Blog | Crow Wood CIC

Kate

Dec 9, 20191 min read

Crow Wood CIC exhibits in Royal Derby Hospital!

Don’t they look fantastic! All the hard work of the home education art group has culminated in this display in the children’s hospital at...

Kate

Dec 2, 20191 min read

Rhubarb splitting season!

Here’s the beginning of the Crow Wood @ Rowditch Allotments plot. We’ve been busy starting our first border along the south side of the...

Katy

Nov 27, 20191 min read

How many people does it take to make cordage..?

Earlier in the year, we had a very successful introduction to making cordage (string) using both nettle stems and brambles. At our forest...

Katy

Nov 27, 20191 min read

The Yurt Collective - weaving

Recently, our art sessions in the yurt have taken us through various sorts of weaving - from willow baskets, tapestry weaving and circle...

Katy

Nov 27, 20191 min read

Whittling on...

More adventures in whittling greenwood! Foxes, tiny houses, gnomes, witches and wizards - increasingly skillful knife-work with young...

Katy

Nov 25, 20191 min read

The Allotment Has Landed

Crow Wood CIC has a permanent home at Rowditch Allotments, just off Uttoxeter Road and easily accessible by bus, on foot and by car from...

Katy

Nov 25, 20191 min read

Home ed group: Whittling foxes!

First blog post comes about 8 weeks after we started doing some more formal education sessions for the older kids- more catching up posts...