<< The British Science Festival in Surrey | Energy Monitors UPDATE >>

Courses on traditional skills

August 22, 2009 17:24 by anneb

There are several interesting courses this year being run fairly locally by the Soil Association Organic Farm School. Here are some of them - to see a full list go to www.soilassociation.org/farmschool.aspx

Organic Growing - from growing your own fruit and vegetables to learning how to compost at Bore Place, Edenbridge, Kent, Friday 11th September
Bee keeping - An introduction to bee keeping course. Daylesford Organic Farm, Gloucestershire, Friday 11th September or Saturday 12th September, 10am to 5pm
Cake making - Enjoy a day turning organic, fairly traded and local ingredients into delicious traditional treats. Bore Place, Edenbridge, Kent, Monday 28th September

Members of the Soil Association get 25% of the cost of the courses which are £50 including a home made lunch at Bore Place, and £85 for the bee-keeping.

Local beekeeping coursesWe recently posted an article on traditional skills, including beekeeping, in Gloucestershire. Howe...Low Carbon Courses Action Surrey are running a series of low carbon and self sufficiency training courses at their lo...Transition BookhamTransition Bookham is the home of the Transition Towns initiative for Bookham

Comments

August 28. 2009 13:28

Why waste time & money going to Gloucester to learn about bees ? Think of all the pollution that will cause. Just cycle over to Epsom.

http://www.surreybeekeepers.org.uk/courses.html

Bloke

October 14. 2009 18:07

Local beekeeping courses

Local beekeeping courses

The Green Mole Forum

TheGreenMoleForum

For a sustainable Mole Valley

In-depth

Courses on traditional skills