Special Delivery

We've just had a huge load of thatching straw delivered for the roof our new Danebury roundhouse! It was certainly a complicated task for the driver to position the lorry at our gate, but then he is used to delivering to tiny rural cottages in the middle of nowhere...The thatch will now be moved undercover to protect it from the drizzle, and we will soon start bundling it up and securing it to the roundhouse roof. We still hope to have the new roundhouse finished by Beltain, so come along and have a look before watching the wickerman burn to the ground! It's the perfect way to welcome in the summer months with our local community. Book your tickets here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjGAY5bNZwg

Building the Wickerman

With only a few weeks to go until our spectacular Beltain festival on Saturday 29 April, our wickerman is beginning to take shape! The team have been out in the spring mists this morning, having made hazel hurdle pieces off site and brought them in to fix onto the body.Ken, Darren and Mike are all professional woodworkers, with a range of skills including hurdle making, wood carving and treewrighting - you may recognise Darren as the mastermind behind our Saxon longhouse. They all work in sustainable local woodlands, using coppiced hazel and British wood to make our fantastic wickerman.As always, the design will not be revealed until the night of Beltain, so book your tickets today to see the final sculpture and watch it burn to the ground! The Beltain festival is an ancient Celtic celebration that welcomes in the warm summer months, and the wickerman is a way to please the gods so they will bless us with a good harvest.See you there!