A-Z of Course Providers

Directory of rural course providers for smallholders and their smallholdings, and those seeking a more sustainable lifestyle.

Please note that not all of our course providers have submitted their details to this page – thank you.

Bill at Moons Green We are an unlikely trio at Moons Green – a Kentisk stockman, a New Zealand foodie and a Moonraker art director…and of course the irrepressible Crumble. Together we hold well structured training courses, specialising in keeping Outdoor Pigs, Free-range...
Cambridge Sustainability Centre Our mission is to help people gain the skills and confidence to live their lives more sustainably and to love doing it. We run courses on our organic family farm just outside Cambridge (UK) in beautiful countryside on the edge of the Fens....
Cathy Cassie – Hazelwood Livestock Cathy is a full-time shepherdess, working alongside husband Darren and his father Brian on their part-time farm in Leicestershire, and also managing the conservation-grazing flocks on the nature reserves for the Wildlife trust in Northamptonshire.
EasTec Chainsaws, ATV, Poultry, Pigs, Pesticides and Pest Control Courses. EasTec is a Lantra registered training provider that offers both practical and legislative training at competitive prices.
Gardenfarming Formerly an agricultural college tutor and on farm assessor with one of the country's top land based colleges, a full scale mixed farmer, on farm advisor and self sufficiency lifestyle follower of almost 25 years I
Hendra Farm If you are looking for a taste of the 'good life' in the beautiful Cornish countryside then Hendra Farm is the place for you... We operate a traditional smallholding set deep in the South East Cornwall countryside which is home to our magnificent S...
Hens For Homes At hens for homes we specialize in teaching beginners and organizations how to choose and care for chickens. We welcome and encourage the whole family to come along to choose their hens. We hold beginners sessions twice a month, these sessions are ...
Leonard Cottage Rural Training Centre Leonard Cottage Rural Training Centre is based in Boston, Lincolnshire. The facility has been created to provide a wide range of practical courses and training days for those who want to learn about traditional crafts, animal husbandry, rural skill...
LILI LILI is a non-profit organisation promoting practical ways you can reduce your impact on the environment, learn new skills, save money and have fun. Contact us to find out more about our residential weekend courses, manuals and books, factsheets, and onli...
Livanti Alpacas Liz, a farmers daughter, began breeding alpacas in 1999. What started out as a possible retirement income and hobby soon became her full time occupation! Liz runs Livanti Alpacas in rural Buckinghamshire, where she breeds high quality pedigree alpa...
Monkton Wyld Court Monkton Wyld Court is an intentional community run centre for sustainable living in beautiful southwest Dorset. We run a variety of residential and day courses throughout the year, many of which promote smallholding skills.
Monkton Wyld Court Monkton Wyld Court is an organic smallholding and educational charity on the site of a Victorian rectory in South West Dorset. An intentional community made up of anywhere from ten to twenty residents and volunteers, we grow veg in our walled kitchen gard...
Mumbleys Farmhouse Perhaps you have always dreamed of escaping the rat race and running your own smallholding or maybe you would just like a few colourful chickens laying fresh brown eggs in a pretty little hen house at the end of the garden. Maybe you have always wanted ...
Oaklands Pigs 50 adults, 12 breeds, 3 litters a month. For a truly comprehensive pig course visit Oaklands Pigs. There's loads to see. Oaklands Pigs have been running courses now, for 4 years with 100's of satisfied customers from both the UK and as far a field as Japa...
Pig & Smallholder Courses in the South Tedfold Cottage Farm We are Neil, Michaela and Oliver Giles, a small family run smallholding on the Sussex / Surrey border and near a direct train service from London Victoria. We specialise in and exhibit British Saddleback pigs with an emphasis on the ...
Pig Keeping Courses For All "Our aim is to give people the confidence in handling pigs and to educate them in successful ways of keeping pigs." Where are we?We are based in Lowick in the beautiful Lake District at the Southern end of Coniston Water. What do we do? We offer pig k...
Preparation for Lambing, weds 17th January 2012 Shepherdess Cathy Cassie hosts a brand new course for 2012, focussing on preparation for lambing, covering feeding the in-lamb ewe, preparing your lambing areas, what to expect, what to avoid, and how to deal with the unexpected! There will be a small num...
Saving Rare Breeds Saving Rare Breeds has been established to help preserve our farming heritage, native breeds, wildlife and provide a sanctuary for neglected or abandoned farm animals. At Saving Rare Breeds we farm using traditional methods, organically and ...
SOUTH YEO FARM EAST – Rare and Traditional Breeds – located in beautiful mid Devon 'South Yeo Farm East' is a small farm in the heart of Devon's Tarka country. We, Ian and Gillian Dixon, live and work on the farm along with our ever growing menagerie... The farm has been in the family for 3 generations and our home, a traditional Devo...
SOUTH YEO FARM WEST (Devon) South Yeo Farm West is in Devon on the Dartmoor fringe, six miles from Okehampton. It's a beautiful farm in the Culm Measures, with abundant wildlife, supported through a ten year agreement with DEFRA under the Higher Level Stewardship scheme to ensure w...
Sue Lang at The Beesness Sue Lang from The Beesness is an experienced beekeeper who also makes preserves and teaches a wide variety of beekeeping and cookery courses. She started beekeeping in 2006 with her husband, but as they were thrown in the deep end from the very start, t...
The Empire Farm School The Empire Farm School was established in 2006 by Sally and Adrian Morgan. Sally and Adrian have been smallholders for more than 15 years. They moved from their 3 acre smallholding in Hampshire to Somerset in 2004. The farm is now fullY organic and man...
Villageways First, who the hen-pecked are we???? :-D We're Mark and Anita and our passion is smallholdings and a self-sufficient lifestyle. We're not rigid in our thoughts. We're real in what we know we can achieve and how to achieve it, and we're happy with that. ...
Whittaker Equestrian and Countryside Consultancy Henry Whittaker who holds a Degree in Law and a MSc in Environmental Management and Conservation started his own consultancy and training business, Whittaker Equestrian and Countryside Consultancy (WECC) in 2008. Previous to this he had worked for The Bri...