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LIVING NUTRITION

with Daphne Lambert

These four seasonal courses are led by renowned chef and nutritionist Daphne Lambert, guest speakers and friends. We will help you to unfold the relationship between land, food and vitality. Each course will focus on the foods growing or harvested at Trill Farm: in the garden, and from the hedgerows, woods and meadows. Learn about foods and your health, and become inspired to change how you feel by the way you eat. Enjoy discovering the foods around you.

Each course stands alone, or you can choose to attend all four, connecting you to the rhythm of the land and nature I her brilliance provides us with the right foods to harmonise with the changing seasons. We will spend time with the people working at Trill Farm to gain skills and knowledge in growing and farming. We will make seasonal breads, soups, salads and drinks and leave with seasonal recipes and cooking skills to share at home. Prepare to be delighted by the food you create.

SPRING

12th, 13th, 14th March

The soil; food can only truly nourish us from vibrant, living soil. We will explore the connections between soil biodiversity and gut biodiversity. This weekend will focus on understanding bowel flora and the digestive system, physiology, the gut-brain axis and the emotions. We will learn to cook with foods that support digestion and look at the links between food and vitality.

SUMMER

4th, 5th, 6th July

The heart: during these months everywhere you look nature gives us a bedazzling array of colourful fruits and vegetables, colours that fire the imagination and feed the soul. Be creative with the extraordinary abundance growing on the farm. This weekend we will explore current controversies surrounding dairy and soya, and look at the right fats to eat.

AUTUMN

17th, 18th, 19th September

Boosting immunity: gathering from the wild and preserving what we harvest. Celebrate the autumn seeds, fungi, nuts and berries. This weekend we will learn about enzymes and the benefits of fermented foods. We will dehydrate our surplus harvest, learn to make cider and macerate wines. Bring your own preserving jars.

WINTER

3rd, 4th, 5th December

Foods for warmth and health: discover super foods and create recipes to enjoy them, forage for sea vegetables and create drinks for health. Our final weekend will explore our winter foods: root vegetables and seaweeds. Celebrate mid winter with foods and dishes for feasting, and make gifts for others to enjoy.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend, or £900 per person for all four weekends. Includes accommodation and organic food.

BEAUTY AND PERFUMERY WORKSHOPS

with Karen Gilbert

NATURAL SKIN CARE WORKSHOP

26th June

An introduction to making natural skin care products using the herbs and natural ingredients from the hedgerows and garden of Trill Farm. This practical workshop will include harvesting ingredients and making your own herbal oils, salves and balms for face and body. You will take home the recipes and products to replicate at home.

Cost: £55 including organic lunch, or £100 for both days.

NATURAL BEAUTY WORKSHOP

27th June

The natural beauty workshop will help you create luxurious and confidence boosting products for the face and body to help you relax at home. Drawing on the ingredients found from the gardens and woodlands of Trill Farm, this workshop will give you a relaxing organic experience. Take home products and recipes for nourishing body bars, bath elixirs and fragrant oils. This day may include an optional massage.

Cost: £55 including organic lunch, or £100 for both days.

ARTISAN PERFUMERY WEEKEND

2oth, 21st, 22nd August

This two-day workshop in natural perfumery will give you the opportunity to gain a basic understanding of the history of perfumery and then work with a wide variety of materials to design your first concept products.

You will have plenty of time to have hands on experience of blending and creating your own accords and finished fragrances that can then be incorporated into a variety of products such as bath oils, body balms, solid perfume as well as a traditional alcohol based fragrance spray.

All materials and equipment are provided. You will get to take home your finished creation in a spray bottle as well as matching bath oil, body butter and solid perfume – your very own fragrance line!

Topics Covered

Perfume construction
Accurate measuring, recording and formulating
Creating and blending accords
Using with ideas and concepts for a fragrance
Creating different types of perfumed products
Lots of hands on practical blending

By the end of this two-day course you will:

Have an understanding of fragrance accords.
Have practised blending top middle and base accords to create more complex fragrances.
Know how to incorporate your fragrances into a variety of body and bath products.
Have designed and created your very first concept fragrance.

This course will be good for people with aromatherapy experience, but this is not necessary.

Cost: £275 including accommodation, organic meals and all materials.

