Pricing:

Contract mowing- £360.00 per day (for two mowers) plus mileage

Private Scything Tuition (individuals or groups):

• £180.00 per day (1-2 people)
• £95.00 per day per person (3-10 people)

Blade Repair & Peening: We offer repairs and tuition on both Austrian and English scythes

• £25.00 peen and sharpen per blade
• £95.00 Peening workshop per person

Discounts available for multiple day bookings and for charities and conservation bodies. See Events page for course dates or book a date with us that is convenient to you .All of our courses with 5 or more attendees will be delivered by two tutors.

Scything courses include scythe set-up, mowing technique and scythe maintenance. Multiple day bookings can also include hand-making and meadow management tuition. We provide all the equipment and if discussed prior to the course, scythes and scythe equipment will be available for purchase at the end of the course.

Anyone wishing to learn to scythe using an English Scythe, please speak to us while booking.

Mileage fees only applies for travel of distances above 20 miles

Scything has seen something of a revival in recent years as people search for alternatives that allow for positively managed land without causing negative environmental impacts during the process. To this end the use of the scythe is a fantastic tool for carrying out a wide range of land management tasks that require a broad range of vegetation to be cut. The multiple benefits to scything over the many modern alternatives quickly become apparent to those who use them, and invariably fall in love with the tool, for its simplicity in use and maintenance and the connection that it affords to the task at hand.

That said, to scythe effectively and make this tool sing, requires practise and patience; both useful lessons in themselves.

Although here in the UK we see scythes as archaic relics of a rural idyll, they are viewed very differently across much of mainland Europe where they remain one of the most effective tools for managing steep and inaccessible grasslands or where their reliability far outweighs any perceived gains resulting from mechanisation.

These tools are beautifully ergonomic in their use and provide reliable and easy human powered solutions to many tasks. For those looking to improve the biodiversity of their lawns or to create rich richer wild flower meadows, cutting with a scythe allows for a sensitive approach that can respond to the needs of nature and people on the ground, in real time.