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We provide a range of audiences with an inspirational experience of nature for the purpose of entertainment, education, team building, learning and development and practical skills training.

Bushcraft and wilderness skills encompass a huge range of subjects. Tracking and navigation, campcraft and carving, wild foods and medicinal plants, shelters and fires, hunting and trapping, outdoor cooking and an almost endless range of more arcane skills, such as flint knapping, pottery and bowmaking , to name just a few. It is a powerful mechanism through which to discover the natural world and an understanding of our place in it.

In addition to the experiences outlined in our for life, for learning and for business pages we have also operated in a number of other capacities such as.

Advisory services to TV companies and documentary makers looking for locations and
activities in the Wye Valley & Forest of Dean

Training for teachers, outdoor leaders and forest school leaders

Advice on the design and establishment of outdoor training centres and facilities

Training courses in foraging for cookery schools and chefs

Offsite experiences running in the grounds of hotels, conference centres and
environmental study centres

Talks and lectures on a range of fascinating and engaging subjects, such as “Wild food”
“The Neccessities of life” and “The Art of the Possible”

Wilderness discovery at Marriot St Peirre

Alan runs foraging courses in conjunction with Harts Barn Cookery School

Click link for details of upcoming foraging courses