Course Details: 

Forgotten Skills: Willow Weaving - Star Workshop with Rosemary Kavanagh

Price
Original Price:
95.00
Start Date and Time:

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

2:00 pm
Finish Date and Time (Approx):

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

5:30 pm

Duration:

1/2 Day

Presenter:

To Be Confirmed
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Ballymaloe
Organic Farm School

Forgotten Skills: Willow Weaving - Star Workshop with Rosemary Kavanagh

Afternoon Demonstrations: 

Join our main student body in our demonstration kitchen for an afternoon demonstration. You will receive a copy of the recipes and a tasting plate at the end of the class.  The demonstration room is equipped with a large overhead mirror and Monitors for closeup work. We release details of recipes to be demonstrated 2 weeks in advance.

Afternoon Cookery Classes begin at 2PM, however please try to be at cookery school for 1:45PM.

Guests will get a copy of all recipes and tastings of all dishes at the end of the demonstration. Please note you will be joining our main student body for this demonstration.

Details of Recipes to be demonstrated are published approximately 2 weeks in Advance.

This half day afternoon course welcomes you to learn the ancient and heritage art of weaving with willow. Over the morning, you will learn from Rosemary Kavanagh of Wild Rose Basketry who has spent the last 15 years mastering the art of weaving and growing fifteen varieties of heritage basketry willow in West Limerick. Under her guidance, you will learn to weave a Willow Star using homegrown reeds across a wide range of colors to suit your own creative design style.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The different varieties of willow that can be grown and how they go from ground to hand to finished product
  • How to weave a Willow Star, which you will start and complete to bring home with you
  • Rosemary’s story and how she began Wild Rose Basketry

Course Elements:

  • Indoor Classroom Learning at our Organic Farm School
  • Hands-On Knowledge Application
  • Ability to Work 1:1 with Instructor Due to Small Classroom Setting
  • Q&A Opportunity Throughout the Session

Good to Know:

  • The course is held at Ballymaloe Cookery School’s Organic Farm and Gardens in Shangarry, Co Cork P25 R274
  • As a student on this course, you have free admission to the Ballymaloe Organic Farm and Gardens to tour in your own time before or after your session.
  • Tea and Coffee will be served from 1.30 ahead of the course so please arrive early to sign in, meet other students and get ready for a busy afternoon of hands-on learning.

The prestigious Ballymaloe 12 WeekCertificate Course is run three times a year, with courses beginning in January,April or May, and September.

The course is aimed at anyone with a passionate interest in food. Many of our students use the course as a springboard to become a professional chef; others use it to equip themselves with a marketable skill.

Others still take the course simply to maximize the pleasure they get from cooking at home.

Students develop a deep and detailed understanding of food and how it is produced. The emphasis is on recognising the best ingredients and knowing how to showcase them.

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