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Increase Your Self-Sufficiency One Skill at a Time with Wild Harvest School Est. 2006

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SELF-SUFFICIENCY COURSES

PERMACULTURE - BASKET WEAVING - RAG RUGGING - - MAKING NATURAL TOILETRIES - WILD MEDICINE - CANDLE MAKING - INSTINCTIVE ARCHERY - WILD FOOD WALKS - PEG LOOM WEAVING - NATURAL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

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Discover Self-Sufficiency Craft Courses & Rural Skills Workshops Near York, Yorkshire

Unlock practical self-sufficiency skills and reconnect with traditional crafts at Wild Harvest School, just outside York in beautiful Yorkshire.

Our hands-on courses and day workshops are designed to empower you with essential rural craft skills—no prior experience needed.

What You’ll Learn at Wild Harvest School:

Basket Weaving: Craft your own willow basket using age-old techniques.
Rag Rug Making: Upcycle textiles and create stunning, sustainable home décor.
Natural Soap & Toothpaste Making: Ditch chemicals and learn to make your own natural toiletries.
Sustainable Gardening: Grow more food at home, naturally and efficiently using Permaculture design.
Wild Beauty & Herbal Remedies: Make ointments, balms, and wild teas from foraged plants.
Instinctive Archery - Book us to teach you archery basics using full sized wooden recurve bows.

Why Choose Wild Harvest?

Over 20 years’ experience teaching self-sufficiency crafts and rural skills.
Small group workshops and immersive day courses led by expert tutors.
Beautiful tipi site on the edge of York—easy to reach from Leeds, Hull, Durham, Manchester, Lincolnshire and across Yorkshire.
Courses for all levels: beginners welcome!
Retreat options for a deeper, off-grid learning experience.
Perfect for individuals, friends, groups, or as unique gift experiences.

Ready to start your self-sufficiency journey?

Book your place on a craft workshop, day course, or skills retreat and learn how to live more sustainably, one skill at a time.

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How To Find Us...

You can find Wild Harvest School in the rural outskirts of York, the the East. Sadly too rural for public transport.

We have a small free car park and encourage car share where possible. We do have a bike shed!

From the South

A1/M - M18 then take the M62 in the direction of Hull. Exit at Howden. Follow the B1228 towards York, we are on the B1228.

From the North

Come down either the A1 or the A19 towards York, then follow signs for the A64, on the A64 exit in the direction of Hull, but immediately turn off for Elvington and follow the rural villages road (B1228) until you get to Wild Harvest School.

From the West

The M62 is the fastest road East from the West (turn off at Howden and follow the B1228 to us).

Or the A64 from Leeds in the direction of Scarborough (exit the A64 at the Hull Road exit in the direction of Hull but turn immediately towards Elvington, as above).

From The East

Take either the A166 or the A1079 heading East to West and before you get to York aim for Pocklington. We are six miles from Pocklington.

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Di From Wild Harvest Teaching BBC Countryfile Presenters....

A few years back we were invited to teach Adam Henson and Ellie Henderson from BBC's popular Countryfile program about rural affairs. Beeswax and Willow Crafts were the topics for the demos. Such a lovely day.

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"How To Live a Self-Sufficient Life"

For this interview about self-sufficiency craft skills we were invited to London and put up in a hotel for a short stint on BBC Sunday Morning Live! I even got to teach the presenter a bit of basket weaving and told her how to make the simplest skin care products from her kitchen.

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