IYENGAR YOGA

with Barbara Norvell
19th, 20th, 21st March and 29th,30th, 31st October

The practise of yoga improves flexibility, strength and balance. It can relieve back pain and improve digestive and circulatory conditions as well as bring relief from stress and fatigue. Yoga can also promote a deep sense of relaxation. The teaching of Iyengar yoga is progressive and safe. These courses will be suitable for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners. It is advisable to have attended some classes prior to the weekend so that there is a familiarity with yoga practice.

Arrive from 4pm on Friday, and leave at 4pm on Sunday. The weekends include accommodation and all organic food freshly prepared from farm ingredients.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend

RECLAIMING THE WISDOM OF THE BODY

with Sandra Hill
22nd, 23rd, 24th October

Based on her popular book of the same name, Sandra will lead a weekend of exercise, massage and simple practical self-care based on the oriental system of yin yang and the five elements/phases. This health care system encourages us to follow the guidance of nature, living according to the seasons and the natural cycles of our lives.

The course will be suitable for those with no knowledge of Chinese medicine, but can also be used by students and practitioners both as a way of teaching our patients and taking care of ourselves as practitioners. We will learn simple exercises and self-massage techniques for general health and well-being as well as for specific health problems. We will also consider general lifestyle and diet and look at ways to evaluate what is best for the individual by assessing their natural constitution and tendencies.

Learning how to live in tune with nature and our environment gives us a simple guide to enhance our physical, emotional and spiritual health.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend. Includes accommodation and organic meals.

NAVIGATING THE TIDES OF CHANGE

with Darby Costello
28th, 29th, 30th January 2011

This workshop is for those who are interested in observing our times from the viewpoint of planetary cycles. During these two days we will observe the astrological patterns for 2010 and consider how we may each use the information to the very best of our potential.

The course begins at around 7pm on Friday and finishes at 4pm on Sunday. The price includes accommodation and organic meals freshly prepared using farm produce.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend. Includes accommodation and organic meals.

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HOMEOPATHY

with Janet Snowdon
26th, 27th, 28th November

We know that natural remedies work, but often their use is beleaguered with fears and lack of knowledge. This weekend will enable you to use remedies to keep yourself well and assist the healing of health problems. You will gain an understanding of the meaning of homeopathy, its place in the world, and on a practical level how it can be used everyday. We will trace its development over the last 250 years, showing how recent teachings have made it relevant to the needs of the 21st century. An explanation of the philosophical concepts will enable the participant to use a range of remedies with confidence and success.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend. Includes accommodation and organic meals.

HERBAL MEDICINE

with Christopher Hedley
23rd, 24th, 25th July 15th, 16th, 17th October

These weekends will immerse us in the delights of medicinal plants. Using the resources of Trill Farm, the hedgerows and meadows, we will discover how plants grow, their traditional uses and how we can best use them as powerful and effective remedies. We will build up a box of remedies with syrups, cordials and elixirs.

Cost: £275 per person per weekend including accommodation and organic meals. £450 for both courses.

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INTEGRATED CONSERVATION SEMINAR

with Iain Tolhurst
23rd August

An opportunity to learn more about utilising conservation management as a whole farm/garden policy, not just bolting bits on but actually making conservation work for the health of your farm/garden and the environment. The aim is to improve the flora and fauna of your farm improve your yields and reduce the need for inputs and energy use. The seminar is inter-active you will be expected to do some work and participate in the workshop sessions.

The day will include discussions of your own farm’s conservation and how it has to work for you; what you need, what you can realistically achieve and how to establish and look after it.                                     
There will be a workshop on what conservation features can you develop on your farm/garden, and a farm walk to study conservation in action.

The day runs from 10am – 4pm and includes tea, coffee and a delicious three course organic lunch prepared from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £65 per person or £45 for commercial growers. Soil Association members.

PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL USING A SYSTEMS APPROACH

25th October

An interactive seminar, you will be expected to do some work, taking an in depth look at the problems and benefits of weeds pest and disease in your crops. The emphasis will be on the importance and practicalities of developing an all “systems approach” to management of natural systems to allow for positive control measures in conjunction with habitat enhancement.

Weeds, pest and disease are often considered in a wholly negative way, this seminar will encourage delegates to look beyond the negative at how working with nature can reap positive benefits. A greater understanding of natural systems will encourage growers to design appropriate growing systems to control any problems they may have.

The day will include presentations and workshops on cultivating positive health, Why do we have pests?, Diseases: what is their role? and how to interpret, control and benefit from weeds
We will also tour the farm looking at bio-diversity in action with opportunity to ask questions.

