Name: Charcoal & Biochar Making Course
Start: 2024-07-28T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-28T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Warminster

Join us in our wood near Warminster and learn about the ancient rural craft of charcoal making.
About this Event

Charcoal Making Course

This One Day Charcoal Making Course is one of our most popular courses and will run from our Warminster site from 9.30am to 4pm.

This course is well suited for small woodland owners, Community woodland groups and conservation groups or anybody interested in low-volume charcoal production.

The course will cover the following:

· The history of charcoal making

· Health safety

· Making charcoal using a small traditional ring kiln

· Making charcoal using 45 gallon oil drums

· Making Biochar using 45 gallon oil drums

· Bagging up the charcoal

· Marketing and selling charcoal

The kettle is always on for a hot drinks.

You will need to bring sturdy shoes or boots and wear suitable clothing for working outdoors.

Feedback

Pete is a great instructor, very knowledgeable and passionate. He came to a site that the project I work for was working on as part of a heritage skills training course for landowners. He was very professional and we got loads of great feedback. Jake Dunsmore Living Landscape.