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Green Wood Centre Events

 

Jewels of the Forest

Woodland Hall
The Green Wood Centre
Coalbrookdale
nr. Ironbridge

Easter weekend 10-13th April

Exhibition and café open 10am-4pm Friday, Saturday , Sunday and Monday.

A rare opportunity to see drawings, photographs and jewellery designed and made by the late Sarah Jane Connor.

Sarah was a talented artist who lived and worked locally in Madeley. In recent years she was a volunteer in Coalport Museums and at the Greenwood Centre itself, where she helped maintain the ancient woodland.

Trained in 3 D Design, Silversmithing and Jewellery (Preston 1993), Sarah gained a first class honours degree and went on to work within the Manchester Design and Craft Centre as a Designer Maker of Events Jewellery. She exhibited jewellery at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre and fulfilled many commissions.

The exhibition includes several works which have been especially designed to reflect the personal histories and interests of wearer’s, overall the collection draws together individually crafted and commissioned jewellery, detailed design proposals and a broad range of inspiring photographic works

Working predominantly in silver, Sarah’s design work is richly documented through many drawings and reveals a keen sense of humour and a delight in the kinetic function of insects and industrial machinery.

One of Sarah’s many inspiring photographic works will be published by Cancer Research in July 2009.


   
Annual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta

Bank Holiday Monday 31st August
12-4.30pm Dale End Park

The Coracle Regatta now holds an established place in the Ironbridge calendar attracting coraclers from all over the country. There will be sprint races, relays, the highly competitive coracle polo match and other daft games. Be prepared to get wet!

The Regatta is also a lovely day out, with stalls and activities and the chance to have a go yourself. You are welcome to bring your own coracle if you have one.

   

Coracles are flat bottomed boats made from woven wood covered in animal skins - or, more often nowadays, canvas sewn on and waterproofed with tar or bitumen. Coracles have been used for thousands of years in Europe and especially in Wales and the Welsh borders. Every region and even villages had their own design, many still around today. Coracles were used for fishing, ferrying and - commonly in Ironbridge - for poaching.

The Green Wood Centre would like to pay tribute to Eustace Rogers who sadly died in 2004. He was the last in a long line of Ironbridge Coracle Makers and was a familiar sight to many in the Gorge. He was kind enough to share his knowledge with the Green Wood Centre which has enabled us to teach coracle making to hundreds of people from all over the world.


 
Apple Day - in celebration of everything 'appley' and much more!

Saturday 10th October 2009

Last year’s Apple Day was a resounding success and this year it hopes to be just as good. The centrepiece will be the beautifully restored traditional twin-screw apple press, a piece of equipment dating back to the mid-19C. It requires nothing but muscle power to operate them and last year was busy all day, pouring out some 200 gallons of apple juice.

Shropshire Apple Trust who are responsible for having restored the equipment and organising the event are again inviting people from all over the County (and beyond) to bring their apples in the two weeks prior to the event. Bring as many apples as possible - of whatever variety - and take them to the Green Wood Centre.

   

The fun doesn't stop at the pressing, either. Taste a wide variety of old and unusual varieties as well as good examples of common apples. This year there will also be a huge display of different apple varieties from around the country, including some particular to Shropshire. There will be 'hands-on' craft demonstrations of the work of the Green Wood Centre including pole lathing, suitable for adults and children alike. Children are particularly well catered for with apple bobbing, apple prints and even their own small-scale apple pressing equipment - try stopping them drinking the juice! There will be a pork roast and vegetarian food option and the chance to try and buy country wines and cider, including that made by Shropshire Apple Trust who dreamed up the whole occasion here in the first place!

For further details regarding the event, please contact:
Michael Pooley 01952 433632.

   

   

Gorgeous Walks – the Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival 2 - 10 May 2009

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National Beanpole Week - 25th April - 3rd May 2009

Support your local woods: use coppiced hazel beanpoles to support your beans this year!

The area of coppice in the UK has fallen dramatically since the 1950s and we need to bring these woods back into management.

Hazel coppice provides valuable habitat for animals such as the dormouse,nightingales, warblers and many more species.

Coppicing is a traditional and sustainable form of woodland management that ensures a continuous supply of useful products.

Hazel beanpoles provide an attractive and effective addition to your garden.

To find a local supplier or an event check out the websites below.

www.allotmentforestry.com or www.coppice-products.co.uk

or call the Green Wood Centre on 01952 432769

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Supported by the Forestry Commission and part of Small Woods Association registered Charity number 1081874
 

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