WILLOW COURSES AND EVENTS
Willow workshops ranging from plant supports to willow animals.
Sussex Willow events at Horam Manor Farm are booked through Dominic and others booked directly through the venue.
Bespoke courses are available for individuals and groups and can be run at your venue.
Gift vouchers are available for courses and products.
At present due to Covid19 restrictions all courses are taking place outside, with social distancing in place and hand sanitiser readily available.
Students will therefore have to dress for the weather, there is some covered outside space in the event of heavy rain.
COVID UPDATE
Below are previous courses that give you a flavour of what I teach. I will be adding new dates for 2021 but I'm just waiting to see how the current lockdown pans out before adding to the calendar.
Sussex Willow events at Horam Manor Farm are booked through Dominic and others booked directly through the venue.
Bespoke courses are available for individuals and groups and can be run at your venue.
Gift vouchers are available for courses and products.
At present due to Covid19 restrictions all courses are taking place outside, with social distancing in place and hand sanitiser readily available.
Students will therefore have to dress for the weather, there is some covered outside space in the event of heavy rain.
COVID UPDATE
Below are previous courses that give you a flavour of what I teach. I will be adding new dates for 2021 but I'm just waiting to see how the current lockdown pans out before adding to the calendar.
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Willow hens and herons. FULLY BOOKED Wednesday 16th September 2020. 10-4pm. Venue:The Cartlodge, Horam Manor Farm, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0JB. Students have a choice of making a willow hen or heron in buff willow. £75pp. Includes hot drinks, bring some lunch or use the Lakeside Cafe. Booking: dominicparrette@gmail.com Willow Hares. Friday September 18th 20th 2020. 10-4pm. FULLY BOOKED Venue:The Cartlodge, Horam Manor Farm, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0JB. Learn structural techniques to create a three dimensional shape in willow and overlay with an organic random weave to give your willow hare a flowing, natural look. £75pp. Includes hot drinks, bring some lunch or use the Lakeside Cafe. Booking: dominicparrette@gmail.com Willow frame baskets. Friday October 9th 2020. 10-5pm. FULLY BOOKED Venue:The Cartlodge, Horam Manor Farm, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0JB. Students will make a traditional willow frame basket woven around a hazel rim with a hooped handle. Frame construction techniques will be discussed as part of the course. £80pp. Includes hot drinks, bring some lunch or use the Lakeside Cafe. Booking: dominicparrette@gmail.com Alternative willow Christmas trees. Friday November 13th 2020. 10-3pm. Venue:The Cartlodge, Horam Manor Farm, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0JB. FULLY BOOKED Make a 6ft tall conical plant support woven in Sussex grown willow.This structure is based on a salmon trap design and can double up as a sustainable Christmas tree alternative. £75pp. Includes hot drinks but bring some lunch or use the Lakeside Cafe. Booking: dominicparrette@gmail.com Sussex Trugs Wednesday and Thursday 21st and 22nd October 2020. Horam Manor Farm, Horam TN21 0JB. FULLY BOOKED £140pp. Includes hot drinks but bring some lunch or use the Lakeside Cafe. Booking: dominicparrette@gmail.com Students will make a traditional no 6 garden trug, a unique constructed frame basket made from sweet chestnut and white willow. Students will learn how to cleave and shave sweet chestnut to form a handle and rim which is then steam bent into shape around wooden formers. Boards of white willow are shaved and shaped on a shaving horse before being soaked and fitted into the basket. This is a physically demanding course with much time spent shaving wood with a drawknife. |