This course has been really popular, it gives complete beginners a chance to try cordless drills, handsaws and other basic woodworking tools and gain that vital confidence to start making and repairing stuff themselves.
I've been teaching it for a few years now and have found the best way is to split up tasks, like sawing accurately, into little chunks, demonstrate each bit then give plenty of time for practice. I set up various different simple practice pieces for that.
We put on two fruit tree pruning courses this year which both sold out. It's really encouraging that interest in all aspects of sustainable living is picking up so strongly.
We held one course at Perth Community Farm and one in a large well-established garden belonging to a lovely couple I met through one of our earlier gardening courses. The basic principles of pruning and tree care in general are reasonably simple, it's more a question (like so many things) of practice, practice, practice - and everyone got plenty of that on these two days... more detail about pruning on my post from last year here.
