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Woodmans
World : Carl Sadler
Tel: +44(0)1208 824932 Carl works with coppiced sweet chestnut,
hazel and willow to craft a wide range of
products including wattle hurdles, chestnut
gate hurdles, cleft oak/chestnut gates The company, which is based in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, create garden trugs, brooms, gate hurdles and cleft arches. The design for the trug stems back some 150 years and is traditionally made from chestnut and willow. Trug-making is very labour-intensive and like all woodland crafts, requires great skill and dedication. Ben May Tel/ Fax: +44(0)1805 622214 Ben, from Devon, produces a diverse range of products including wattle fencing, bentwood furniture, rose arches, charcoal and wood sculptures. He runs Woodland Craft courses and undertakes Public Art commissions.
Coppice Works: Tim Hutton Tel: +44(0)1208 850670 Coppice Works started by planting trees, restoring neglected coppice and laying hedges. While this work is still done, it is now part of a process where coppice wood is used to make a range of woodland products which include yurts, gate hurdles, garden arbours and fruit picking ladders.
Windrush Willow Hurdle : Richard Kerwood Tel: +44(0)1235 819919
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and fencing. 
Ben
also creates a very popular range of wooden mushrooms and toadstools
carved out of a single piece of wood and sold at competitive prices. Not
only do they provide comfortable seating but they act as a wonderful
talking point. A new range of products he is launching this year includes
sculptural Christmas trees and water garden features.
Coppice Works
looks after its own small woodland
and works with others, owners and woodland groups, interested in
reviving
home grown, sustainable managed woodland in the South West of England.
Yurt Works
is a series of yurt making workshops which run throughout the year.
With a head office in Didcot,
Oxfordshire and nurseries in Exeter,
Devon, Windrush Willow is owned
and run by husband and wife team Richard
and Suzanne Kerwood. The company is dedicated
to growing and promoting willow, over
100 varieties of the species Salix. They concentrate
on environmentally friendly methods
of growing rare coloured varieties for diverse
habitats and producing beautiful bark colour
for weavers. Included in the huge range of
products they make are garden supports, wigwams, trellises, furniture,
baskets and fencing.