Monkton Wyld Court
a centre for sustainable education near Dorset's Jurassic Coast
Upcoming Workshops, Courses & Events
a centre for sustainable education near Dorset's Jurassic Coast
Upcoming Workshops, Courses & Events
Monday 10th June - Bread Making
Bread Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 10th June
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 10th June
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Tuesday 11th June - Jam Making
Jam Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Tuesday 11th June
£45 per person includes lunch
This course is suitable for beginners of advanced jam-makers and will include all you need to know about preparing jam and preserves.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Tuesday 11th June
£45 per person includes lunch
This course is suitable for beginners of advanced jam-makers and will include all you need to know about preparing jam and preserves.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Wednesday 19th June - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 19th June
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 19th June
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
21st - 23rd June - Introduction to Beekeeping
Introduction to Beekeeping **
with David Wiscombe
4pm Friday 21st June to 5pm Sunday 23rd June
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
This popular course covers all the basics of beekeeping including both practical and theory sessions. Course Leader David Wiscombe has half a century of experience as a nationally known apiarist who has featured regularly on television.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with David Wiscombe
4pm Friday 21st June to 5pm Sunday 23rd June
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
This popular course covers all the basics of beekeeping including both practical and theory sessions. Course Leader David Wiscombe has half a century of experience as a nationally known apiarist who has featured regularly on television.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
Saturday 22nd June - Ceilidh with 'Long Odds and Short Straws'
Ceilidh with
Long Odds and Short Straws
From 7.30pm Saturday 22nd June
£5 per person, under 16s free
Come to Monkton for a Ceilidh with the band 'Long Odds and Short Straws' and their caller who will lead you through the dances. An all vegetarian buffet will be provided and refreshments are available.
Contact us by e-mail or by phone on 01297 560342 to check availability and to book.
From 7.30pm Saturday 22nd June
£5 per person, under 16s free
Come to Monkton for a Ceilidh with the band 'Long Odds and Short Straws' and their caller who will lead you through the dances. An all vegetarian buffet will be provided and refreshments are available.
Contact us by e-mail or by phone on 01297 560342 to check availability and to book.
25th - 29th June - Low Impact Woodland Management
Low Impact Woodland Management
**
with the MWC Team
10am - Tuesday 25th to 5pm - Saturday 29th June
£575 Residential, £480 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£192 Residential, £160 Non-Residential
Everything you need to know about managing a woodland.
This course will include:
• Charcoal making
• Woodland usage
• Logs for labour schemes
• Basic woodland business planning
• Tool husbandry
• Low impact firewood production
• A woodland visit
• Practical woodland working
By the end of this course you will be able to start to manage your own woodland space.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with the MWC Team
10am - Tuesday 25th to 5pm - Saturday 29th June
£575 Residential, £480 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£192 Residential, £160 Non-Residential
Everything you need to know about managing a woodland.
This course will include:
• Charcoal making
• Woodland usage
• Logs for labour schemes
• Basic woodland business planning
• Tool husbandry
• Low impact firewood production
• A woodland visit
• Practical woodland working
By the end of this course you will be able to start to manage your own woodland space.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
Saturday 6th July - Signwriting
Signwriting **
with Gill Barron
10am to 5pm Saturday 6th July
£90
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£30
Learn to produce professional-looking hand-painted signage for any project (including pub signs) using traditional brushwork techniques. An intensive one-day course in basic lettering, lining-out and authentic English country scrollwork taught by Gill Barron, 40 years a signwriter and vehicle painter, and author of best-seller "Acrylic Secrets" (Readers Digest 2009).
See Gill's work here.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with Gill Barron
10am to 5pm Saturday 6th July
£90
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£30
Learn to produce professional-looking hand-painted signage for any project (including pub signs) using traditional brushwork techniques. An intensive one-day course in basic lettering, lining-out and authentic English country scrollwork taught by Gill Barron, 40 years a signwriter and vehicle painter, and author of best-seller "Acrylic Secrets" (Readers Digest 2009).
