Sustainable Living Day Brigits Garden

Sustainable Living Day -Maireachtáil Inbhuanaithe

Sustainable Living Day at Brigit’s Garden September 22nd offers opportunity to cultivate skills to to help us live a more sustainably.

Cultivating traditional skills can allow us to buy less and build, create and grow more.

Join us for a creative, inspiring and practical day of learning traditional skills with excellent tutors in the beautiful surroundings of Brigit’s Garden. Come away with a finished product that you made yourself (in most workshops) and the lifelong skills to make more!

There will also be a Forest School-inspired day camp for children to facilitate parents attending workshops.

Choose between full-day workshops in Stone Wall Building or Basket Weaving, and half-day workshops in Herbal Walks and Making Salves & Sprays, Organic Gardening, and Creating with Natural Materials.

For the half-day workshops, you can take two on one topic or mix-and-match between them.

Lunch will include a hearty soup with brown bread, two salads, tea and coffee. Lunch is included in full-day workshops and can be booked separately for half-day workshops.

Kids can be booked in to the Forest-School inspired camp for a half-day or full-day.

Numbers are limited so early booking is advised. Click on the headings to learn more about each individual workshops.

Building drystone walls with Fergus Packman

Day workshop, 9.45am – 4.30pm. €85, including all equipment, coffee break with scones and lunch

Willow Basketmaking with Thomas Delaney

Day workshop, 9.45am -4.30pm. €95, including all equipment, coffee break with scones and lunch.

Herb Walk, Foraging and Salve-Making with Tonja Reichley

Morning workshop, 9.45am – 12.45 pm. €33, including all equipment and coffee break with scones.

Scented Herb Walk and Making a Seasonal Spritzer with Tonja Reichley

Afternoon workshop, 2 – 4.30pm. €30, including all equipment and tea break.

Organic gardening – sustainable weed, pest and disease control with Kay Synott

Morning workshop, 9.45am -12.45pm. €33, including all equipment and coffee break with scones.

Wildlife-friendly gardening with Kay Synott

Afternoon workshop, 2-4.30pm. €30, including all equipment and tea break.

Making Rush Mats with Carol Barrett

Morning workshop, 9.45am – 12.45pm. €33, including all equipment and coffee break with scones.

Make a set of Ogham sticks with Carol Barrett

Afternoon workshop 2 – 4.30pm. €30, including all equipment and tea break

Forest School-inspired day camp for children

Morning camp 9.45am – 12.45pm and afternoon camp 2pm – 4.30pm, €18 each.