Saturday 24th July 2017 will be the official launch of the new community medieval kitchen garden at Lewes Priory Park.

Planned workshops and activities for the day are:

• Wattle making workshops with Dominic Parrette of Sussex Willow
• Medieval food and cookery workshop with Kate Hickmott and Helen Chiasson
• Making compostable garden pots out of newspaper with Kate Hickmott and Helen Chiasson
• Havesting herbs, making ointments and infused oils with Julia Behrens – Medical Herbalist
• Using plants for dyeing textiles with Martin Pett
• Community gardening talk by Sally Stratton from the garden at Horace Walpole’s House, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
• Others to be arranged.

The day runs from 10am until 4pm and everyone is welcome.

All events are free except the wattle making workshops which cost  £30 (£25 + £5 for materials). There are a limited number of places left:

10-12.30am. ‘Woven Willow cloche plant support. Students will learn how to make a strong but beautiful woven support that can support peonies or provide a frame for climbers such as clematis.

1.30-4pm. Woven Border Hurdles’. Students will learn the techniques and take home a finished woven willow border hurdle that can be used as path edging or decorative finish to a raised bed.

Please email tracyjaneanderson@me.com if you are interested in booking on one of these two wattle making sessions.

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