Tutor Erica Adams
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
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This one-day, onsite workshop is suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh.
Workshop Details
We will make a garden seat using fresh living willow, the seat can be transplanted to your garden to make a beautiful and practical garden feature. Using freshly harvested willow, 2-metre-long stakes will be spaced in a wooden template as we weave the sides of the one-person seat again with fresh willow. The stakes will be joined over the top if required to create a lovely willow shelter to sit in, which will leaf over as the year progresses. Alternatively, a border can be made for a lower open seat.
Skills/Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in your course fee. All materials will be provided by the school. The approximate cost of these will be £15, payable to the school on the day. We can take cash or card payments for the materials.
Students Please Bring
NB Please make sure you have plenty of room in your car to take your seat home
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
Click here for Timings & Refreshments
This one-day, onsite workshop is suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh.
Workshop Details
We will make a garden seat using fresh living willow, the seat can be transplanted to your garden to make a beautiful and practical garden feature. Using freshly harvested willow, 2-metre-long stakes will be spaced in a wooden template as we weave the sides of the one-person seat again with fresh willow. The stakes will be joined over the top if required to create a lovely willow shelter to sit in, which will leaf over as the year progresses. Alternatively, a border can be made for a lower open seat.
Skills/Techniques Covered
- The principals of making living willow structures.
- How to transplant and care for your living willow seat.
- How to use the template.
- Basic basketry weave patterns including Waling and an English slew.
Materials
Materials are not included in your course fee. All materials will be provided by the school. The approximate cost of these will be £15, payable to the school on the day. We can take cash or card payments for the materials.
Students Please Bring
- Suitable clothes to work in (ie nothing that snags).
- All tools will be provided, but if you have a favourite pair of secateurs feel free to bring them.
NB Please make sure you have plenty of room in your car to take your seat home