Bushcraft Club
Event details
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Events at Sherwood Pines
- Bushcraft Camp
Nature-based activities in a monthly club just for adults.
Each session is different as we move through the seasons and usually includes fire lighting, foraging and a craft skill … all based round the campfire at our secluded bushcraft camp. Activities can include whittling, weaving, natural dyeing, leather work and antler carving. These sessions encourage a genuine connection with nature and can help to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Date of Event | Session |
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Saturday 13th January | Antler carving and rush lights. Make antler buttons, beads, toggles and keyrings and decorate them with a traditional Viking design. Use soft rush to create a candle to light up the dark evenings. |
Saturday 10th February | Pine needle coil basketry. Learn to stitch and weave pine needles into little baskets. Enjoy a hot soup cooked over the campfire. |
Saturday 9th March | A day spent whittling, woodworking and carving. Create something to take home and cook flatbreads over the fire. |
Saturday 13th April | Create natural fabric dyes from plants. Find out how to dye fabric and wool using foraged plant materials. Create yellow from gorse, grey-green from nettle and red from birch bark. Enjoy some wild garlic pakoras cooked over the fire. |
Saturday 11th May | Fire lighting session. A chance to practice using various natural tinders to light fires. Try a couple of different friction fire lighting techniques and make your own kit to take home. Make glue from pine sap and use it to fix your own fire steel into an antler handle |
Saturday 15th June | Sap is high now so it’s the best time for foraging bark for making containers. We’ll peel and process strips of bark ready for next month. Use the wool we dyed in June to weave a small bookmark and have a go at Nalbinding – a single needle, Viking knitting technique. We’ll forage for elder flowers to fry up some fritters over the fire |
Saturday 13th July | Using the bark we processed in June we will weave and stitch willow and chestnut bark to create containers and small baskets. We will also be harvesting and processing nettles ready to spin into fibre next month |
Saturday 10th August | Nettles and netting. Find out how to turn nettles into soft thread and strong cordage. Learn netting techniques to create your own net bag |
Booking and payment in advance are essential.
For more information, please contact our Customer Relations Team by email at customerrelations@forestryengland.uk or by phone 0300 068 0400.
If an event is showing as sold out, please contact the event leader Karina Thornton at karina.thornton@forestryengland.uk to be added to a waiting list.
Essential information
Sherwood Pines, Kings Clipstone, Nottingham, NG21 9JL
Cost: £30 per adult (£27 + £3 booking fee)
Duration: 10am to 3pm
Suitable for adults only.
In addition to the standard terms and conditions the following bespoke terms also apply:
*Participants must be 18 yrs+
*Parking is free for this event (please provide the event leader with your vehicle registration number on the day)
*Bring a packed lunch that can be carried 1km to the Bushcraft Camp, you will not return to the Visitor Centre until the event has finished at 3pm
*Dress for the weather outdoors and wear sensible shoes.
*Dogs are not permitted for this event (accept assistance dogs)
Duration: 10am to 3pm
Suitable for adults only.
In addition to the standard terms and conditions the following bespoke terms also apply:
*Participants must be 18 yrs+
*Parking is free for this event (please provide the event leader with your vehicle registration number on the day)
*Bring a packed lunch that can be carried 1km to the Bushcraft Camp, you will not return to the Visitor Centre until the event has finished at 3pm
*Dress for the weather outdoors and wear sensible shoes.
*Dogs are not permitted for this event (accept assistance dogs)