The day runs from 10am – 4pm and includes tea, coffee and a delicious three course organic lunch prepared from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £65 per person or £45 for commercial growers. Soil Association members.

BEGINNER'S ORGANIC GROWING

with Rupert Bannister
Taster sessions April 24th, May 22nd, June 19th

These three information packed days, aimed at beginners, will give you an insight into the basics of growing your own organic fruit and vegetables at home. We will introduce a range of easy to grow crops and discuss what they need to thrive. Practical sessions will give you a feel for the range of seasonal tasks in the vegetable garden, including how to prepare ground, sow crops and various aspects of care for the growing plants. We will look at different soil types and discuss how the growing conditions you experience at home will affect the crops you can grow successfully (please bring a sample of your own soil!). We will have a tour of the enterprises at Trill Farm looking in detail at how the organic system operates at a larger scale to produce food.

The day will include a delicious home-made lunch, prepared from organic ingredients grown at Trill.

The day lasts from 10am – 4pm. All equipment will be provided, but please bring your own wellies, waterproofs and gloves if you have them.

Cost: £25 per person.

BEGINNER'S ORGANIC GROWING

with Rupert Bannister
Five-day seasonal course
Five Saturdays from September to July, dates tbc.

There is only so much you can learn from a book! This is the ideal course for those with little or no experience, who are interested in producing some of their own fruit and vegetables. The practical sessions with a small group provide a friendly and informal environment for you to learn all aspects of growing throughout the seasons, with expert advice and support.

The course is very interactive: we will help you to create a personal plan for your own patch of soil – whether it’s a small garden, a few pots on a patio or a new allotment – and guide you through the season, to a successful harvest next year. You will learn all the seasonal gardening tasks and we will provide you with encouragement and feedback on your progress at home, teaching you the techniques you need and troubleshooting any problems.

By the end of the course you will be able to plan and prepare your garden, understand your growing conditions and sow a range of crops suitable for them, use succession planting to ensure harvest throughout the year, build fertility using green manures and composts, manage pests and weeds, care for your crops throughout the season including pruning, training, feeding and watering, and learn when to pick and how to store your harvest.

Each day will include a delicious, home-made, organic lunch of seasonal produce from Trill, highlighting recipes and ideas for your produce.

The course is designed to be taken as a whole, but as it is a rolling programme, you can start at any time, and can also drop in to one or two sessions most relevant to you.

Cost: £30 per person for one day, £100 for all five days.

COOK'S GARDEN

with Lynda Brown
28th July

Based on her lifetime’s experience of growing her own food, this is a day that could change your kitchen gardening life. Cook’s Garden is approaching kitchen gardening through the eyes of a cook, empowering you to get the maximum enjoyment of your precious crops. It’s about tailor-making your kitchen garden to your needs and wants, growing what you want to eat in the quantities you want, rather than growing the maximum of everything, then being consumed by gluts, and what to do with them.

Cook’s Garden is also about understanding what makes a tomato a tomato: learning to recognise when produce is at its prime, how to harvest, store, and make the best of it in the kitchen in the simplest ways possible. It’s about developing a relationship with your home grown produce, letting it speak for itself, rather than reaching for a recipe book and smothering it with bits and pieces that don’t belong (the supermarket approach). This kind of intelligence only comes from the garden; once you’re attuned to it, it does wonders for your cooking!

The morning will spent discussing how to make and get the most out of your own Cook’s Garden, using produce being grown at Trill Farm as a basis. The afternoon will focus on garlic as a vegetable and how to celebrate it in the kitchen: walking the garlic; pesto; garlic confit and puree, roast garlic, and how to dry, store, and plant home grown garlic for next year’s harvest.

The day runs from 10am – 4pm and includes tea, coffee, cake and a delicious organic lunch prepared from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £55 per person or £42.50 for Soil Association members.

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BUSH-CRAFT SKILLS

with Fraser Christian
17th July

Join us for a day of wild ways. This one-day course is a great opportunity to learn skills in bush-craft and wild food. Reconnect to a time gone by, where people depended on mother-nature and themselves to provide their shelter, fire, water and food. You will learn how to make a shelter from natural resources found in our woods, build and light a fire using flint and steel with natural tinder, find and purify fresh water, identify and collect a range of wild food and learn how to prepare and cook them on the camp fire.

The day runs from 9.30am – 4.30pm and includes refreshments and lunch. You will need to bring a set of waterproofs, a spare change of clothes and wellies or waterproof boots.

