led by bushcraft expert, Nick Smart, will teach you the skills you need to build your own shelter, gather and cook your own supper over an open fire and learn more about the medicinal uses of trees and plants.
Our new wilderness courses are a perfect way to get away from the stresses and strains of modern life and reconnect with the natural world.
All courses will take place at the Earth Trust Centre, Little Wittenham in South Oxfordshire.
To book your place please call 01865 407792
Our Wilderness Courses also make unforgettable Green Gifts.
Bushcraft Campfire Cookery
Sunday 29th April 2012, 10am - 4pm
A day learning bush cooking techniques from around the world. We will teach you how to prepare and light a fire using fire by friction (bow drill). You will also learn different fire lays and fire maintenance, prepare vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, game, bread and bannock and show you an incredible range of ways to cook them in the outdoors using improvised cooking methods and utensils. You will also learn about wild foods/plants and teas/tisanes. A fantastic fun day and you go home with a full belly! No packed lunch is required for this course. Food is included in the price.
Price: Adults £75, Friends £60
Guided Walk: Plant Foraging
Sunday 20th May 2012
Discover more about local plants that you can eat or use for dying, fire lighting and more!
Adults £15, Children £12
Family Bushcraft Day
Friday 8th June 2012, 10am - 3pm
A day for all the family to get that wild living feeling! Explore the woods, make shelters, and even learn how to make a fire. Friends discounts apply.
Adults £20, Children £15
Ancient Fire Lighting Skills
Saturday 23rd June 2012, 10am - 4pm
Learn how to make fire by friction and how to create fire like our ancestors. Practical skills to make a fire even in wet conditions without matches or a lighter!
Adults £75, Friends £60
Introduction to Bushcraft
Sunday 15th July 2012, 10am - 4pm
Learn to live closer to nature - this is a fun and relaxing day learning how to build a shelter, make a fire by friction, and enjoy spending time in the woods!
Adults £75, Friends £60
Family Bushcraft Day
Friday 3rd August 2012, 10am - 3pm
A day for all the family to get that wild living feeling!
Explore the woods, make shelters, and even learn how to make a fire.
Friends discounts apply.
Adults £20, Children £15
Bushcraft Campfire Cookery
Saturday 1st September 2012, 10am - 4pm
A day learning bush cooking techniques from around the world.
We will teach you how to prepare and light a fire using fire by friction
(bow drill). You will also learn different fire lays and fire
maintenance, prepare vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, game, bread and
bannock and show you an incredible range of ways to cook them in the
outdoors using improvised cooking methods and utensils. You will also
learn about wild foods/plants and teas/tisanes. A fantastic fun day and
you go home with a full belly! No packed lunch is required for this
course. Food is included in the price.
Price: Adults £75, Friends £60
Wild Plant Dyes
Sunday 9th September 2012, 10am - 4pm
Learn to identify and extract natural dyes and colour a rainbow with traditional methods.
Adults £50, Children £40
Halloween Family Bushcraft Day
Wednesday 31st August 2012, 10am - 3pm
A day for all the family to get that wild living feeling! Explore in the woods, make shelters, and even learn how to make a fire.
Adults £20, Children £15, Friends discounts apply.