Welcome to Coppice Wood College
Coppicewood College promotes, supports sustainable woodland management and runs courses using traditional methods and tools. These affordable courses cover all aspects of coppice practice, hedgelaying and coppice craft in our own woodland in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
Coppicewood College provides accredited training and educational programmes in woodland based traditional rural skills and related crafts.
Now is the time to consider the opportunity of planning to come on one of our established short courses. These start in September and carry on throughout the winter.
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Open Days at our Woodland for all prospective Students and Volunteers (all courses and all levels of interest) every Wednesday during September and October from 10.00am till 4.00pm.
Our instructors will be available to answer any questions you may have and show you around the woodland. Also one of our Trustees will be present to tell you about the College and its aims and objectives. While with us you will be most welcome to join in the volunteer activities.
Just email us at: bslark@aol.com and we will send you detailed directions.
Live locally and interested in volunteering? We are just getting ready for the new Coppice season and will start clearing our new plot by the end of October. Come along any Wednesday beginners welcome.
The college also educates its members and volunteers in developing their own skills,such as green woodworking, coppice practice and hedgelaying. It is the colleges practice to teach the use of hand tools such as axes, bow saws, draw knifes and billhooks. Wood is turned on a pole lathe. Students will also learn to make various work benches and working set ups.
Coppicewood College aims to address some of the wider global issues and challenges faced by all modern rural communities.
These global challenges include;
- sustainability
- young peoples involvement
- rural community development
- environmently friendly economic development.
By the increased beneficial activities around regeneration of woodlands and the sustainable produce such as fuel,furniture and food for human use. We can demonstrate how a simple change in attitude and habit could challenge the serious climate change issues we face today.