See Gill's work here.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
12th - 14th July - Introduction to Beekeeping
Introduction to Beekeeping **
with David Wiscombe
4pm Friday 12th July to 5pm Sunday 14th July
£225 residential, £155 non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
This popular course covers all the basics of beekeeping including both practical and theory sessions. Course Leader David Wiscombe has half a century of experience as a nationally known apiarist who has featured regularly on television.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with David Wiscombe
4pm Friday 12th July to 5pm Sunday 14th July
£225 residential, £155 non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
This popular course covers all the basics of beekeeping including both practical and theory sessions. Course Leader David Wiscombe has half a century of experience as a nationally known apiarist who has featured regularly on television.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
Wednesday 17th July - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 17th July
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 17th July
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
19th - 21st July - Scything and Grassland Management
Scything and Grassland Management
**
with Simon Fairlie
4pm Friday 19th July to 5pm Sunday 21st July
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
1.5 day basic course available from 4pm Friday 19th July to 5pm Saturday 20th July - £70.00 per person Non-residential.***
*** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£25 Non-Residential
From the course leader:
Beginners often imagine that a two day scything course is a bit excessive, just to learn how to use a garden tool; and that is true if all you want to do is knock down weeds. But anyone who wants to mow grass on any scale will benefit from a two day course, and people who do them come away saying: "I don't know how you could cram all that into one day".
Two days gives you enough time to prepare your own blade (rather than use the Blue Peter blades that I prepare in advance for the one-day course); you get more time to practice different peening methods; and I also demonstrate how to make and stack a hay rack, which enables you to make hay even in changeable weather.
The course covers:
• history and sociology of the scythe, in the UK and abroad
• selecting the right blade and snath for the job (or making best use of what you've got):
• setting up a scythe and snath;
• peening with a jig, and and introduction to freehand peening with hammer and anvil;
• sharpening;
• mowing technique;
• how to avoid damaging the blade, and how to repair chips and cracks;
• managing grass with scything in mind;
• hay-making by hand;
• making and loading a hayrack.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with Simon Fairlie
4pm Friday 19th July to 5pm Sunday 21st July
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
1.5 day basic course available from 4pm Friday 19th July to 5pm Saturday 20th July - £70.00 per person Non-residential.***
*** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£25 Non-Residential
From the course leader:
Beginners often imagine that a two day scything course is a bit excessive, just to learn how to use a garden tool; and that is true if all you want to do is knock down weeds. But anyone who wants to mow grass on any scale will benefit from a two day course, and people who do them come away saying: "I don't know how you could cram all that into one day".
Two days gives you enough time to prepare your own blade (rather than use the Blue Peter blades that I prepare in advance for the one-day course); you get more time to practice different peening methods; and I also demonstrate how to make and stack a hay rack, which enables you to make hay even in changeable weather.
The course covers:
• history and sociology of the scythe, in the UK and abroad
• selecting the right blade and snath for the job (or making best use of what you've got):
• setting up a scythe and snath;
• peening with a jig, and and introduction to freehand peening with hammer and anvil;
• sharpening;
• mowing technique;
• how to avoid damaging the blade, and how to repair chips and cracks;
• managing grass with scything in mind;
• hay-making by hand;
• making and loading a hayrack.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
Monday 5th August - Bread Making
Bread Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 5th August
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 5th August
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Tuesday 6th August - Jam Making
Jam Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Tuesday 6th August
£45 per person includes lunch
This course is suitable for beginners of advanced jam-makers and will include all you need to know about preparing jam and preserves.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Tuesday 6th August
£45 per person includes lunch
This course is suitable for beginners of advanced jam-makers and will include all you need to know about preparing jam and preserves.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
11th - 16th August - Self Sufficiency Family Week
Self Sufficiency Family Week
with the MWC team
4pm Sunday 11th to 11am Friday 16th August
Residential: £290 Adult, £195 Under-16s, £150 Children 10 and under.
Non-residential: £40 Adult per day, £22 Under-16s per day, £15 Children 10 and under per day.
This is specifically aimed at families that want to explore real self sufficiency and all it entails. Join in with aspects of our self sufficient daily life learning about vegetable growing, keeping livestock, wood fuel, using hand tools, renewable energy and not forgetting having fun without electricity.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC team
4pm Sunday 11th to 11am Friday 16th August
Residential: £290 Adult, £195 Under-16s, £150 Children 10 and under.
Non-residential: £40 Adult per day, £22 Under-16s per day, £15 Children 10 and under per day.
This is specifically aimed at families that want to explore real self sufficiency and all it entails. Join in with aspects of our self sufficient daily life learning about vegetable growing, keeping livestock, wood fuel, using hand tools, renewable energy and not forgetting having fun without electricity.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Wednesday 21st August - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 21st August
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 21st August
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
25th - 30th August - Wyld Science Family Week
Wyld Science Family Week
with the MWC Community
4pm Sunday 25th to 11am Friday 30th August
Residential: £290 Adult, £195 Under-16s, £150 Children 10 and under.
