Working in the woods using natural materials – good for the soul…
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Snowdrop Kokedama
Learn how to make moss-covered Snowdrop Balls with me on Saturday 16th or Sunday 17th February at the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival 1-2pm. In this workshop you will have the opportunity to experiment with a broad range of different materials including moss, bracken, colourful dogwood twigs and conifer foliage, to make a hanging snowdrop display…
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival
I am very involved in the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival that will take place on 16 & 17 February. This is the third year of the festival, it celebrates the life of James Allen, the first man to hybridise snowdrops. The festival is held in the Market Place and church although there are 100’s of…
Dahlias trending in 2019
“Dive into Dahlias” is a lecture by Noami Slade taking place Saturday 9th March at 11am at St Paul’s School, Shepton Mallet. Everything you want to know about Dahlias including a propagation demonstration that I will run after the lecture. Tickets £8
Somerset Arts Weeks pop up studio at Pilton Cider
Art and cider
Willow herons – Strode College
A heron for your garden?
The Priddy Hog
Hog at the bar
Chipping Snowdrops for James Allen
Community snowdrop project
Willow fish project
Fantasy fish
Weaving in the woods
This morning I worked with an enthusiastic group of children in the woods making willow Christmas decorations. We were at the Holly and Hawthorne Forest School near Shepton Mallet, it was a very cold morning, the puddles were frozen and the crispy leaves outlined by tiny icicles but we all kept warm thanks to the fire,…