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John Waller courses at Wowo
John has been involved with the environment, ecology, woodland management and conservation since 1990. He originally volunteered with various conservation groups and was employed at Bore Place as a Conservation Officer to manage the 40 acres of woodlands and run the Green Wood Workshop. He is a qualified tree surgeon and coppice-worker and makes a range of woodcraft products. He set up his own business in 2000 and now runs courses and offers woodland advice and tree surgery services across Kent, Sussex and into South London. In more recent years, John has become involved with many local schools, designing and building living willow structures including Dinosaur Feet, Space Pods and Starfish, to use both as outside classrooms and shade in the playground. You can read more about him on his own website
Below are the courses John will be running at Wowo with all their information
- Rustic "Split Log" Furniture - 21 August 2011. 10am - 4.30pm - £60 per person
Fell a tree and use saws, axes and drawknives to cut, split and shape the logs to make simple stools and benches
John Waller is a wonderful teacher and an extremely talented man, we are very lucky to have him hosting courses at Wowo. You can read more about him on his website by clicking here
You will be hanging out in our woods using only hand tools - a back to basics experience that you could do again and again at home using this life long tool. Pass this knowledge onto friends and family and make them gifts with your own bare hands. You obviously get to take home your wonderful creation at the end of the day as well! - Living Willow Structures -
4 Feb 2012. £65 per person
Learn the techniques to make living willow domes, tunnels, "twigloos" and "twigwams", while building a structure here at WoWo. These structures will be a permanent fixture at wowo which you can visit and watch grow every time to return and you can then take these skills back to create the same structures in your own garden. You can pre-order materials from John after the course.
- Living Willow Seats -
18 Feb 2012. £65 per person
Make a hooded seat to take home for your garden. Plant it in a sunny spot and relax in its cool, leafy shade! (Seats are approx 6' long x approx 20" diameter and will fit in most estate and hatch-back cars!).
What a wonderful gift to your household for you all to enjoy for many years to come. You can order more materials off John to make more for yourself and friends at home.
- Willow Garden Structures -
14 Apr 2012. £65 per person
Garden plant supports in the shape of willow obelisks and sunflowers. Learn the techniques to apply to many different structures - and take home the ones you make on the course! Brighten up your garden or make a gift for a friends garden that will be beautiful and practical! A skill you could keep re-creating for future presents and to teach other family members as well.
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