Non-residential: £40 Adult per day, £22 Under-16s per day, £15 Children 10 and under per day.
Outdoor science, Garden science, Fire science, Woodland science, Animal science, Night Sky science, Seashore science... So much to explore!
Join us in an exploration of the wonders of the natural world employing all five senses and of course a sense of fun. With songs, crafts, games and tasty food included.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions. Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Community
4pm Sunday 25th to 11am Friday 30th August
Residential: £290 Adult, £195 Under-16s, £150 Children 10 and under.
Non-residential: £40 Adult per day, £22 Under-16s per day, £15 Children 10 and under per day.
Outdoor science, Garden science, Fire science, Woodland science, Animal science, Night Sky science, Seashore science... So much to explore!
Join us in an exploration of the wonders of the natural world employing all five senses and of course a sense of fun. With songs, crafts, games and tasty food included.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions. Contact us to check availability.
3rd - 5th September - Bottling and Preserving for Smallholders
Bottling and Preserving for Smallholders to
Increase Sales **
with the MWC Team
4pm Tuesday 3rd to 5pm Thursday 5th September
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
Learn the art of maximising your harvest and income in a low impact way. There is nothing new to this, before electricity spare fruit and veg was traditionally preserved without the use of freezers. You will learn how to use tried and tested methods and systems from bottling through to clamping to be able to enjoy or sell your crop all year long. The course will also cover marketing your produce.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with the MWC Team
4pm Tuesday 3rd to 5pm Thursday 5th September
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
Learn the art of maximising your harvest and income in a low impact way. There is nothing new to this, before electricity spare fruit and veg was traditionally preserved without the use of freezers. You will learn how to use tried and tested methods and systems from bottling through to clamping to be able to enjoy or sell your crop all year long. The course will also cover marketing your produce.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
6th - 8th September - Scything and Grassland Management
Scything and Grassland Management
**
with Simon Fairlie
4pm Friday 6th to 5pm Sunday 8th September
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
1.5 day basic course available from 4pm Friday 6th September to 5pm Saturday 7th September - £70.00 per person Non-residential.***
*** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£25 Non-Residential
From the course leader:
Beginners often imagine that a two day scything course is a bit excessive, just to learn how to use a garden tool; and that is true if all you want to do is knock down weeds. But anyone who wants to mow grass on any scale will benefit from a two day course, and people who do them come away saying: "I don't know how you could cram all that into one day".
Two days gives you enough time to prepare your own blade (rather than use the Blue Peter blades that I prepare in advance for the one-day course); you get more time to practice different peening methods; and I also demonstrate how to make and stack a hay rack, which enables you to make hay even in changeable weather.
The course covers:
• history and sociology of the scythe, in the UK and abroad
• selecting the right blade and snath for the job (or making best use of what you've got):
• setting up a scythe and snath;
• peening with a jig, and and introduction to freehand peening with hammer and anvil;
• sharpening;
• mowing technique;
• how to avoid damaging the blade, and how to repair chips and cracks;
• managing grass with scything in mind;
• hay-making by hand;
• making and loading a hayrack.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with Simon Fairlie
4pm Friday 6th to 5pm Sunday 8th September
£225 Residential, £155 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£75 Residential, £55 Non-Residential
1.5 day basic course available from 4pm Friday 6th September to 5pm Saturday 7th September - £70.00 per person Non-residential.***
*** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rate:
£25 Non-Residential
From the course leader:
Beginners often imagine that a two day scything course is a bit excessive, just to learn how to use a garden tool; and that is true if all you want to do is knock down weeds. But anyone who wants to mow grass on any scale will benefit from a two day course, and people who do them come away saying: "I don't know how you could cram all that into one day".
Two days gives you enough time to prepare your own blade (rather than use the Blue Peter blades that I prepare in advance for the one-day course); you get more time to practice different peening methods; and I also demonstrate how to make and stack a hay rack, which enables you to make hay even in changeable weather.
