A seasonal walk around the farm and the local area. The walk will be at a very gentle pace, but sometimes on rough, wet, or muddy ground. With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. No booking required – just turn up!

With Master Craftsman Geraint Evans £15 per day Booking essential.

Come and join bat expert Sam Dyer on a walk around the farm, learn about bat habitats and behaviour, and use a bat detector to listen to them as they hunt. Free event but donations welcome. No booking required – just turn up!

Introduction to flat felt making, working from natural wool to create your own beautiful felt work of art!
With Jackie Thomas. £45 Booking Essential

We will look at the basics of bee-keeping, hive construction and siting, managing bees, and the importance of bees in the environment.

Learn how to interpret & create Phase 1 maps, and how the method is used in nature conservation. With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential

Using non-harming Longworth traps to survey for small mammals (voles, mice, and shrews) at Moelyci. If there is sufficient interest we will arrange further sessions to study different habitats. With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. No booking required– just turn up!

Learn to spin on a wheel from raw fleece and to ply a yarn. With Rosie Green. £45 Booking Essential

Learn about the rich wildlife and important habitats of the Menai Strait. This walk will take us through the shore zones right down to low water, so bring your wellies and waterproofs! Meet at Moelyci at 1.30pm to share transport, or at Coed Cyrnol car park at 2pm. With Gabrielle Wyn, CCW Marine officer. Free event. No booking required – just turn up!

Blacksmith David Palmer is offering Sunday taster sessions of an hour or so using the forge at Moelyci to make small items of ironwork. There will be a small charge for materials. Phone David on 01286 830225 to arrange your session.

Beginners course covers theory and practice to give you confidence to grow your own food. Continuation course is for those who have completed the beginners course and for more experienced growers. Now in their third year, these courses are accredited by Coleg Menai. With Coryn Bye.

Learn the techniques for weaving different patterns to create inspiring artworks! With Rosie Green. £45 Booking Essential

Learn to identify a range of edible fungi, and some of the important inedible and poisonous confusion species. There may be an opportunity to cook some of our finds, but the focus of the course is on identification. With Charles Aron. £90 Booking Essential

Learn about wild edible plants of the season. This course was over-subscribed last year, book early! With Simon Maskrey. £45 Booking Essential

Learn how to maintain your bike or get an old bike up and working again. With Steve Green. £45 Booking Essential

Yasus Afari returns! : celebrating poetry, culture, and language with local poets Saturday 2nd October (afternoon) , details to be confirmed. His first visit in June was an amazing experience for the hundred lucky people who were there.

The big event of the fungi foraging season, and 2010 is shaping up to be a classic year. Bring a basket and join the hordes of fungi hunters scouring the farm for all kinds of mycological treasures, then bring back your finds to be identified by the experts. With Nigel Brown of Treborth Botanic Garden. Free event but donations welcome. No booking required – just turn up!

A chance to see some beautiful autumn moths attracted to lights and ivy blossom, with home-made soup and bread to keep you warm. With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. Booking Essential.

First of a series of sessions looking for a wide range of birds around the farm and other sites locally (car-sharing as appropriate).
With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. Booking Essential.

Learn the basics of selecting, planting and maintaining a range of fruit trees. With Ian Sturrock. £45 Booking Essential.

Find out how to make compost successfully. With Pat Cooke. Free event but donations welcomed. Booking Essential

Learn about materials and methods, and make your first basket. With Jackie Thomas. £90 Booking Essential.

A seasonal walk around the farm and the local area. The walk will be at a very gentle pace, but sometimes on rough, wet, or muddy ground. With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. No booking required – just turn up!

North Wales is the waxcap capital of the world. Learn about these colourful and charismatic fungi of ancient grasslands. NB: this is an identification and ecology course; if you are interested in edible fungi the course for you is on 23rd & 24th of September!
With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential.

