Offshoots Training Courses 2010 - Traditional Skills

Offshoots organise many training courses and events throughout the year.

This year, we are running a 6 week course covering the following traditional skills and crafts:

- Dry Stone Walling
- Introduction to Beekeeping
- Charcoal Making
- Potager Gardening
- Woodland Management and Tree Propagation
- Making Greenwood Coppice Products

The cost for the course is £40 per person for the 6 week programme, with greatly reduced concessions for the unwaged.

Living Allotments Project

The Living Allotments Project is a joint venture between Age Concern, Lancashire and Groundwork Pennine Lancashire, and is funded by the Big Lottery's Target Well Being programme.

The Living Allotments Project is supported by Burnley Borough Council, Calico, and NHS East Lancashire.

We run a programme of FREE workshops and training which are held at the Offshoots Permaculture Project and Howard Street Community Garden in Burnley.

Training includes growing your own, organic gardening, composting and backyard gardening.

Click HERE for the 2010 training programme!

For more information, please contact Lisa Yates on 01282 450270 or 07947567711, email info@offshoots.org.uk, or Donna Rowe-Green on 01282 473124 or donnarowe-green@hotmail.co.uk

Courses for September and October include:

The Art of Drawing - 6 week course
Wednesday 8th September to 13th October (every Wednesday) - 7 till 9pm
This will be in the form of 6 x 2 hour master classes of drawing various exciting subjects.
Cost - £75 per person (+ extra £10 if materials are required - quality A4 drawing pad, 2B pencil, drawing pen and putty rubber)

Vibrant Nature Painting Workshop - 2 day course
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September - 10am till 4pm
Create your own vibrant painting of nature on canvas in the style of the artist Edward Foster, and learn important drawing and painting skills along the way.
Cost - £80 per person (price includes use of all materials and you get to keep your finished painting on canvas)

To book onto any of the above workshops, please contact Offshoots on 01282 450270 or info@offshoots.org.uk

To arrange a course or workshop for your group, or to enquire about general arts courses, please contact the office at Offshoots on 01282 450270, or email info@offshoots.org.uk

For further information about Edward Foster, please see his website - www.edwardfosterart.co.uk

Offshoots also offers bespoke courses available to groups in a wide range of environmental related activities.

These are delivered by professional tutors in the field of:

• dry stone walling
• drawing
• bodging (green wood working)
• cob building
• strawbale building
• beekeeping
• composting
• arboriculture
• painting/drawing
• instrument making
• mosaic creation
• natural dyeing
• wood carving... and more!

If you would like to arrange a school/college/educational trip or visit to learn more about Permaculture and Offshoots, information is available on the GROUP BOOKINGS page. Visits can be arranged with Phill Dewhurst, the Project Manager - see CONTACTS. Offshoots is open to the public Monday to Friday, and the first Saturday of every month - 10am till 4pm.

Burnley College and Myerscough College both run a variety of horticultural related courses here on site throughout the year. The courses are delivered throughout the week using our Walter Segal Self Build Cabin and garden facilities. For more information on the types of courses and term times, please contact the colleges.

Myerscough College - 01995 642211
Burnley College - 01282 711200

Permaculture & Traditional Skills

1st Saturday in every month

We will be running workshops to coincide with our Volunteer Saturday activities throughout the year. These will include container vegetable growing, Permaculture, attracting wildlife into the garden, tree planting etc.

The workshops will be happening on the first Saturday in every month running from 10am till 4pm and are free.

Please see our Volunteer page for further details or telephone 01282 450270.