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Intro to Making Cordage (String) from Plants
Adults £40, under 16s £25- (scroll down for booking) Morrab Gardens and the surrounding area is full of wild and cultivated plants that can be used to make cordage (string). Discover how to transform common and exotic plants into simple plant fibres to make decorative and practical string for all sorts of projects. Who is…
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Learn to Make Nettle String
Adults £40, under 16s £25- (scroll down for booking) Nettles are a wonderful, abundant plant, great as food and medicine, an important source of nectar for bees and the protein from the seeds is ideal for birds. But have you ever considered those long stems for fibres? Nettle fibres (Urtica dioica) were traditionally used for…
