The Weaver's House

We were joined on a sunny day in July by the Cambridge Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers for a private tour of the House and garden. Our trustee Sara shared her wonderful collection of dyed samples and the visitors…

Look back at the garden pre-restoration.

Whilst we have been closed, we have made some improvements in our garden area including a brick block paved area and installing some more woven fence panels. We reused old bricks to fit in with the rest of the garden,…

Whilst we are still locked down and unsure of plans for the year ahead, it was a delight to see these beautiful photos of The Weaver’s House in the snow. The photos were taken by our resident, Charlie, and you…

  Anyone who has been following our updates for a while may recall that a number of years ago we featured the planting of some heritage variety apple trees at the site. This October 31st marks five years since the…

  A strange year indeed, which has seen us open precisely zero times. However, the garden does not know this and it has required the usual amount of work to keep it in order. It ran rather wild with all…

Charlie moved into the terrace earlier this year and has got involved with taking care of our medieval style garden: I moved into one of the flats next to The Weaver’s House recently, and find it absolutely amazing. The fact…

  Sara Maycock is a weaver and dyer with lots of experience of creating and using naturally based dyes. In this blog, she shows you how to make eco prints using plants and a few simple pieces of equipment. Eco…

    We were fortunate to be given funding from #CelebrateNationalLottery25 to buy some much needed items to improve our garden. To celebrate, we held an all-welcome gardening day with the aim of tidying the garden, planting trees and installing…

        Get the Garden ready for Spring Sunday 15 March – 11am until 4pm, (drop in during these times, but please let us know in advance via volunteers@theweavershouse.org) We are excited to have been awarded a grant…