Willow platters

Tomorrow is Lavenham Farmers Market, I shall have these platters for sale and also the living willow chairs as well as plant supports,cloches,and birdfeeders. I have had Lilly from Germany staying for the last 3 weeks, a contact through Workaway. She was a huge help to me and we got lots of willow sorted, lavender bags made and she even made lovely cushions for the kitchen.
No progress on the gardening front it is still so cold and wet.The birds have started nesting , Chris is regularly filling the bird feeders very little progress on the farming front either surely we must get some warm dry weather soon. The last few workshops have been a success we managed to weave in the summerhouse without whipping each other too much. with the wood burner to keep us warm.

Willow weaving workshops

The dates for the willow workshops are:-
Saturdays 16th Feb, 9th March, 16th march.
Please contact me if you would like to arrange a week day workshop.

We had a rare sunny day at Bungeons and cut right back the wild garden . It is a haven for birds and small creatures but we felt that most of the seeds have been eaten and a bit of control was needed.
it now looks like this :-

Roll on spring ,It is a bit bleak to look at.

Willow plant supports workshop August

I am running a willow weaving workshop here at Bungeons farm on Tuesday 14th August , Please contact me if you are interested.


Below is a weaving I have made from hazel and willow prompted by enquiries regarding the Hazel structures 
in the Laurent-Perrier Bicentenary garden at Chelsea. I have evening primroses growing through mine, which always need supporting. In the background are very simple weavings I made about 2 years ago to cover the rain water storage tanks, They are now covered over by evergreen honeysuckle and grape vine.