Courses
Please note - due to ongoing national and local efforts to contain the coronavirus, the NSTG committee is regularly reviewing the course schedule and courses will only be run if they can comply with the current government guidelines.
We will continue to review the situation and any relevant updates will be posted on our website and Facebook group. Any course fees paid by members will be held as credit for the rescheduled course, if you would prefer a refund please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The NSTG Committee
A list of upcoming courses is given below. Scroll down for further details of each course.
Note: We often add to our courses so do revisit this page or join our Facebook group for updates.
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to go on the reserve list! Contact Suzanne to check availability before booking.
| 2020 | |
| Renewal Fruit Tree Pruning |
28 November |
| 2021 | |
| Intro to Wet Felting | 20 February |
| Getting the Most from the Veg Plot | 27 February |
| Basic Goat Husbandry & Showing | 24 March |
| Intro to Alpaca Husbandry - date change |
17 April |
| Intro to Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom - date change |
27 Feb |
| Natural Dyeing Taster Day | 25 April |
| Working with Green Wood | 8 May |
| Rearing Poultry for the Table | 15 May |
| Using Herbs for Health and Wellbeing | 12 June |
| Intro to Pig Keeping |
17 July |
| Making Preserves | 19 September |
| Despatch and Prepare a Chicken for the Table | 2 October |
| Intro to Nuno Felting | 13 November |
| Making Willow Christmas Decorations |
20 November |
Courses are open to NSTG members only.
A household membership is just £12. To join go to the Join Us page.
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To book on a course
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with the following inform ation:
if you are a member or not, the course(s) that you want to book, the number of places, the names of those wishing to attend the course(s), the total fees payable and how you are paying, the email address(es) to contact and a mobile telephone number.
We will confirm that places are available and inform you how to pay by bank transfer or cheque
A booking will be made once payment is received.
If the course is full you can be put on a reserve list or a list of those interested in any repeat course.
A household membership is just £12. To join go to the Join Us page.
For any enquiries about a course please email Suzanne at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fleece to Knits
Covering the selection of fleece and all aspects of preparation for use in crafts such as felting, quilting and gardening. Hands on sessions cover carding, spinning and each stage of making wool yarn for use in knitting and weaving. We will also discuss what crafters look for when buying fleece based products.
Cost £25
Location Little Dunham
Date 3 October
Time 10 - 3.30
Tutor Tracy Richards
Dispatch and Dress a Chicken
Includes dispatching a chicken correctly and humanely, plucking a chicken, evisceration and preparation for the oven
Cost £25 (plus cost of a chicken if required, £1.50 per lb)
Location Little Barningham
Date Cancelled
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Sally Feistner
Mole Trapping
Cost £5
Location Forncett St Mary
Date 10 October
Time TBA
Tutor Shaun Simmons
Stock Fencing
Introduction to fencing for livestock, no previous experience necessary. Design and build for livestock including gates, electric fencing etc. All equipment provided but please bring gloves.
Cost £25
Location Bergh Apton
Date 17 October
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Steve Whitby
Health & Safety on the Farm
This workshop is designed with smallholders in mind covering the legal aspects, machinery and equipment safety, storage of chemicals and pesticides and your duty of care to others. It is about taking practical measures to manage safety to prevent accidents, minimise losses including controlling costs.
Cost £25
Location Swaffham
Date Postponed - contact Suzanne
Time 10- 1
Tutor Lisa Starling
Renewal Fruit Tree Pruning
A practical workshop in restoring and maintaining mature apple and pear trees also covering white and black currants, gooseberries and raspberries
Cost £25
Location Gressenhall
Date 28 November
Time TBC
Tutor Bob Lever
Intro to Wet Felting
Using Ryeland fleece and Merino wool tops learn the basic techniques of wet felting. Get creative making a table mat, cushion cover or coasters
Cost £25
Location Near Diss
Date 20 February 2021
Time 11 - 2
Tutor Jan Scott
Getting the most out of the veg plot
Cost £25
Location Eves Hill Veg Cooperative - Reepham
Date 27 February 2021
Time 9.30 - 2
Basic Goat Husbandry and Goat Showing
Cost £25
Location Topcroft
Date 24 March 2021
Time 11 - 3
Intro to Alpaca Husbandry
Cost £30
Location Horning
Date 17 April 2021
Time 9.30 - 1
Tutor Annie Nickerson
Intro to Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Cost TBC
Location Horning
Date 27 February 2021
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Annie Nickerson
Natural Dyeing Taster Day
Cost TBC
Location Walpole Highway
Date 25 April 2021
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Nina Hedderick
Working with Green Wood
This will be set in a woodland glade and use traditional tools. Enjoy a day learning skills using green wood while making a stool.
Cost £25 (plus materials)
Location Ringland Hills
Date 8 May 2021
Time 10.30 - 3
Tutor Tom Fox
Rearing Poultry for the Table
Cost £20
Location Little Barningham
Date 15 May 2021
Time 10.30 - 1.30
Tutor Sally Feistner
Using Herbs For Health and Wellbeing
Find out more about herbs and make up your own herbal remedies from Paula's smallholding. This includes a practical session making potions.
Cost TBC
Location Carleton Rode
Date 12 June 2021
Time 10 - 2
Tutor Paula Stone
Intro to Pig Keeping
Cost £25
Location Walpole Highway
Date 17 July 2021
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Marilyn Keymer
Making Preserves
Cost £25
Location Little Dunham
Date 19 September 2021
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Tracy Richards
Dispatch and Dress a Chicken
Includes dispatching a chicken correctly and humanely, plucking a chicken, evisceration and preparation for the oven
Cost TBC (plus cost of a chicken if required, £1.50 per lb)
Location Little Barningham
Date 2 October 2021
Time TBC
Tutor Sally Feistner
Intro to Nuno Felting
Cost £25
Location Bergh Apton
Date 13 November 2021
Time 10 - 3
Tutor Isabel Auker
Making Willow Christmas Decorations
Cost £30
Location TBC
Date 20 November 2021
Time 10 - 1
Tutor Karen Lawrence