Cost: £70 per person or £57.50 for Soil Association members.

HOT AND COLD FOOD SMOKING

with Fraser Christian
12th June

The day will be a great chance to learn first hand how to hot and cold smoke meats, fish and cheeses. Smoking food not only develops a wonderful aromatic flavour, it also helps preserve food for storing. The day will begin with a demonstration and explanation of the art of both cold and hot smoking and the smokers we use. The course will also give you ideas for how to build your own smokers at home, and how to select and prepare the best woods to use for smoking.

This course is suitable for all, and requires no previous experience. Lunch is included, sampling all the food you have created, alongside fresh farm grown salads and local hand made breads and pickles.

Cost: £70 per person or £57.50 for Soil Association members.

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ENERGY FROM THE SUN

SOLAR WATER HEATING WORKSHOP

with Matthew Slack

8th July

An introduction to the principles and practicalities of solar water heating.

Matthew Slack will lead a practical workshop to demonstrate solar water heating in the UK through hands on building of a small system. During the day there will be discussions on the suitability of various systems, DIY versus pre made setups, and how to make the most of the current and forthcoming grants available. We will also look at the two solar water heating systems currently in use at Trill Farm. This course is suitable for those interested in reducing their energy use and using solar water heating in their own projects, but no prior knowledge or building experience is needed.

The day lasts from 10am – 4pm and includes tea, coffee, cake and a delicious organic lunch made from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £50 per person.

Change: date of change and transformation to 9th July

SUSTAINABLE SEWAGE SYSTEMS

with Chris Weedon
9th July

This workshop is suitable for those interested in setting up their own sustainable sewage system, and aims to provide a detailed introduction to the treatment of wastewater using reed beds, emphasising appropriate application and sound design and installation. This one-day course will introduce you to the range of reed beds that exist for treating a whole variety of wastewater types, explaining where and when they are appropriate - and when not appropriate! Case studies will be described covering a range of situations. From the preceding information, participants are then invited to table their own specific design requirements, which will be discussed in detail amongst the group, highlighting principles of design and construction.

The day lasts from 10am – 4pm and includes tea, coffee, cake and a delicious organic lunch made from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £50 per person

CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION: CREATING SUSTAINABILITY - A SEMINAR

with Stephen Peake
28th May

Stephen will present a stimulating and light hearted exploration of sustainability, leadership and personal growth based on his experiences in the last few years of coaching a couple of hundred middle tier business leaders and about 1500 undergraduates, masters and MBA students at the Judge Business School in Cambridge. This evening seminar will be a fresh talk that he’s never attempted to share before.

The evening begins at 7pm.

Cost: £10 per person, including an organic buffet supper and cider cup.

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN

with George Sobol

19th, 20th, 21st November

The word permaculture derives from “permanent agriculture” and “permanent culture”. In practice it is sustainable land use design, based on an understanding of systems in nature and ethical principles. Permaculture design creates stable productive systems to provide food, shelter, energy and community in ways that are healthy for the environment and us.

This exciting and dynamic course, will enable you to create a more sustainable lifestyle. It stresses working with nature and will help you identify steps for positive change for yourself, your family and your community. It is ethical, creative and inspiring and gives a blueprint for our survival and the repair of our degraded planet.

Participants can attend this course as day visitors or enjoy a fully residential weekend.

Cost: The WEA funds places for those on low income. Please call for details.

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ORGANIC WOOL WORKSHOP

with Sarah Cooke

15th June

Gotland sheep are reared on Trill farm to produce organically certified wool. During this one-day introductory workshop you will learn about the processes involved in making our wool, learn the techniques of finishing the wool and make your own finished product using organic wool from our farm.

9.30am
We will start the day with a quick introduction to the farm, which will include a short walk to look at the flock of Gotland sheep. We will also take a look at the plants available on the farm for natural dying. Dan the farm manager will give you a short introduction to the sheep and how they are cared for to produce good quality organic wool.

10.30 am Coffee and tea break

10.45 am Felt workshop

Short introduction into felting techniques. You will be shown how to card wool, make wet felt and decorate using needle felting technique. You will make a simple felt product with the skills you have learnt that you can take away at the end of the day.

12.30 pm Organic lunch

1.30 pm Spinning workshop
Short introduction to spinning. You will learn how to create a yarn with fingers to get the idea, moving on to learn drop spindle and wheel spinning techniques.

