All About Trees - Edwinstowe Library - Adult Learning

About this course

About this course

What would we be without trees, and how can we appreciate them more?

Trees have been important aspect of our lives throughout history, but are often seen as 'just trees', or perhaps taken for granted. We're going to look at trees in many ways - how they grow, where they grow, what they need to thrive, how they adapt, and how they grow old. We'll also explore the many ways in which mankind has interacted with trees, looking at the roles trees have played in our culture, history, medicine, crafts, legends and mythology.

No Prior knowledge required, just an interest in trees.

Combining hands-on sessions, classroom learning and outdoor time, this course will open up a general interest in trees, to become a wider understanding and appreciation of them.

We'll start with the basics, with an understanding of how they grow and how they 'work' as forms of life. 

In each session  we'll look at some trees in detail, such as oak, beech, ash, birch, hazel and yew. We'll get to know this tree in its wood, twigs, bark, leaves and seeds, and will use each tree as a prompt to understand themes of culture, ecology, history and more. 

A little exercise for anyone is this: for the course of one whole day, look at all the different ways that trees are part of your life. From salads to cathedrals and everything in between, do you know what wood that is, or what type of tree it came from? Did you even consider that these things were from trees? 

We'll look at how trees are looked after or managed, and different ways you can become involved with trees if you chose to do so, either on a practical level, or simply as someone who has a deeper appreciation of trees encountered as you go about your life.

This course will give you:

• Confidence in tree ID for common native trees
• Transferrable skills for learning the ID of other trees
• Knowledge of how trees grow and behave
• An appreciation of the ways trees feature in our lives (past and present)
• Hands-on experience of looking at trees in nature
• A basic understanding of how trees grow old
• An understanding of what options are available to develop interest further - a natural progression from this course would be to do the 'Understanding Ancient Trees' course.

This course is programmed as part of the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership scheme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire