Spring volunteers and willow weaving

Big thanks to Ruth and Louie who have been here all week, volunteering and helping get ready for the course in May. I have been doing a lot of web work recently for the willowbank and as it was going very well, Steve Pickup gave Chickenshack a willow arbour kit. partly as a present, but also partly as market research to see how we go on with it. Well apart from eh the fact that where as it takes Steve P 4 hours a build an arbour, it took the three of us a day and a half to get it right. It was cold and windy though, but very satisfying. It looks really great, they are very precise designs and if done correctly will grow and last for many years, but there is a bit of skill in getting the exact right proportions to a complex 3d shape. the lower pic s of the weave pattern, i will post some more of it growing soon.