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Small Woods is proud to be the training partner for the Lost Woods of Low Weald and Downs project.

We’re running subsidised courses on sustainable woodland management and heritage skills, which is made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Due to funding conditions, you must live, work or volunteer in the project area in Sussex.

Click here to see if you are eligible.

(If there are no suitable dates available, please register your interest in attending a future course here and we’ll be in touch.)

 

 

 

Introduction to Woodland Management AIM L3

: 15 Apr 2025 - 16 Apr 2025

: Wood's Mill, Henfield

This two-day course will help you to build the background knowledge needed to manage your woodland sustainably, and work towards creating resilient, productive woods.

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Restoring ‘Lost’ Ancient Woodlands 

: 06 May 2025

: Woods Mill, Henfield

Join us on this one-day course to learn the basic skills you need to identify and sustainably manage ancient woodland, and help biodiversity thrive once more.

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Restoring 'Lost' Ancient Woodlands

: 12 Jun 2025

: Woods Mill, Henfield

Join us on this one-day course to learn the basic skills you need to identify and sustainably manage ancient woodland, and help biodiversity thrive once more.

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Gate making with sweet chestnut

  • The Green Wood Centre
  • 29 Mar 2025 - 30 Mar 2025
Design and build a rustic sweet chestnut gate to take home. You will be guided through the entire process by an expert tutor, using traditional tools and techniques. more...

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Woodland Walk - Redlingfield Wood

  • Denham, Suffolk
  • 30 Mar 2025
Redlingfield Wood is situated on the valley side of a small tributary of the River Waveney. The tree layer of the wood is dominated by Oak and Ash with smaller amounts of Field Maple and Hornbeam. Other trees and shrubs which occur in the wood include Crab Apple, Hawthorn, Hazel, Dogwood and Elm.

Beneath the tree canopy is a dense understory of Hazel coppice dominated by several very ancient oak veteran pollards. Read More...