Gift voucher for willow basketry workshops with Marianne van Niekerken
Gift voucher for willow basketry workshops with Marianne van Niekerken

Gift Voucher for Basketry Workshops

from £75.00

Give someone a day of weaving with willow from my own willow patches: their very first basket, a Christmas wreath or angel, an obelisk or cloche, an improvers day, or a two-day backpack, foraging or log basket course, at my venues in Kent and East Sussex.

They choose the workshop, venue and date themselves. A lovely present for someone who likes making things, loves their garden, or could just do with a day away from their phone, using head, heart and hands. No experience needed.

  • £75 covers a half-day workshop, such as a Christmas wreath or angel, obelisk or cloche

  • £130 covers a full-day workshop, such as Willow Basket Making for Beginners, or an improvers day

  • £220 covers a 2-day course, such as the Bean-shaped Foraging Basket or Backpack

All willow and tools are included, plus teas, coffees, cake and fruit for when we get peckish. Vouchers are sent by email, straight to them or to you, with your own short message included. Valid for one year from the date of purchase.

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Give someone a day of weaving with willow from my own willow patches: their very first basket, a Christmas wreath or angel, an obelisk or cloche, an improvers day, or a two-day backpack, foraging or log basket course, at my venues in Kent and East Sussex.

They choose the workshop, venue and date themselves. A lovely present for someone who likes making things, loves their garden, or could just do with a day away from their phone, using head, heart and hands. No experience needed.

  • £75 covers a half-day workshop, such as a Christmas wreath or angel, obelisk or cloche

  • £130 covers a full-day workshop, such as Willow Basket Making for Beginners, or an improvers day

  • £220 covers a 2-day course, such as the Bean-shaped Foraging Basket or Backpack

All willow and tools are included, plus teas, coffees, cake and fruit for when we get peckish. Vouchers are sent by email, straight to them or to you, with your own short message included. Valid for one year from the date of purchase.

How Gift Vouchers Work

  • Vouchers are sent by email. At checkout, add the name and email address of the person it’s for, or choose to send it to yourself if you’d rather print it and give it by hand. You can add your name and a short message (up to 80 characters).

    Would you like something more special to give? Email me your order number and your message, and I’ll make it into a voucher with photos of my baskets and workshops, ready to print, within 3 working days. In a hurry? Put URGENT in the subject and I’ll send it within 24 hours.

    Buying for Christmas? Order by 22 December and I’ll send your personalised voucher by 24 December.

  • Anyone who loves being creative: someone who’d love to weave their very first basket, or who’d like to take their basketry to the next level. I teach in small groups of up to six, step by step, in the way each person learns best. Children from 5 can come to a half-day workshop with a parent, and young people from 12 to a full day, by arrangement.

    Almost anyone can weave a basket. I’ve taught people with arthritis, a disability, or who learn best in a particular way, and I adapt each step to suit. Not sure whether it’s right for them? Just get in touch and we’ll talk it through.

    Not sure which workshop to choose? That’s what the voucher is for: they choose, and any balance stays on the code for next time, or goes towards a basket.

  • Enter the code at checkout, on any basket or workshop.

    • If the order comes to more than the voucher, pay the rest by card.

    • If it comes to less, the balance stays on the code for next time, and it's shown on the receipt.

    They’re valid for one year from the date of purchase.

    If their date is full, they can choose another.

Workshop Venues in Nature

  • The Cowshed Workshop near Tenterden, Kent, one of Marianne’s basket making venues

    Cowshed Workshop, Tenterden, Kent

    A barn full of interesting things with chickens running free outside.

  • A student weaving a willow obelisk at King John’s Nursery, Etchingham, one of Marianne’s workshop venues

    King John's Nursery, Etchingham, East Sussex

    A plant nursery where we weave under an oak tree, or in the grand potting shed.

  • Students in the garden at Paddock Art Studios, Lewes, one of Marianne’s workshop venues

    Paddock Art Studios, Lewes, East Sussex

    In town, but it feels like the middle of nowhere. A creative studio with a lovely walled garden.

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