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Make a Hazel Hurdle

  • Green Aspirations Gartur, nr Port of Menteith Stirling, Scotland, FK8 3JY United Kingdom (map)

Participants on this 1-day course will learn how to make a traditional woven hazel hurdle or framed panel from hazel sticks cut from coppice sites in Central Scotland.

You'll learn all parts of the process, including: selecting and preparing hazel rods for the different parts of a hurdle; splitting the rods; setting the uprights, or zales; weaving; and finishing. Participants will take their own hurdles home, each hurdle or panel measuring approx. 6ft by 3ft.



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