The course covers:
• history and sociology of the scythe, in the UK and abroad
• selecting the right blade and snath for the job (or making best use of what you've got):
• setting up a scythe and snath;
• peening with a jig, and and introduction to freehand peening with hammer and anvil;
• sharpening;
• mowing technique;
• how to avoid damaging the blade, and how to repair chips and cracks;
• managing grass with scything in mind;
• hay-making by hand;
• making and loading a hayrack.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
Wednesday 18th September - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 18th September
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 18th September
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
20th - 22nd September - Tai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong Retreat Weekend
Tai Chi Ch'uan and Qigong (Chi Kung) Retreat
Weekend
with Kevin Hickson
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd September
For mind, body and spirit. Promote inner strength, coordination, balance and relaxation. No special equipment or previous experience required.
Find out more by contacting Kevin Hickson on 07813 318357 or contact Kevin by e-mail.
with Kevin Hickson
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd September
For mind, body and spirit. Promote inner strength, coordination, balance and relaxation. No special equipment or previous experience required.
Find out more by contacting Kevin Hickson on 07813 318357 or contact Kevin by e-mail.
5th - 6th October - Leather Belt Making
Leather Belt Making
with Grace Gillan
10am Saturday 5th October to 5pm Sunday 6th October
£200 Residential, £150 Non-residential
You will cover a selection of basic leather working skills using traditional tools as well as working with Oak Bark tanned Bridle Butt hides from the tannery in Colyton. You will hand cut the straps for your belt, edge, bevel, dye and burnish it. As well as riveting, skiving and fitting.
Grace will be teaching traditional Bridle/Saddlers stitch using hand waxed linen thread. Each stitch contains an overhand knot so it has its own integrity.
By the end of the course you will have made your own beautiful leather belt.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with Grace Gillan
10am Saturday 5th October to 5pm Sunday 6th October
£200 Residential, £150 Non-residential
You will cover a selection of basic leather working skills using traditional tools as well as working with Oak Bark tanned Bridle Butt hides from the tannery in Colyton. You will hand cut the straps for your belt, edge, bevel, dye and burnish it. As well as riveting, skiving and fitting.
Grace will be teaching traditional Bridle/Saddlers stitch using hand waxed linen thread. Each stitch contains an overhand knot so it has its own integrity.
By the end of the course you will have made your own beautiful leather belt.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Monday 14th October - Bread Making
Bread Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 14th October
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 14th October
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Wednesday 16th October - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 16th October
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 16th October
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
17th - 20th October - Strategies for Setting Up Smallholding
Strategies for How to Set Up a Low-Impact
Smallholding
with Simon Fairlie and Jyoti Fernandes
4pm Thursday 17th October to 5pm Sunday 20th October
£345 Residential, £235 Non-residential
You will be taught the theory side of starting your own smallholding, from looking at the planning and administrative considerations to visiting some local thriving smallholdings and discussing the owner's experience with them.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court. Jyoti Fernandes of nearby Fivepenny Farm has worked with Simon for years on all of the above and recently set up the Peasant Evolution Producers' Co-op for area smallholders and supporters.
Thanks so much to everyone involved (especially Simon and Jyoti) for really great, informative and inspiring weekend... We managed to cram in so much information in 3 days and it really helped going to see local smallholders (to see the theory becoming reality!).
with Simon Fairlie and Jyoti Fernandes
4pm Thursday 17th October to 5pm Sunday 20th October
£345 Residential, £235 Non-residential
You will be taught the theory side of starting your own smallholding, from looking at the planning and administrative considerations to visiting some local thriving smallholdings and discussing the owner's experience with them.
Scythe importer and grass management enthusiast Simon Fairlie heads Chapter 7 of The Land is Ours and The Land magazine (among other things) from his stable block offices here at Monkton Wyld Court. Jyoti Fernandes of nearby Fivepenny Farm has worked with Simon for years on all of the above and recently set up the Peasant Evolution Producers' Co-op for area smallholders and supporters.
Thanks so much to everyone involved (especially Simon and Jyoti) for really great, informative and inspiring weekend... We managed to cram in so much information in 3 days and it really helped going to see local smallholders (to see the theory becoming reality!).
a 2010
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1st - 3rd November - Women's Weekend
Women's Weekend
with Jackie Juno
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November
£225 Before 1st July
£255 Thereafter
Concessionary prices available for those on a low income.
Explore, create, journey and celebrate at Lunar Samhain.
For more information, bookings and enquiries phone Jackie on 01626 835802 or e-mail on jackiejuno@yahoo.co.uk.
with Jackie Juno
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November
£225 Before 1st July
£255 Thereafter
Concessionary prices available for those on a low income.
Explore, create, journey and celebrate at Lunar Samhain.
