GARDENING AND WOODWORK CLASSES COMING UP...

I've set up some classes for the first few months of 2026 - they're all ideal for people with little or no experience. My big mission is to help beginners to take those first steps - it's never as complicated as it can seem and I make it all as simple and fun as possible :-) All these classes are at Perth Community Farm, an excellent teaching venue if ever there was one.

HERE'S THE DATES, MORE DETAILS AND BOOKINGS VIA THE LINKS: 

FRUIT TREE PRUNING The basic why's and how's of fruit tree pruning - looking after trees and woodland generally - insight into working with natural processes.
Saturday 31st Jan 2026, £39 per place

POLYTUNNELS  Let you grow a much wider range of food  AND are excellent as workshop, teaching and meeting spaces.

Saturday 7th Feb 2026, £39 per place

GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS Everything you need to know to get started in growing your own healthy, fresh, delicious, local food and general garden management.

1st March 2026, £39 per place

WOODWORK TWO Go over basic skills and learn some more advanced ones - from inlay and fretwork to using greenwood poles and wood finishing. 

Saturday 7th March 2026, £118.80 per place

COMPOST MAKING Find out how to convert household waste into useful material for your garden. Sunday 8th March 2026, £25 per place

BASIC WOODWORK  learn to use simple, versatile hand tools for home and garden projects.
Sunday 22nd March 2026, £109 per place

TINY HOUSE TWO - PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

We've been making this second tiny house for Inverquiech over three shed making courses, two at Kate's and one at Perth Community Farm, so it was a bit of a relief when it all fitted together so snugly. 

Brilliant volunteer, Resourceful Dave, and I were lucky to get a three day gap in the recent storms. We made the last bits for it, the trusses and purlins, then put the whole lot together.

I'm smiling because however much I draw plans and check and recheck measurements its always a bit of a relief when things work in real life.