3.30 pm Felt artist talk by textile artist Yuli Somme

Yuli is dedicated to sourcing and using regional wool for felt. She will discuss her work and explain how it has shifted over the years from making quirky felt wall hangings, garments and bags, to finding herself dealing with funeral directors and the bereaved."

www.bellacouche.com

www.yulisomme.co.uk

All materials, equipment, lunch and refreshments will be provided. No previous experience is necessary but an interest and passion for textiles and the natural world is helpful.

What you will take away from the workshop:

• An understanding of the processes involved in making organic wool
• The basics of carding and spinning
• How to make felt and make your own felt product
• A basic understanding of the various techniques and methods for finishing wool
• A length of yarn you have spun yourself that you can take away and make your own wool product with
• Wool cards to explain the processes and give you some ideas on what you can do with your wool
• A basic understanding of the various techniques and methods for finishing wool
• Inspiration to continue learning and start your own textile project
  

DESIGNING AND MAKING AN ECO TEXTILE PRODUCT

13th July

Learn how to design and make your own eco textile product. A fun and creative day, which will inspire you to carry on making at home.

We will look at different products you can make and look at other eco textile products on the market.

The days run from 10am – 4pm and include tea, coffee and a delicious organic lunch prepared from fresh farm produce.

Cost: £55 per person or £42.50 for Soil Association members.

ECO-TEXTILES WEEKEND: CURTAIN AND ROMAN BLIND MAKING

with Gina Moore

6th November: Curtain making

7th November: Roman blind making

This crash course in soft furnishing will include instruction in curtain and roman blind making and will equip the relative beginner to tackle the daunting task of designing and making their own window treatments. If there is time we will also work on some cushion cover making. With an emphasis on the eco-properties of a good draft excluding pair of curtains, an introduction to eco textiles and a look at some of the available organic cotton and linen furnishing fabrics on the market, this course could also help you to reduce your carbon footprint.

Bring at least two metres of your own fabric (recycled and vintage definitely acceptable) and a basic sewing kit (needles, pins, scissors, tape measure). Curtain making sundries such as organic cotton lining, interlining, buckram, tape etc will be supplied. Although in the interests of sustainability it would be good if the curtain and blind that you make were not simply samples, space constraints will make it difficult to accommodate the making of very wide or long pieces. However, if you would like to bring along the dimensions of a smallish window (maximum width 120cm, maximum drop 150cm) we will do our best to work to those. If in doubt, please apply for a measuring guide.

Cost: Weekend (including Friday night) £275 (£262.50 for Soil Association members). The weekend includes an educational talk and film putting eco-textiles into context, a tour of the farm looking at our organic wool production, accommodation and organic meals.

Single days run from 9am – 5pm and cost £55 (£42.50 for Soil Association members) including lunch.

PATCHWORK QUILT MAKING WEEKEND USING RECYCLED FABRIC

with Gail Bryson
24th, 25th, 26th September

A fun and practical weekend course which will teach you to design and make your own patchwork quilt. We will take a brief look at the history of quilt making in UK and the different techniques available. We will explore different shapes and patterns so you can come up with your own unique design.

Patchwork is an ideal way of using up small scraps of fabric to make into a more useful and beautiful product and we will encourage you to use pieces of recycled/vintage fabrics to create a piece which is personal to you. They are the ideal eco-textile product and are fun and rewarding the make. Each patch can tell a story.

At the end of the course you will have learned the basics of patchwork, designed your own patchwork quilt and have your own patchwork project underway.

We will be hand stitching our patchwork so some knowledge of sewing is preferable.

Cost: £275 including accommodation and organic meals.

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19th, 20th August, more dates TBC

We will be running a series of afternoons throughout the Easter and summer holidays for children to experience life on the farm. There will be activities for different age groups including helping to collect the eggs and feeding the animals, exploring the farm trail and playing games and interacting with the wildlife in our woodlands, fields, streams and lakes.

Various workshops will include making natural beauty products, baking bread and cooking.

For the adventurous there will be the chance to experience our aerial woodland walkway with zip line, abseiling and archery.

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Trill Farm also hosts a number of other courses hosted by local experts.

WILD CHEF

with Fraser Christian
5th April

Fraser leads an exciting day’s foraging on the coast for seaweeds, shellfish and shore plants and at Trill Farm for edibles form the hedgerows and woodlands. The forage feast will then be turned into a gourmet lunch in front of you in the newly renovated old dairy, now a demonstration kitchen.

