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Pen-y-Graig Woodland Centre

Mental health care recovery programme for Emergency services in Gwent

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Pen-y-Graig Product Display at The Bush, Penallt.

9th December 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

With thanks to Bronwyn at The Bush at Penallt (thebushpenallt.co.uk) for creating this fabulous display of local crafts including our own Pen-y-Graig products.

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Our first major product range

22nd November 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

Just finished crafting, sanding and oiling our first major product range of cheese boards, butchers blocks, bowls and assorted kitchen spoons which will be test marketed at “The Bush Inn” Penallt https://thebushpenallt.co.uk/ and Welsh Connections in https://www.facebook.com/welshconnection/

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Cyanotype Printing: Pen Y Graig Woodland Flora

10th August 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

The weather conditions were perfect for today’s session, lots of sun and very little wind. After some research and a look into composition and style, we went foraging around Pen Y G, to identify and gather materials for the prints. After some mad scientist moments measuring and mixing our Ferric Ammonium Citrate and Potassium Ferricyanide, […]

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Creating Primitive tools

9th April 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

Making paintbrushes from the bark of leilandii, sticks of willow and other foraged pieces, creating works and taking inspiration from the Wye Valley and Sitting, Pen-Y-Graig’s wonderful tree! The first step was to forage sticks that felt nice in the hand, in way of handles. As well as two large flat stones, for pounding the […]

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Path Building at Pen-y-Graig

9th April 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

The path ,which runs from the centre building at Pen y Graig along thetop of the wooded hillside, was just earth over slippery ground and treeroots. Even in dry summer going was tricky, making it awkward for peopleto contour directly on foot to the other areas of the wood, otherwise ininclement weather and wintertime they […]

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Pen-y-Graig Woodland Centre – January 2021

6th January 2021 by Pen-y-Graig Leave a Comment

After a temporary closure over the Christmas and New Year period Pen-y-Graig Woodland Centre will be reopening week commencing 11th January 2021 The importance of our work is growing and we have been afforded Welsh Government essential service status under the Public Health Wales (Covid Restrictions 5) Regulations – December 2020 The Pen-y-Graig Centre is […]

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