Willow Workshop with Rosie

Rosie Hart is running a willow workshop at The Folk of Gloucester on Saturday 31 October, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. She's a local willow weaver, and the session is a participatory one: you'll be weaving your own ornament, either a butterfly or a flower, to keep at home or put in the garden. It's a morning of making rather than a talk, so you'll leave with something you've actually put together yourself.

The venue is The Folk of Gloucester, Bishop Hooper's House at 99-101 Westgate Street, GL1 2PG. It's a Tudor timber-framed building with its original features still intact, and it used to be the city's Folk Museum. These days it's a community space for exhibitions, events and activities, with a café on-site serving homemade lunches, cakes and hot drinks. There's also an Ed Shed containing two modern meeting rooms, and you can wander around the building and its shady garden for free, so it's easy to make a morning of it and stick around after the workshop finishes.

If you're in the area, there are a couple of other landmarks nearby. St Mary de Lode is the city's oldest parish church, dating back to the 12th century, and St Nicholas Church is another 12th-century landmark, known for its leaning tower that dates from the 15th century. Both are within easy reach of Westgate Street, so it's a good spot for a stroll before or after you've spent the morning weaving.

The workshop runs from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturday 31 October, and it's £25 per adult.