For more details and booking, see www.wildforage.co.uk

CATCH AND COOK

with Fraser Christian
25th April

Catch and cook is more than just a fish cookery course. First, catch what you can with full instruction from the boat, and then visit the local fishmonger for a run through of local fish and shellfish on offer and learn all the tricks of the trade. Finally, it's off to Trill Farm with a basket full of the freshest local seafood available to learn how to cook it, and then sit back and feast on the catch.

For more details and booking, see www.catchandcook.co.uk

NATURE'S LARDER: A WILD FOOD JOURNEY

With Robin Harford and Marion Turnbull
8th May and 5th September

Wild food is the ultimate in ‘local’ and ‘seasonal’ produce, and historically has always been a source of food for country people. On these one-day courses you’ll uncover a secret world of unique edible possibilities, and discover...

• How to identify wild edible plants
• Learn to cook, prepare and preserve these plants
• Be immersed in their mystery, history and folklore
• As well as how to forage sustainably, safety guidelines, and the law

For more information and booking, see www.eatweeds.co.uk

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Rupert Bannister (MIfL, MSc)

Rupert is a fully qualified horticulturalist with over twenty years of experience in both practical horticulture and horticultural education. He has had employment and training at institutions including the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and the Eden Project in Cornwall. He has had extensive work and study both in the UK and overseas in New Zealand, Australia and a recent post as guest lecturer at Awaji Landscape Planning and Horticulture Academy in Japan. Having recently completed a Masters Degree in Education for Sustainability, his aim now is to use the subjects of horticulture and sustainability to support the building of self-reliant and resilient local communities.

Lynda Brown

Lynda Brown is an award winning food writer, author and broadcaster, kitchen garden and organic expert, with over 25 years experience of growing fruit and vegetables and a passion for organic farming and organic food. Her books include The Cook’s Garden, BBC Gardener’s World Vegetables for Small Gardens, The Modern Cook’s Manual, and The Shopper’s Guide to Organic Food. Her new book The Preserving Book by Dorling Kindersley, is endorsed by the Soil Association, and published in July.

Gail Bryson

Gail graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a degree in printed textile design. Her career began at The Conran Shop where she worked as the textile designer and colourist. After 4 years with Conran and a stint working in New York, she joined London based design and branding agency The Nest where she became Design Director. In 2006 Gail started working for herself on a variety of product and packaging design projects including work for Heals, Habitat, Pedlars, Mandarin Oriental and Jamie Oliver. She set up design partnership Bryson Loxley with Tamsin Loxley in 2007, and also consults for the global trend forecasting company WGSN.

Darby Costello

Darby Costello studied astrology in America and then spent twelve years in South Africa developing her consultation practice while working in a museum recording and preserving the divination and healing arts of the sangomas. She came to London in the early 1980s. She teaches at several astrology schools in London and lectures worldwide. She has written several books for astrologers and has a passion for historical cycles and how the individual finds ways to recognise and navigate the currents of time.
www.darbycostello.co.uk

Romy Fraser

Romy Fraser trained as a teacher in the 60s and spent six years in a ‘free school’, believing that education was more to do with learning from experience than remembering a series of facts. She worked on literacy programmes in South London and set up Neal's Yard Remedies, an alternative pharmacy in Covent Garden. The company was sold 25 years later with 32 shops. Romy is now establishing Trill Farm as an educational project based on a commercial organic farm.

Christopher Hedley

Christopher Hedley is a medical herbalist and is well known internationally for his unique hands-on approach to the teaching of herbal medicine. A faculty member of the University of Westminster Complementary Therapies course, he was chair of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists postgraduate education board for many years. With his partner Non Shaw, Christopher is the co-author, of several books on herbal medicine including ‘Herbal Remedies’.

