Events

 If you love to create, paint, explore colour and are interested in sustainable crafting with colour from the land then  this workshop is for you.

A land based workshop  creating with clay, stones and plant colours from the land. We work consciously with found materials gathered from the land on the farm. 

 Clay & creating colour whilst working with the earth are  much more than focusing on a creative outcome or making a product, it is a process of connection to our inner world and our relationship to the land and working the way our ancestors harnessed natural materials for agriculture and spiritual connection.

 Helen will guide you through the process of creating a colour, pastels, watercolurs and  clay pots of your own. You will sense deeper connection to harvesting, processing and firing your vessel the ancient way through pit firing.

We will explore the colour of the clay from the land in Bowland and spend the first part of the creative process tuning into what a the land means to you. We will play with the differnt colours to enhance our day creating pastels, watercolours and  clay pots. You will  have plenty of time to sketch, draw and paint with your made ,materials.

There will be options through out the day and a morning mindfulness session will allow us to land into the creative space . All refreshments and food are provided but please do bring your own snacks.

The botany training days are for our Meadow Monitoring project volunteers. We are re-visiting meadows that have had past restoration work, looking at their condition now to see if they require further enhancement or management changes.

The commitment from you, in return for the training, is to carry out a minimum of one survey over summer (mid-June - Mid-July).
This is a 10 quadrat survey at a meadow in the Forest of Bowland.
We try & match volunteers to locations in their area, but as you can appreciate it's quite a big area, so that's not always possible.
The first day training is grasses, (30th May) and the second day is wildflowers on the 5th June.
If you would like to book on the training please email eva.irving@YDMT.org.

The botany training days are for our Meadow Monitoring project volunteers. They are run by experts of Yorkshire Dales Trust so you will need to contact the email below. We are re-visiting meadows that have had past restoration work, looking at their condition now to see if they require further enhancement or management changes.

The commitment from you, in return for the training, is to carry out a minimum of one survey over summer (mid-June - Mid-July).
This is a 10 quadrat survey at a meadow in the Forest of Bowland.
We try & match volunteers to locations in their area, but as you can appreciate it's quite a big area, so that's not always possible.

If you would like to book on the training please email eva.irving@YDMT.org.

 Lets get creative with our Trees and learn the medicinal benefits and ancient lore of our native tree the Oak.Whist creating your very own gift set to take home/

Have you ever wondered how to create natural plant inks that can be used for painting your own creations. Come and explore the wonders of natural ink making. What colour do flowers and barks make and how to stabalize the ink. Come and join us in our cosy logfired barn and get creative with some of our residents artists palette from nature. We will create our own ink and Ink pens with locally found materials.

We will begin with a seasonal  herbal tea and a walk around the land seeking new colurs of the Autumn. The rest of the workshop will be at your own pace, in a relaxed environment as we explore the inks in depth, how to make them and you will have time to paint with them and see how they move and feel. Please bring your journal or watercolour note book .We have only 8 places so booking is essential