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HOW TO BOOK:
Step 1 - Contact the farm on 01285 640441 to check availability on the Master Classes below.
Step 2 - Join the Soil Association and qualify for your Master Class absolutely FREE.
» join online by direct debit (from £2 per month)
» join online with credit/debit card (£24)
Step 3 - Contact the farm on 01285 640441 quoting your membership order reference number to book your free place.
Existing members can book a course at half price by quoting their membership number, found on their membership card. Please email memb@soilassociation.org if you have mislaid your card and would like a replacement, or would like to know your membership number.
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Willow Talk
Garden willow sculptures
Join Norah Kennedy, full time basket maker and teacher for a day making beautiful garden sculptures to both support and enhance your garden. Spend the day constructing wigwams, from the simple to the elaborate, fan shaped supports, spheres and crab pot shapes. By the end of the day you will have made 3-4 garden structures to take away with you.
| Date: | Saturday 12th April 2008 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4.30pm |
| Location: | Abbey Home Farm, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Cost: | £50.00 (inclusive of lunch and refreshments) or FREE to those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). *A £10 surcharge is required for materials. |
Spin a Yarn
Learn to spin using fleece from local organically reared sheep. Instruction given on sorting and preparation of fleece, including carding, combing and teasing wool ready for spinning. Information on different types of fleece and their uses, and how to ply two yarns together to produce a skein for dyeing or knitting. Spinning wheels and materials will be provided. Small group so lots of individual attention.
| Date: | Saturday 7th June 2008 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4.30pm |
| Location: | Abbey Home Farm, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Cost: | £50.00 (inclusive of lunch and refreshments) or FREE to those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). *A £15 surcharge is required for materials. |
Herbs for Health
Herbal Remedies
Join Anne McIntyre, medical herbalist, for a day unearthing the wonderful uses to which commonplace herbs can be put. Anne has been practising herbal medicine for 20 years and lectures within the UK and abroad on the subject as well as having a series of published books including The Top 100 Herbal Remedies, The Apothecary’s Garden and The Complete Floral Healer. Grab this unique chance to benefit from her expertise at Abbey Home Farm and begin unleashing the medical power of your flowers!
| Date: | Saturday 5th July |
| Time: | 10.00am-4.30pm |
| Location: | Abbey Home Farm, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Cost: | £50.00 (inclusive of lunch and refreshments) or FREE to those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Broody Foodies
Baby food making
Take a step by step approach through nutrition for babies and toddlers and get hands on cooking delicious meals that can feed both baby and you. Holly Jones, chef, food writer and owner of Manna from Devon cooking school will guide you round Abbey’s kitchen garden and open your eyes to the possibilities with cooking from fresh, local and organic ingredients. A practical session in the kitchens at Abbey Home Farm will fill you with culinary inspiration for those precious baby years to come!
| Date: | Thursday 17 July 2008 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4.00pm |
| Location: | Abbey Home Farm, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Cost: | £50.00 (inclusive of lunch and refreshments) or FREE to those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
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