Have you ever fancied trying your hand at woodwork but found conventional joinery a bit too technical? Or would you like to get creative outdoors in a woodland setting?  Then how about a day of green woodwork at a reconstructed woodland worksite complete with campfire and ever-boiling kettle? Learning how to work with green woodwork will also help revive an ancient woodland craft.

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) have organised several Green Woodwork Experience day at their Hollybush Conservation Centre, Kirkstall, Leeds.  They will show you how to work with green wood using timber in its raw, unseasoned form. Being unseasoned, green wood is easier to work using hand tools and is used to make a range of traditional, rustic items from decorations to practical implements.

Organiser, Pete Larner says: “In a fast-moving throwaway society like ours, this is a great opportunity for people to take some time out and have the pleasure of making something for themselves. Spending the day outdoors under a tarp shelter while listening to birdsong and being taught a new skill must rate as one of the most pleasant learning environments”.    You will be taught how to use the traditional tools and equipment to make various rustic items in a relaxed setting.

Hot drinks, lunch and snacks will be served around the campfire to make it a fun day outdoors.  And don’t worry, you won’t have to discretely wander off with a shovel – conventional toilets are available at our near-by café!

A Green Woodworking Experience Day costs £64.25 and will be held on Sundays 27 April, 8 June, and 20 July 2014. Further information is available on 0774 0899723 Details and booking on-line at Eventbrite (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-woodwork-experience-day-tickets-10187718741).