Sandra Hill

Sandra Hill is an acupuncturist and practitioner of oriental exercise and massage. Sandra currently teaches at the University of Westminster and on various post graduate programmes for Oriental Medicine in the UK. She is the author of several books including ‘Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Body’ and ‘The Roots of Health’. She is currently exploring ways to combine her training in oriental arts with her training as a fine artist.
www.monkeypress.net

Daphne Lambert

Daphne Lambert is a nutritionist, chef, award-winning author and the managing director of Greencuisine, a healing food centre. Daphne is an expert in the field of health and nutrition and has many years of experience in helping people achieve optimum health. Daphne began her career working as a chef in France, Switzerland, America and London before creating an organic restaurant at Penrhos Court, where she has won many awards over the last 30 years. Penrhos was the first organic restaurant to be certified by the Soil Association and won You magazine's prestigious ‘Organic Restaurant of the Year’ award in 2002. She is a brilliant teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed our time together running the nutrition course for Neal's Yard Remedies over 6 years.
greencuisine.penrhos.com

 

Gina Moore

Gina Moore originally studied fashion, but for the last 20 years has run her own soft furnishing business in North London. She has a keen interest in environmental issues, particularly in relation to textiles and sat on the Soil Association Organic Textile Standards committee for several years. She has also written five books on soft furnishing and sewing craft.

www.ginamoore.co.uk

Barbara Norvell

Barbara Norvell is a fully certified Intermediate Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She continues to develop her own practice by regularly attending workshops with senior teachers and regularly visiting the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India, to take classes with the Iyengar family. She is an experienced teacher and her teaching is lively, combining warmth and humour with clear instruction.
www.yogabarbara.co.uk

Stephen Peake

Stephen Peake is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technologies at the Open University and a Fellow of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Stephen has worked in energy, environment and sustainability for 20 years including stints in the UN and the OECD secretariats. He’s an enthusiastic teacher and coach in sustainability leadership.

Dan Powell

Dan Powell has over 25 years experience in organic farming. He completed an apprenticeship in the early eighties on a leading bio-dynamic farm before going on to work on a variety of farms in France, Scandinavia and Wales. To complement his strong practical base he also holds an agricultural degree. Dan has led training courses for both new entrants and experienced land managers in all aspects of organic land and animal care. He is the farm manager at Trill Farm.

Janet Snowdon

Janet Snowdon originally studied anthropology and psychology but then devoted herself to her family and homoeopathy for over 35 years. She is a well respected practitioner and educator. She regularly teaches courses in the UK and is also a popular international teacher, enabling her to keep up to date with recent developments throughout the world.

George Sobol

George is a trainer and facilitator who has been managing and teaching permaculture courses since 1989. He is a founder member of the Permaculture Education Project and is widely recognised as one the UK’s most experienced permaculture teachers.

 

Yuli Somme

Yuli Somme runs a small enterprise on Dartmoor, called Bellacouche, dedicated to sourcing and using regional wool for felt. Her main product is the Leafshroud - a practical and aesthetic alternative to the hard-edged Victorian coffin.

Iain Tolhurst (IOTA accredited)

Iain Tolhurst is an independent organic horticulture consultant specialising in advice and training in horticultural business development and vegetable box schemes, with a specialisation in Stockfree Organic systems. He is a practicing organic vegetable producer on 18 acres and has been a Soil Association symbol holder since 1976. Iain’s advisory career began in 1984 as senior horticultural advisor with Elm Farm Research Centre. He works closely with a group of clients delivering on farm advice and specialises in a “systems approach” to deal with the problems of fertility, pests and diseases.
www.tolhurstorganic.co.uk

Chris Weedon (PhD BSc ARCS DIC)

Chris has been working with reed bed sewage treatment since 1991, and is director of Watercourse Systems Ltd, a small consultancy, design & build company for wastewater treatment. Whilst prioritising the identification of the most appropriate approach for each particular situation – which may involve use of powered technology – he specialises in the use of aquatic plant treatment systems and composting toilets. Co-author of “Sewage Solutions – answering the call of nature”, a book published by CAT that provides a broad review of on-site treatment options, he is involved in on-going research aimed at optimising reed bed treatment and runs training seminars, including for the Environment Agency and National Trust.

Fraser Christian

Fraser is a qualified chef, and experienced outdoor instructor and forager. Fraser hosted the River Cottage "Catch and Cook Course" and has been using wild food for over 20 years, since his days teaching the Scouts backwoods cooking and survival skills.
www.wildforage.co.uk
www.catchandcook.co.uk

Robin Harford

Robin is a professional forager who harvests wild edible plants on a daily basis for his family, as well as supplying local restaurants. He is creator of one of the UK’s leading wild food site www.eatweeds.co.uk that was recently featured in the Guardian newspaper.

Marion Turnbull (DipION).

Marion is a wild food cook who will introduce you to the art of preparing and cooking simple, honest hedgerow cuisine. She is a fully qualified nutritionist who trained under Patrick Holford at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition, and has taught food and nutrition for 30 years.

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