Workshops
Willow Day Workshops
With over a decade of teaching experience throughout the UK, Sarah focuses upon you creating willow baskets, lighting features or sculptures that she has designed. Willow Day Workshops are suitable for beginners and those with existing willow weaving experience. Just bring along lots of enthusiasm and by the end of the day you will be taking home your basket or sculpture!
TIME: 9.15 arrival for 9.30am start. 5.45pm finish (approximately)
VENUE: Chevithorne Village Hall, Chevithorne, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7PU. (15 minutes from M5, junction 27, 5 minutes from A361 dual carriageway). Fully accessible, idyllic village setting with parking directly outside.
DETAILS: Maximum of 8 participants per day workshop, 6 participants per 2 day workshop. Price includes refreshments and all materials. Tools provided.
LUNCH: Local caterer Emma creates for us a homemade and local ingredient sourced delicious lunch of soup, sourdough bread, cheesy biscuits and cake. £10, payable on the day.
Future Workshop Dates May - July ‘25
Sarah will be announcing her next set of workshop dates in late January ‘25. When deciding on which basket workshops to teach, Sarah chooses to be responsive to recent requests and demand. As usual Sarah will be teaching at least three times per month a selection of willow baskets that she has designed for you at her one and two day workshops. These will be for both beginners and those with willow weaving experience. Signing up to Sarah’s newsletter enables you to receive these dates before their general release, giving you the opportunity of priority booking.
Bespoke Weaving Experiences
At her home studio in a beautiful Devon garden setting, Sarah is now offering you the opportunity to make either one of the willow baskets that she has designed for her Willow Day Workshops or attend private training with 1:1 or 2:1 tuition.
For that special occasion or for those who wish to be taught in a smaller group, choose to make one of the baskets that Sarah has designed for her Willow Day Workshops. £175 1:1, £285 2:1, £395 3:1 per day, includes all materials and refreshments.
From experience Sarah knows that the opportunity in the UK to hone your basketmaking techniques and skillset, having teaching specifically tailored to you, is incredibly rare and extremely valuable. This is why Sarah is now offering one day (or more if you’d like!) basketmaking tuition for intermediate weavers. Tuition will be tailored to your ability, focussing upon your priority learning needs. Perhaps it’s stepping up to make that decent square work basket, learning particular weaves or tips and tricks for bordering down. Tuition £200 1:1 or £340 2:1 per day, includes all materials and refreshments.
For your bespoke weaving experience email willow@sarahlebreton.co.uk with your request.
Gift Vouchers
An ideal birthday, anniversary or Christmas gift for family, friends or colleagues. Gift voucher recipients have priority booking for a Willow Day Workshop of their choice or a Bespoke Weaving Experiences. Valid for 2 years, a £105 gift voucher, (or £55 part payment voucher), enables your lucky recipient a place at one of Sarah’s Willow Day Workshops. Once purchased you will receive via email an electronic gift voucher ready for emailing or printing.
Sarah emails priority workshop publicity to gift voucher recipients. Please note that it is the responsibility of the gift recipient to check for workshop availability and book their place. Once a workshop date has been arranged by a gift voucher recipient all normal workshop terms and conditions, including cancellation and change of date policy apply.
For a Bespoke Weaving Experience a gift voucher can be arranged to the monetary value of your choice, please email willow@sarahlebreton.co.uk to arrange.
Further workshop booking details
ACCESSIBILITY: Whilst Sarah aims to make all her workshops as accessible as possible, please note that willow weaving is a physical activity, often far more strenuous than people imagine! To gain the most out of your workshop a good level of mobility as well as finger dexterity and hand strength is required. It is your responsibility to assess your own physical health and suitability for a Willow Day Workshop or Bespoke Weaving Experience at the time of booking and on the day of your workshop.
If you have any mobility, accessibility or physical health issues do please contact Sarah prior to booking your place. Full workshop can be found by clicking on T&C’s button located in the footer every website page.
Unless stated otherwise, all my willow workshops are for adults. Sarah will however accept 14+ year olds when they are accompanied by a responsible, participating adult.
DIETARY REQUIREMENTS: Do let Sarah know if you have any dietary requirements when you book your workshop place.
WILLOW: Due to availability and willow preparation, the types and colours of the willow that you will be weaving with at a workshop may differ to those shown on publicity photos.
STAYING IN DEVON: Being in a beautiful area of Devon, with easy access to the moors, beaches and the close by cathedral city of Exeter, why not make your workshop into a mini holiday and stay nearby? Available on request, Sarah has a great list of recommended local accommodation and lovely eateries for you to enjoy.
GROUP BOOKINGS & CHOICE OF DATES: For the best chance of securing your Willow Day Workshop place/s Sarah strongly advise’s you to, if possible, offer a 2nd choice of date and if attending with friends / family please make one group booking.
WORKSHOP DEMAND: Due to the level of demand for Willow Day Workshops places are only allocated on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis on receipt of both your completed booking with full payment.
JOINING WAITING LIST FOR WORKSHOP CANCELLATION PLACES: Due to the way the world is at the moment, very occasionally Sarah does have workshop cancellation places available. These are usually at very short notice. If you wish to attend a workshop that is already fully booked it is well worth emailing willow@sarahlebreton.co.uk to join the waiting list. Please state if you are interested in all workshops cancellation places for a particular workshop or for a specific woirkshop date. If a workshop cancellation occurs, Sarah emails those on the waiting list, updates availability on the workshop page, and if time allows, publicises the place on the news page.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: By booking a Willow Day Workshop or Bespoke Weaving Experience you are agreeing to Sarah Le Breton’s workshop t&c’s. It is your responsibility to read these t&c’s at the time of booking, these include the workshop cancellation and change of date policy. Full workshop t&c’s can be found by clicking on the T&C’s button located in the footer on every website page.
Bespoke workshops for organisations
As well as having the extensive experience of teaching and organising her own Willow Day Workshops for over fifteen years, Sarah has taught bespoke basketmaking workshops and courses for a wide variety of clients. These have included the RHS, River Cottage, Linley of London, Soho House Group, Somerset Rural Life Museum, CoLab Exeter and The Garden House.
If you are an organisation who wishes to work with Sarah please email willow@sarahlebreton.co.uk
Organisation workshops 2025 details & dates
Sarah is delighted to announce that she will also be teaching for the following organisations in 2025
RHS Rosemoor: Beginners Round Basket - Saturday 8th March, Gardener’s Trug - Saturday 21st June, Autumn Forager’s Basket Saturday 4th October. For details and to book please head to RHS website.
Somerset Rural Life Museum: Beginners Round Basket – Saturday 10th May. For details and to book head to SMRL website.