From tree to table: learn about green woodworking materials, methods and tools. You will work on the pole lathe and shave horse, and will be able to produce spoons, a bowl, candlestick, or other small project. With Mike Bithell. £90 Booking Essential

Looking for a wide range of birds around the farm and other sites locally (car-sharing as appropriate). With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. Booking Essential.

For those who have made a basket before, this course will improve your skills on a more challenging project.
With Jackie Thomas. £90 Booking Essential.

Learn how to interpret & create Phase 1 maps, and how the method is used in nature conservation.
With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential

Looking for a wide range of birds around the farm and other sites locally (car-sharing as appropriate).
With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome. Booking Essential.

Introduction to flat felt making, working from natural wool to create your own beautiful felt work of art!
With Jackie Thomas. £45 Booking Essential

Learn to spin on a wheel from the raw fleece and to ply a yarn. With Rosie Green. £45 Booking Essential

An introduction to practical astronomy with Terry Williams. Wear warm clothes! Free event, but donations welcome.

Special offer for Autumn 2010: book on 2 courses and get a 10% discount Or, if you are a Moelyci shareholder, please ask for the reduced member’s rate when booking a course

NVC is a tool for identifying and classifying habitats in an ecologically meaningful way. This important survey technique looks at plant species and their relationships. We will use botanically simple habitats as study examples, but some basic botanical knowledge would be an advantage.
With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential

Heathland habitats, ecology and management. How the management techniques of cutting, burning and grazing combine to shape the flora and fauna of heathland. Participants will become familiar with a range of key heathland plants.
With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential.

Illustrated evening talk by Sophie Williams, PhD research student at Kew and Bangor. Please note that this event is taking place at Treborth Botanic Garden, Bangor. Meet at Moelyci at 6.45pm to share transport, or make your way there for 7.15pm. Free event, but donations welcome.

An introduction to practical astronomy with Terry Williams. Wear warm clothes! Free event, but donations welcome.

In this course you will design and make a felt bag from wool fleece, through the whole process from start to finish.
With Jackie Thomas. £45 Booking Essential

From tree to table: learn about green woodworking materials, methods and tools. You will work on the pole lathe and shave horse, and will be able to produce spoons, a bowl, candlestick, or other small project.
With Mike Bithell. £90 Booking Essential

This two-day course will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of permaculture, and will be of interest to those who are active in the contexts of land management, gardening, and horticultural growing. The course will comprise a mix of indoor and outdoor taught sessions and activities.
With Martin Powdrill. £100 Booking Essential

Learn how to interpret & create Phase 1 maps, and how the method is used in nature conservation. With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential

A seasonal walk around the farm and the local area. The walk will be at a very gentle pace, but sometimes on rough, wet, or muddy ground.
With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome.

Learn to spin on a wheel from raw fleece and to ply a yarn.
With Rosie Green. £45 Booking Essential

An introduction to practical astronomy with Terry Williams. Wear warm clothes! Free event, but donations welcome.

Learn how to make exquisite decorations for cakes etc using sugarcraft techniques. With Pat Thomas. £45 Booking Essential

A practical introduction to hedgelaying; tools, materials, and methods. We will strip and prepare a section of hedge and then lay it.
With John Harold. £90 Booking Essential.

An introduction to practical astronomy with Terry Williams. Wear warm clothes! Free event, but donations welcome.

Craft stalls, produce, music, activities, demonstrations, refreshments and a lovely friendly atmosphere. Free entry

An illustrated wildlife talk ranging from lowland to mountain top and bringing together many aspects of the natural history of the farm. Bring some cake or mince pies to share! With John Harold. Free event but donations welcome.

We need your help with all sorts of tasks at the Centre, whether it’s answering the telephone, painting, tending the garden or working on one of the outdoor volunteer days.

Every Tuesday and Thursday - Composting
Help with shredding, riddling and bagging our greenwaste compost.

Every Wednesday – Conservation
Get involved with practical habitat management work

Every Thursday – Market Garden
Work on all aspects of growing vegetables, herbs and flowers

Phone the office for details 01248 602793