Willow Wreath Making

Wednesday, December 5th 2018

Today was the first of our Willow Wreath Making workshops, and everyone produced fantastic individual wreaths to take home.

The day started with around 400 Willow Whips which had been harvested at the end of last week and were left to soak in the pond until today. There was a slight concern last Saturday that they were quite brittle (possibly due to the dry summer), but a few days in the pond seemed to supple them up.

The first job was to create a single ring using one Willow whip, after which more could be added.

And then it was onto decorating, inlcuding adding Holly, Ivy, Spruce, ribon and even spray painted pine cones.

Thank you to everyone who came along, we hope your wreaths are proudly hanging on the front door.

If you are interested in learning how to make a Willow Wreath, we have a second event on Wednesday the 19th of December from 10:00am-12:00 noon.

Meanwhile, we had a team from the Royal Lancers in the afternoon to run an orienteering race around the reserve. It might have been damp but the spirits were high!

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