Courses Calendar
Scroll down this page for images / links for all craft courses. Click on the name / date of the course you’re interested in, to see the full course description & booking links (the booking link will show you availability). Gift vouchers are also available.
Native Hands outdoor craft courses take place in a beautiful 70 acre, private ancient woodland near Lewes, Sussex, UK.
You can read FAQs / booking info here.
Ruby makes these timeless techniques accessible & achievable, imparting a vast amount of knowledge in bite-sized chunks. Totally inspired, can’t wait to make more! Matthew & Julie Bruton-Seal, (authors of ‘Hedgerow Medicine’)
🌿 Updates, inspiration and news from the woods come to you via my monthly-ish email:
December 2025
2026 Courses (April – October)
Open for bookings early Dec 2025, join my email list to receive priority notification when bookings open
April
May
Women's Wild Pottery
May 1 / 2
Wild Cordage (string)
May 16
Looped Rush Bags
May 17
Wild Pottery - Black Reduction
May 23 / 24
Wild Pottery - Earth Pigments
May 28 – 30
June
Wild Cordage (string)
June 12
Nettle Net Bags
June 13 / 14
Rush Foraging Baskets
June 27
Fire-Making
June 28
July
Bark Trugs
July 3 / 4
Wild Pottery - Smoke Cloud
July 18 / 19
Wild Pottery - Black Reduction
July 24 / 25
August
Rush Foraging Baskets
Aug 1
Pine Needle Baskets
Aug 2
Grass Foraging Baskets
Aug 21 / 22
Details soon
Wild Pottery - Smoke Cloud
Aug 29 / 30
September
Wild Pottery - Earth Pigments
Sept 3 – 5
Rush & Wild Rose Baskets
Sept 18
Grass Baskets
Sept 19
Bramble & Wild Rose Baskets
Sept 25 / 26
October
Featured in the Guardian lifestyle section. National Geographic & Toyota put Native Hands in their top 125 UK adventures.
