This event is part of CPRE Hampshire's Countryside Day at Daisy Meadow Dairy - tickets available here:  CPRE Hampshire's Countryside Day | CPRE Hampshire

Join Jacquie from Willow and Crafts  to create your own willow swallow or swift.

Time: 10am-12pm

Details: Jacquie will guide you through the process of crafting your very own willow swift, such a charming decoration for your home or garden.
Display them hanging and moving in the airflow, or attached to a wall or fence. Hung from a window, they are also great bird deterrents or a visual aid to distract birds from flying into the glass and so much nicer than a plastic decal on hard-to-see glass doors.

Please note that working with willow can be tiring on the hands and will be difficult for you to do if you have conditions such as arthritis and not suitable for particularly young people.

 

The event will go ahead drizzle or shine, but we will let you know if we are cancelling due to more extreme weather.

Note: there is toilet access at this site.

Get in touch: If you have any questions or need to get in touch, please call Ellie on 07341 679942. Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected].

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registrations are not available

There are currently no entry options available for this event.

 

The Hampshire Hedge Project

This event is part of the wider Hampshire Hedge project, connecting up the New Forest and the South Downs National Parks with green corridor of hedgerows and wild spaces. Over a 3-year period (starting Autumn 2023) CPRE Hampshire will restore a network of 12 – 14 miles of hedgerows working with local communities, schools, landowners and farmers to manage existing hedgerows and plant new ones, connecting up copses and meadows along the way.

Hedgerows are an incredibly important landscape feature, forming the quintessential English countryside view, as well as important for much of our native wildlife, flood management and for the climate through carbon storage. We have lost half of our hedgerows since 1945 (lined up the loss of hedgerows amounts to a distance greater than the distance to the moon) and we are losing the skills to manage them well. For further information on getting involved in the project please contact us at [email protected]