Plumpton College Centre for Sustainable Food Farming and Forestry
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Our courses take place in East Sussex.
At either Ivyland Farm, Netherfield TN33 9QB
Homestead Farm, Netherfield TN33 9QL
The Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell TN5 7PR
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Plumpton College Centre for Sustainable Food Farming
and Forestry
The Woodland Enterprise Centre
Flimwell
TN5 7PR
Telephone
01580 879547
E-mail

Plumpton College
Ditchling Road
Plumpton
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 3AE
Telephone
01273 890454
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Computer Skills
Whole Farm Approach(WFA):
Registration workshops. Use a College computer to register on-line for the WFA. Demonstration Workshop: Enter your farm data live using a College computer with experts at hand to assist if needed
Setting Up An On-line Shop
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Rural Skills
Charcoal Making
The course covers History - By products & usage - Small kiln design Wood types - Loading & Lighting - Assessing the Burn Closing Down - Emptying/Grading - Selling your Charcoal. Charcoal Making Agenda
Farmland Bird Indentification and Habitats
A free one day course. Delivered by the RSPB. Part of the Living Classroom Project.
Domestic Users Chain Saw Course
Manage and maintain your woodland safely with a chain saw. A one day course for the non commercial user.
Tree and Hedge Plant Identification
Know your trees, wild flowers and weed classification.
Willow Garden Structures
Take you through the materials and techniques required to make a structure used to support plant growth, by the end of the day a variety or structures will have been designed and built.
Post & Rail Fencing
A practical hands on course covering equipment, tools and techniques; learn how to set uprights in the ground and fix on rails. This practical course uses locally harvested Chestnut.
Stock Fencing
Using chestnut stakes, stock netting and barbed wire, this practical course includes putting in strainer posts and strutts and tensioning the wire.
Tree and Hedge Planting
What species, when and how to plant.
Hedgelaying
Tools, hedge laying styles, staking and finishing off.
Introduction to Coppicing with hand tools
Suitable tree types, tools required and when to harvest. Production of stakes and binders for hedgelaying.
Course Format
Details of individual course formats and agendas are available in separate pdf's please download here:
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Unless otherwise stated always bring sandwiches for a working lunch.
Hot & cold drinks provided.
Typical course structure:
10am-10.30am Admin & Introduction
10.30am-12.30pm Classroom lecture
12.30pm-1.30pm Working lunch
1.30pm-3pm Farm walk/visit
3pm-4pm Discussion & evaluation
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