What is CANW about?
Promoting coppicing in our woodlands
Conserving woodlands and encouraging appropriate management
Providing mutual support, information, advice and training
Giving a voice to all involved in coppice woodland management
Weekend In The Woods 2013
- Spaces available -
A few places have become available on the Longbow and Willow Weaving courses.
Please contact Grace (secretary.canw@googlemail.com) as soon as possible if you'd like to come along.
The National Coppice Federation (NCFed) Inaugral AGM & Gathering: 26th & 27th April.
The National Coppice Federation will be officially launched at the end of April down in Worcestershire - see www.ncfed.org.uk for all the details.
CANW is looking into booking a minibus to transport the northern gang - please get in touch asap if you're interested.
Coppicing Crafts Exhibition at Farfield Mill
The Working Woodlands event "The story of coppice"
held at Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, was held in 2012 as a celebration
of the north west's coppicing heritage. Well due to its popularity we will be
exhibitingagain with more work this April and May.
Read more...
We've created a new page all about the traditional Earthburn method of making charcoal.
With thanks to Brian Crawley for organising this and writing about it, to the students of the Merz Summer School who created the video, and of course to Jim Miller for all the hard work!
Click here to read more.
Winter Newletter 2012/13 - Download a copy of the latest newsletter here.