Wool, Crafts and Topiary Weekend

Wool, Crafts & Topiary Weekend - Sat 1 and Sun 2 June

Find out about the wool journey from sheep to yarn!

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Wool Crafts in the Tudor Woolshed - carding and spinning - how wool becomes yarn
Topiary - find out about Kentwell's topiary hedges and how they are maintained
Tudor Wrights - working with wood at the Hovel
The Tudor Alchemist
21st C Crafts - knotting, knit'n'natter, crochet and lutcettes
Sheep Shearing on Sunday

The House and Gardens will be open and there will be extra fun for families with our Heffalump Hunt, Storybook Trail and childrens' games area.

Please note that this is not one of our major events; in addition to the shearing, we will have about 25 of our volunteers on site. Some will be working with wool, and others engaged on a range of crafts, most of which are hands-on activities for you to try.

Sheep and wool in East Anglia

Wool made East Anglia rich for hundreds of years up until about 1800. First simply due to the export of wool and then due to the fantastic clothes villages in this area made. Sheep were also used for their skins (for clothes and to write on), for their horns (for nocks, handles, utensils etc), and for nourishment (for milk and meat).

Topiary

It's not just the sheep who are getting a hair-cut this weekend - it's time to clip our topiary hedges and sculptures. Come and see the Pied Piper Hedge, the Fruit Bowl, the Giant Caterpillar and our huge Snail emerging from their spring growth!

The gardens at this time of year

The gardens are simply beautiful with soft greens abounding, and flowers starting to show their heads. The Potager is starting to grow full of vegetables and fruit with rhubarb and asparagus at their best.