For more information, bookings and enquiries phone Jackie on 01626 835802 or e-mail on jackiejuno@yahoo.co.uk.
Saturday 16th November - Winter Willow Weaving
Winter Willow Weaving
with Norah Kennedy
10 am to 4pm Saturday 16th November
£65
Start off the festive season with a treat for yourself and some friends, and make some lovely presents too! Start a new hobby or refresh your skills with wreaths, angels and other merry designs. All materials provided. Just bring yourself (and perhaps an apron).
See Norah's work here.
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with Norah Kennedy
10 am to 4pm Saturday 16th November
£65
Start off the festive season with a treat for yourself and some friends, and make some lovely presents too! Start a new hobby or refresh your skills with wreaths, angels and other merry designs. All materials provided. Just bring yourself (and perhaps an apron).
See Norah's work here.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Wednesday 20th November - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 20th November
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 20th November
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Monday 9th December - Bread Making
Bread Making
with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 9th December
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
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with the MWC Team
10am - 4pm Monday 9th December
£45 per person includes lunch
Monkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning a wide variety of traditional bread-making and baking skills.
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
Wednesday 18th December - Local Lunch
Local Lunch
Wednesday 18th December
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
Wednesday 18th December
Informal grounds tour from 12:30pm, lunch served at 1pm
Only £7! PLEASE BOOK AHEAD.
Come share a taste of Monkton Wyld Court.
Join us for a delicious homemade meal made with fresh seasonal ingredients from our own walled kitchen garden and other local producers. Take a tour around the house and grounds.
We look forward to seeing you here.
Please contact us at least a day ahead to reserve your place.
23rd - 25th May 2014 - Monkton Wyld School Reunion
Monkton Wyld School Reunion
Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May 2014
More details to follow!
Contact John Christelow to register your interest in the event and to receive more information. John can be contacted by e-mail or phone on 01905 778733.
Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May 2014
More details to follow!
Contact John Christelow to register your interest in the event and to receive more information. John can be contacted by e-mail or phone on 01905 778733.
Coming soon - The Practical Side of Setting Up a Smallholding
The Practical Side of How to Set Up a Low-Impact
Smallholding **
with the MWC team
Date to be confirmed
£455 Residential, £355 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£152 Residential, £119 Non-Residential
Everything you wanted to know about starting a smallholding including:
• Vegetable business planning
• Fencing
• Scything
• Digging
• Milking
• Tool Husbandry
• Marking out
• Calculating your harvest and profitability
• Visits to local smallholdings
• Animal Husbandry:
o Chickens
o Pigs
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
with the MWC team
Date to be confirmed
£455 Residential, £355 Non-residential
** Subsidised spaces available for South West Dorset residents funded by the Skills for Self Reliance Project at the following rates:
£152 Residential, £119 Non-Residential
Everything you wanted to know about starting a smallholding including:
• Vegetable business planning
• Fencing
• Scything
• Digging
• Milking
• Tool Husbandry
• Marking out
• Calculating your harvest and profitability
• Visits to local smallholdings
• Animal Husbandry:
o Chickens
o Pigs
Click here to download our course booking form and instructions.
Contact us to check availability.
** The Skills for Self Reliance project is funded in part by the European Agricultural fund for European Development 2007-2013: Europe Investing in Rural Areas.
STILL TO COME! Biodiversity Evening Event: Bats in the Belfry
Bats in the Belfry
with Jan Freeborn
from 6:30pm
£1 per person requested for craft activity participants
A family friendly bat evening including a batty crafts activity, a chance to learn about Monkton Wyld's special bats and how to discover more about them and, for those who want to stay out really late, the opportunity to put newly acquired bat detective skills into action. This event is run in partnership with the Dorset Bat Group's Bats in the Belfry project.
Organic evening meal and discounted accommodation available by prior arrangement with Monkton Wyld Court.
with Jan Freeborn
from 6:30pm
£1 per person requested for craft activity participants
A family friendly bat evening including a batty crafts activity, a chance to learn about Monkton Wyld's special bats and how to discover more about them and, for those who want to stay out really late, the opportunity to put newly acquired bat detective skills into action. This event is run in partnership with the Dorset Bat Group's Bats in the Belfry project.
Organic evening meal and discounted accommodation available by prior arrangement with Monkton Wyld Court.
The Court feels so much nicer than a more formal venue, lived in and comfortable with artistic and original touches. The bed was comfortable, food fantastic.
Thanks very much - I hope to come again.
Guest's feedback, 2011
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