Willow & Mixed Natural Fibre basket Workshop
14th November 10-3pm
10am – 3pm, One Garden Brighton
Saturday 14th November 2026
Join us in person for a fun and hands-on Willow & Mixed Natural Fibres Workshop! Dive into the world of natural materials and create your own unique frame basket using willow and a mix of beautiful fibers. Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop is a great way to get crafty, relax, and connect with nature. Bring your creativity and leave with something special made by your own hands!
Open to all — no prior herbal knowledge needed.
What You’ll Learn
During this hands-on workshop, you’ll discover how willow can be combined with materials such as cane, yarn and raffia to create unique basket forms. You’ll also have the opportunity to look at examples of baskets made from naturally dyed fibres and explore different techniques and textures.
As part of the workshop, we’ll learn from Julia Behrens Medical herbalist about the medicinal qualities and traditional uses of willow and sweet birch, connecting the practical craft of working with natural materials to the plants themselves.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to slow down, work with your hands, learn about local natural materials and discover the stories held within the trees around us.
Birch and willow aren’t just useful materials for traditional crafts. Both have long histories of medicinal use. Willow bark contains salicin, which is related to the chemistry behind aspirin, while birch has traditionally been used in herbal preparations for its anti-inflammatory and diuretic properties.
Come and find out more and enjoy the day at One Garden Brighton, within Stanmer Park.
Course Location
One Garden Brighton, BN1 9SE
1 Year Course
This course is part of the 1-year Sunday course, where we focus on a range of herbal medicine topics over 9 Sundays throughout the year.