This is our display from Morden Park Country Fair earlier this spring. We met a local teacher and worked at her school yesterday after starting our willow display at the garden festival. We go back down to Hampton Court on Friday and will be there until the show finishes 7 days later. We are camping so hope the weather stays fine!
We are running a few art projects in primary schools over the summer term. Since we started making wishing trees with schools about 10 years ago they have become increasingly popular. Most schools like to have them in a prominent place indoors where seasonal creations can be hung from the branches. For example decorated eggs at Easter, stars at Christmas. We work with small groups of children weaving the trees. We will be displaying 2 woven trees at the RHS Flower Show at Hampton Court this summer.
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we are now taking bookings for school art projects, great or small. we can work with any age group and can create projects that involve the whole school on large sculptures or smaller groups or classes to make individual sculptures for display in classrooms or school gardens.
we had a nice week working in 2 very different primary schools last week. 2 days at each one. We created a lovely living willow dome and tunnel at a school in Warrington. Then we moved on to Birmingham to an inner city school where we worked on willow sculptures with all the children of Year 3. we made a giant sun, birds, wands and a deer.
We often get asked to repair living willow structures that have been neglected by schools. often schools don't have the time or expertise to repair their willow structures but want to keep them as they are so popular with the children.
We are running our first Living Willow Course of the year today. We are weorking in our new willow garden at Gatebeck near Endmoor. Not a bad day weatherwise, a bit dampo but at least the ground is not frozen. 
