Willow Weaving Course

I'm running a short basket weaving course for beginners at the Brook Agricultural Museum, near Ashford.
Places are limited so Book Now to avoid disappointment!

Wreath Making at Singleton Environment Centre

Ooo met some lovely people at the Singleton Environment Centre on Sunday. Really inspiring stuff. Really the wreaths they made looked like they could easily adorn the pages of a glossy magazine, Oh I was sooo proud of them!

Two willow wreath making workshops at the Singleton Environment Center in Ashford: Book now on either the Morning session: 10-1pm or the Afternoon session: 2pm - 5pm Details below

CaaaaWistmas Tweeee!

One day, just a few hours, 90 excited children, LOTS of willow and a Maggie (AKA Holy Leaf!)

Bending Sticks - Patrick Dogherty

Oooo I am a PROUD owner of the Bending Sticks DVD!

See the trailer HERE

Fairy Rings in Kew

Oh Yum!
Finally managed to get up to Kew and see Tom Hare's work:



See some more pickies here: LINK

England's Weeping Willows

Almost all willows take root very readily from cuttings or where broken branches lie on the ground. One famous example of such growth from cuttings involves the poet Alexander Pope, who begged a twig from a parcel tied with twigs sent from Spain to Lady Suffolk. This twig was planted and thrived, and legend has it that all of England's weeping willows are descended from this first one.

Willow in Art

Symbolism in Art
The weeping willow (Salix babylonica) was very popular in the funerary art of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used most often to symbolize immortality and rebirth, likely because of its swift-growing habit. A cut willow tree can re-grow quickly as long its roots are unharmed, sometimes several feet in a single season. A cutting from the willow can grow into its own tree, even if it's planted upside down in the soil.

ITV news coverage of the Coronation Arches

The Coronation arches project that I was involved in was on TV! Check it out:

Coronation Arches

Oh what a lovely project to have been invited to be involved in. Meeting the likes of the inspiring Spencer Jenkins, Mel Bastier & Michelle Cain and lots of great volunteers. Maggie heaven!

Plastic Rainbows

Six Plastic rainbows:

Beast Wings - Wye

Helped 50 plus children & families make beast wings as part of the Conservation Volunteers Wild Wye Beast Day at Wye Nature Reserve 

Medway Mile Medals

Helped young runners made their very own medals prior to their races:

Willow Sculptures made by Maggie & 200 children!

Large Willow sculpture made in two days with 200 young enthusiastic ladies. Loosely inspired by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth & Andy Goldsworthy:

Food Sculpture - Wye Food Festival

Food Sculpture fun with local families as part of the Wye Food Festival June 2013, generously funded by the Wye Childrens' Playing Field Charity and Wye Parish Council. A BIG thank you to The New Flying Horse for lending us such a beautiful venue!

Maggie's 2012

Its been another interesting year! Polystyrene cows, willow storytelling huts,murals, paper gardens, foraging courses to name but a few......roll on 2013!