one-day course

willow garden structures


location: nr Haywards Heath, Sussex

Garden plant supports in the shape of willow obelisks and sunflowers.  Learn the techniques to apply to many different structures - and take home the ones you make on the course!  Brighten up your garden or make a gift for a friends garden that will be beautiful and practical!  A skill you could keep re-creating for future presents and to teach other family members as well.

By spending time around a fire in the woods with a smallish group of like-minded people, working with gathered plant materials in various ways, we can find connection to ourselves as well as to the natural world around us. Taking time out of our normal daily lives in this way allows space for reflection and gives us the possibility of deep nourishment, appreciation and an opportunity to touch into a sense of the interconnectedness of life; we also create beautiful, useful objects and develop valuable, practical skills. 

We are inspired by traditional wisdom and knowledge in the ways we work with nature and natural materials. We harvest what we need with respect and sensitivity.

dates: see 'book online' below

more on basketry, willow and rush

how to book:

 

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arrive:
 
for a 10am prompt start
depart:
 
after the course finishes at 4.30pm
directions:
 
sent with booking confirmation
what to bring:
 
lunch - ideally to share, a notepad and pen, wet weather gear just in case and suitable footwear for walking across farmland.
let us know:
 
if you have any special needs
price:
  £50
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £10 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
car sharing:
 
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the venue is a woodland campsite with tipis and campfires