Learning the Good Life offers a rich variety of workshops, courses and demonstrations which embrace living a sustainable lifestyle
and include cooking, gardening, traditional rural crafts and skills, the smallholding, the arts and crafts and the family.
Workshops are held in Lincolnshire and London.
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| MARCH 2010 |
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| Saturday 6 March |
Establishing a Willow Coppice |
| Saturday 20 March |
Keeping and Eating Pigs – Horncastle, Lincolnshire |
| APRIL 2010 |
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| Tuesday 13 April |
The Organic Kitchen Garden |
| Wednesday 14 April |
Composting and using Green Manures |
| Thursday 15 April |
The Cutting Patch - Wimbledon, London |
| Friday 16 April |
The Art of Topiary - Wimbledon, London |
| Saturday 17 April |
Keeping Chickens in Town – Wimbledon, London |
| Tuesday 20 April |
The Good Life - becoming self sufficient |
| Wednesday 21 April |
Bread Making |
| Thursday 22 April |
Weave a Willow Frame Basket |
| Saturday 24 April |
Keeping Chickens in the Garden |
| Sunday 25 April |
Establishing a Hazel Coppice |
| Tuesday 27 April |
Learn to Make a Willow Plant Supports |
| Wednesday 28 April |
A Stitch in Time – restoration and renovation |
| MAY 2010 |
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| Wednesday 5 May |
The Art of Seeing - an introduction to drawing |
| Saturday 8 |
Life Drawing |
| Saturday 15 May |
The Productive Garden |
| Wednesday 19 May |
Chocolate Making |
| Thursday 20 May |
Write Your Own Story |
| Friday 21 May |
Learn to use a Scythe |
| Saturday 22 May |
How to Use Lime Mortar |
| Sat 29 and Sun 30 May |
Light, Line, Landscape |
| JUNE 2010 |
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| Tuesday 8 June |
Digital Photography Workshop |
| Friday 11 June |
Make a Stool from Coppiced Hazel |
| Saturday 26 June |
Paper Making |
| Sunday 27 June |
An Introduction to Bee Keeping |
| Tuesday 29 June |
Summer Party Flowers |
| Wednesday 30 June |
Experimenting with Mixed Media |
| JULY 2010 |
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| Thursday 1 July |
The Seasonal Kitchen – Summer Cooking |
| SEPTEMBER 2010 |
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| Mon 6 and Tues 7 September |
Students in the Kitchen |
| Saturday 11 September |
The Art of Communicating within the Family |
| Wednesday 15 September |
The Art of Seeing - an introduction to drawing |
| Thursday 16 September |
Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers |
| Friday 17 September |
Learn to Scythe – getting ready for winter |
| OCTOBER 2010 |
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| Saturday 2 October |
Rag Rugs |
| Tuesday 5 October |
Digital Photography Workshop |
| Wednesday 6 October |
Chocolate Making |
| Friday 8 October |
Orchard Management and Fruit Preservation |
| Sat 9 and Sun 10 Oct |
Make a Rustic Ladder Back Chair |
| Tuesday 12 October |
The Nuttery |
| Saturday 16 October |
An Introduction to Spinning |
| Wednesday 20th October |
The Autumnal Kitchen |
| Friday 22 October |
The Besom Broom and Decomposing Compost Bin |
| NOVEMBER 2010 |
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| Friday 5 November |
Pruning Workshop |
| Saturday 6 November |
Gathering Winter Fuel and the Art of Burning Wood |
| Friday 12 and Sat 13 Nov |
Make a traditional Welsh Frame Basket |
| Wednesday 17th November |
Bread Making - Festive Loaves |
| Thursday 25 November |
Christmas Wreath Making |
| Friday 26 November |
Gift Wrap Guru – learn to wrap anything |
| DECEMBER 2010 |
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| Thursday 2 December |
Gift Wrap Guru - Wimbledon, London |
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| For details of 2011 courses click here |