On our weekend bushcraft course you will fully immerse yourself into wilderness living. Learning a wide range of bushcraft and wilderness skills. No prior experience is needed, but if you have plenty this is by no means just an introductory course, you’ll be amazed at how much you learn on our course.
This is the page to buy this event as a 24 month gift voucher – to select a specific date click here.
As standard you’ll receive a PDF voucher by email to print at home or forward to the lucky recipient — a simple, sustainable way to give the gift of skill and connection. Or upgrade to our gift pack for a more tactile gifting experience.
Timing: 9.30am Saturday to 4.30pm Sunday
Aged: 18 and above.
Food: From dinner Saturday included
Location: South London Woods – CR3.
Course Size: 8 maximum
Over the weekend you will learn:
A range of fire lighting techniques and lays for different weather conditions and situations.
Shelter building, using tarps and natural materials.
Safe water collection and filtration techniques.
Trees and plants ID, and some of their uses.
A range of methods for cooking with a fire, we provide food from Saturday dinner. – We will cater for dietary requirements we are informed of.
How to prepare a pigeon for your dinner (as with all our sessions this is optional).
Try your hand at fire by friction.
Safe knife use, including various techniques for splitting, and cutting larger sticks.
Wild tea brewing and foraging in season plants.
On Sunday afternoon you will get a chance to test out all your new skills, as you forage for your own tea, collect and purify water and brew it over a fire you’ve made.
Whats included on our weekend bushcraft course:
Expert Tuition – by our qualified team.
The use of high quality tools.
Food for group communal cooking from Saturday evening – dietary requirements can be catered for – please let us know at time of booking.
The choice of a tarp or natural shelter to sleep in.
Camping fees for the woodland site.
A supply of potable water.
Knowledge and understanding that will last you a lifetime.
More details on the woodlands we’ve specially selected to run our bushcraft courses from can be found here.
Upgrade your gifting experience with a gift pack
Printed and posted for just £6
For a thoughtful, keepsake version, add our Gift Pack, printed on recycled paper and posted to any UK address.
Each pack includes:
• A full-colour A6 card featuring stunning photographs from our woodland and courses
• A personalised printed gift voucher — please enter the recipient’s name at checkout
• An educational 14cm botanical bookmark featuring a sketch of yarrow (Achillea millefolium), a plant long valued for its healing and protective qualities
Printed on recycled paper and packaged with care, this gift pack offers something beautiful and tactile to unwrap — the perfect complement to a gift of skill, learning, and discovery.
Anon. –
“Thanks for a great weekend. Now I can make a fire and herbal foraged tea.”
Claire –
“All brilliant thanks for a fabulous weekend, great venue, good company and I am coming away with a lot of new knowledge.”
Anthony –
“Great introduction to bushcraft skills in a fun social environment.”
Rob W –
“This course fulfilled my dreams of sleeping in a self-made shelter from bush materials and starting fires with flint and bow drills. Lots of fun.”
Thomas –
“Not about surviving, but rather a weekend of thriving! I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to take a break from life in front of a screen, to enjoy good food and good company”
Lewis –
“I had such a fun bushcraft course. Lizzy was a superb instructor.”
Sophie –
“I felt a bit apprehensive beforehand as I haven’t done much camping, but it was a brilliant group and I felt at ease straight away. Thoroughly enjoyed myself thank you.”
John H –
“Turn up build a shelter sleep looking at cathedral like vaulted walls. Wake up to birdsong and a campfire breakfast. Fantastic way to rest and get back to nature.”
Stephen Davies –
I thoroughly enjoyed the course curtesy of Pippin & Gile. Having some experience of bushcraft I was weary I wouldn’t learn anything new on this course, but I was very wrong. Lizzy was a fantastic instructor and coach. She was attentive and patient whilst demonstrating excellent knowledge in her field of work. I would fully recommend Pippin & Gile to anyone considering having a go a bushcraft. Thank you.
Anon. –
The Pippin & Gile Bushcraft and Foraging Course was a completely new experience for me having never been a particularly outdoorsy person. It was very informative and great fun. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the subject.
Sue B. –
It was a fantastic weekend! Great to meet other lovely AQs and Lizzy who ran the course was amazing and so knowledgeable. Highly recommend looking out for other courses by her.
Issey A –
Would highly recommend the Weekend Bushcraft Course. I learnt so much and enjoyed every minute of it! Thank you Lizzy!
Mariza D. –
Had an amazing time at the 2 day course! Absolutely recommended
Jonathan T –
Thoroughly enjoyable experience! Lizzy and her team were very knowledgeable and welcoming, and kept our group of 20 busy with activities for two days. From fire lighting to cord making to shelter building, there is lots to learn!
Era P. –
Amazing experience! Well-trained and careful instructors! Would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to upgrade their survival skills while enjoying nature!