Easter Sugar Craft Cake Decorating Hands On

Sat 2nd Feb 10-5pm

Description:

Absolutely delighted as always to have the queen of sugar craft and our good friend, Marian Malone from Special Occasion Cakes back with us this Easter. Marian will handmakes each student a delicious chocolate biscuit cake and on the day you will be decorating it in a beautiful Easter style.

Tea/coffee and our freshly baked scones with homemade jam and cream will be served before you start your morning of decorating. While you get on with rolling and modeling under Marians watchful eye we’ll be busy in the kitchen preparing a delicious seasonal lunch to enjoy during the day in our dinning room before completing you beautiful masterpiece.

Grow Your Own Dried Flowers & Easter Wreath Making Workshop

Sat 9th April 10am-5pm 

Course Description:

Join Sarah of Willow and WIld Blooms, a horticulturalist and all round flower fanatic to learn the art of Dried Flowers. Sarah trained as a horticulturist in UCD and has many years experience in the horticulture sector. Having always had a creative side and a passion for sustainability she embarked on the path of dried flowers.

Sarah embraces the naturalistic style of wreath making using flowers and foliage we can all grow in our gardens or forage from the fields. Bring the outside inside and grace your home with the beauty of the Irish countryside this Easter.

Sarah will take you step by step how to create your own dried flower wreath, from how to grow your own dried flowers, the tools and techniques to dry flowers and of course how to create your own beautiful Easter wreath.

All materials and tools provided, each person will take home their own unique wreath.

Meet and Greet

Your morning will begin with a warm welcome from myself Fiona while you enjoy a homemade and freshly prepared light Cloughan Farm breakfast. Just out of the oven our handmade breads & scones served with homemade jam’s & local honey. Once you get started with Sarah, our kitchen will be busy preparing a delicious Easter themed lunch for you to enjoy during your wreath making & dried flower seed sowing workshop.

At Cloughan Farm we want to give you a day of relaxation, a day to allow yourself discover your creative energy, to reconnect with food and nature and enjoy the learning our islands magnificent flora and fauna all year round.

Course Outline!

Learn how to grow some of the fundamental dried flowers with a hands-on gardening demonstration.

Learn the fundamentals and techniques required to dry your own flowers

Learn how to create your own dried flower wreath, including how to create your own natural wreath base

Willow Basket Making By Helena Golden – Fully Booked 

26th March 10am-5pm Hands On

Your morning will begin with a warm welcome from myself followed by our freshly baked scones and homemade jam. Once you get started with Helena, our kitchen will be busy preparing a delicious spring lunch for you to enjoy during your basket making class.
At Cloughan Farm we want to give you a day of relaxation, a day to allow yourself discover your creative energy, to reconnect with food and nature and enjoy the learning of our islands magnificent flora and fauna all year round.
Delighted to welcome Helena to Cloughan Farm & Cookery School for this beautiful day of ancient art. Learning the skills of hand weaving and providing students with the opportunity to work with natural materials is something that we are so very proud of and I’m sure you will be too when you’re heading home with your bespoke basket.
Join Helena Golden Willow Woman to weave your own Bread Basket. Over the course of the day, you will learn the skills of weaving a round willow basket, suitable for use as a bread or fruit basket. This course is suited to beginners or to those who wish to practice the techniques involved in the round basket. Fun and learning guaranteed in the comfortable setting of Cloughan Farm & Cookery School.
All materials and tools provided and each person will finish a round basket to take home. The group will be small to ensure that everyone gets individual attention and support.