Highgrove Traditional Crafts

02/05/2024

If you'd like to learn or improve your sewing skills then these two upcoming workshops are a great opportunity to do just that - whilst making something useful for your home.

To find out more email [email protected] or go to our Eventbrite page: Highgrove Traditional Crafts Events | Eventbrite

Our workshops Highgrove are all delivered by experts in their field, keen to share their knowledge and inspire you to pick up some tools and make!

10/04/2024

Join us here at Highgrove Traditional Crafts The King's Foundation for an exciting opportunity to participate in the craft of wheelmaking. Greg Rowland, and his father Mike have over 80 years’ experience as wheelwrights between them. From their bespoke workshop in Devon they make and restore wooden wheels as well as horse drawn vehicles and gun carriages – offering a complete restoration service.

In this 3 day workshop participants will together as group to make the constituent parts of a wheel and will all partake in the assembly and fitting.

For more info, follow the link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/875516873537?aff=oddtdtcreator
or email [email protected] for more details

06/04/2024

Come and see us today at Highgrove Crafts to find out more about the programmes, workshops and opportunities for training available from The Kings Foundation. All our sessions are delivered by respected makers in their field and offer a great opportunity to learn or improve a craft skill. We will be demonstrating a range of specialisms and techniques in our furniture, textiles and building craft workshops. We look forward to seeing you!

14/03/2024

Come along to our Open Day this April 6th from 10am to 4pm to find out more about the programmes, workshops and opportunities for training available from The King's Foundation All our sessions are delivered by respected makers in their field and offer a great opportunity to learn or improve a craft skill. We will be demonstrating a range of specialisms and techniques in our furniture, textiles and building craft workshops. We look forward to seeing you!

02/02/2024

Create – Advanced at Highgrove 'sFoundation
This new 8 week part time course for existing makers, will encourage a respect for the traditional making skills which are key to producing high end work of quality and from a sustainable source. The course also develops and understanding of our native British timber from woodland management, through to design considerations, utilising the unique properties of different timbers whilst honing fine furniture and traditional hand skills.

Delivered by our Furniture School Manager and carefully selected guest tutors, this course will develop understanding and build skills and confidence through the exploration of a variety of relevant, exciting skill sets that are transferable to fine furniture. Hand tool masterclasses along with cartwheel making, wood carving and marquetry will all feed into two fine objects that are completed over the 8 weeks.

For more information please email [email protected]

07/01/2024

We’re recruiting a Workshop Assistant to work with us at Highgrove at the Snowdon School of Furniture. You will be assisting our Furniture School Manager to deliver a range of workshops and programmes including our flagship Summer School and Create-Rethinking Wood for Furniture programme. For more info email: [email protected] and introduce yourself. We look forward to hearing from you.

03/10/2023

03/10/2023

We have listed some new courses – our ever popular weaving workshops with Rebecca Connolly Design and natural dye workshops with These complementary workshops are a brilliant introduction if you interested in dying and weaving. Both Ria and Rebecca are highly respected craftspeople in their field, are both based in the south west and are part of the South West Fibre Shed initiative. We are always delighted to have them teach workshops here at Highgrove.

For more info find the listings on the Craft pages on the Highgrove Gardens website : https://www.highgrovegardens.com/products/an-introduction-to-hand-weaving or https://www.highgrovegardens.com/products/natural-yarn-dyeing-masterclasssearch