Willow Plant Supports

Name: Willow Plant Supports
Start: 2025-03-14T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-14T16:30:00+00:00
Location: RHS Garden Rosemoor

Schedule

Fri Mar 14 2025 at 10:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

RHS Garden Rosemoor | Bideford, EN

Create willow structures for supporting flowers and vegetable plants, or to enhance your garden as decorative yet functional, contemporary ornaments. Get a feel for working with freshly harvested tall green willow and be able to experiment and learn about the different varieties, with varying colours and textures, and their uses in making structures.
You will have the opportunity to create one tall and one smaller plant support using different weaving and willow craft techniques. Depending on your garden needs, you can choose from a number of different attractive designs – willow obelisks for growing peas or beans up, cloche style supports for roses or perennials, or other practical ornamental garden pieces using different styles. The only limiting factor is the size of your transport home.
Jane Fletcher has been exploring possibilities with willow for 20 years, running workshops and establishing a nursery, Really Useful Plants, in Starcross, Devon. Amongst other things, they specialise in growing willow species as ornamental and wildlife plants as well as for hedging, sculpture, basketry, floristry and craft purpose.
Jane has a Foundation Degree in Environmental Art and Rural Crafts, with a background in facilitation and supportive roles as a Rural Skills Tutor, and Therapeutic Conservation and Horticulture based support worker. She is passionate about traditional crafts and nature connection, and is keen to engage others with the joy of working with willow.