Spring Equinox
2-4pm Saturday 25th March
Easter
basket craft
Welcome the coming of spring and look ahead to
Easter by making a simple free-form basket using green materials
harvest at Orchard Barn
Beltane
11am-1pm Saturday 29th April Broach, Crown and Garland (workshop 1)
Celebrate the lush, verdant greenery and flora of
spring. Make rush craft broaches, along with hedge-climber garlands and
crowns.
2-4pm Saturday 29th April
Broach, Crown and
Garland (workshop 2)
Summer Solstice
11am-1pm
Saturday 25th June
Native Plant Fibres
Re-discovered (1) Make use of Nettles, Linden bast and
Bramble
stem natural plant fibres to weave wristbands and cordage.
2-4pm Saturday 25th June
Native Plant Fibres
Re-discovered (2)
Lammas
11.30am-1.30pm Saturday 5th August
Grind and Bake
Mark the symbolic first harvest tradition of
gathering grain and making a Lammas loaf. Try out wheat grinding and
bake a bread twist (or damper) using native seeds (poppy, plantain)
over a wood fire.
Autumn Equinox
11am-3pm Saturday 16th September
Demo
session at Heritage Open Barn event
Nut baskets and examples of other craft
items made at previous workshops
Samhain
12.30-3.30pm Saturday 4th November
Stone
candle lights
Honour the connection between light and earth by
shaping a chalk rock pebble using carving tools to make your own unique
candle holder, complete with beeswax candle.
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Stone candle holder and bees wax
candle