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Our meetings are held at Christchurch Baptist Church, 110 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HN. For a map of the area click here. Please note - there are three churches in the area so make sure you get the right one!
Members are told about when the meetings are, and informed of other topical news and issues, by an e-mail newsletter. If you would like to be on the distribution list, please contact our secretary.
We do not hold regular meetings, but we do meet together about six times a year. Our meetings are in various formats:
Some meetings are for the whole day on both weekdays and weekends, and some meeting are for just an evening. This is to enable the maximum number of people to attend at lease a few of the Group's meetings. In the past we have had workshops on using re-cycled materials and on rush. We have had a visit to a willow grower and had a speaker on straw plaiting both past and present.
For details of our forthcoming meetings, see below:
| 2008 | |
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| Saturday 22 November | Workshop - with Tricia Lilley. Workshop on/completing own projects and Xmas decorations. Exhibition planning for Campus West |
| Wednesday 3 December | Outing to Rothamsted Willow Collection - www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk Arrive 11.30am for tour directed by William MacAlpine Pub lunch at the SILVER CUP at 1.45pm |
| Saturday 17 January | Outing to 'European Basketry' Exhibition - Hastings Museum and Art Gallery. Travel details to be arranged. www.hmag.org.uk |
| Saturday 7 February | Member-Led Workshop on Variations on Catalan Platters - with Stellas Harding. Incorporating hedgerow materials and garden prunings. Suitable for beginners |
| Saturday 18 April | Member-Led Workshop on Cobbling - (a technique similar to coiling which employs random, free-form stitching using a wide range of materials.) With Joan West. Participants can expect to make several samples or at least one finished item in the session. Suitable for beginners |
| Thursday 7 May to Sunday 10 May |
Hatfield Living Crafts A team of basketmakers from the Group will be manning a stall at this large and prestigious craft fair at Hatfield House. Setting up Wednesday 6 May. |
| Saturday 6 June | Member-Led Workshop on Open Hexagonal Plaiting - with Elaine Kingsford. Suitable for beginners and more experienced. |
| Saturday 11 July | Member-Led Workshop on Willow Sculpture - with Roger Fowle. Making bird and animal forms. Suitable for beginners and more experienced. |
| August - date to be confirmed | Annual Outing to Stockwood Discoverty Centre |
| Saturday 12 September | AGM Day - with guest speaker to be confirmed. |
All workshops take place at our usual venue – Christchurch Community Centre, Welwyn Garden City from 10.30 until 4.00.
If you would like to come to any of these meetings but are not a regular member, please contact the Group's secretary beforehand to confirm the time, date and location of the meeting.
If you would like to come to any of the outing, please let us know so that we can confirm numbers with the venues.
The current annual subscription for the group is £15. There is also a £2 charge for each meeting attended to cover tea, coffee, biscuits etc. Visiting non-members will be charged £4 per meeting. Member-led workshops cost £7 per head for members and £15 for visitors. Workshops run by external tutors will probably cost about £30 per head but the actual cost for each workshop may well vary and will be notified to members as and when such workshops are arranged.
