The Weaver's House

Join in on our May gardening day

  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…

        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…

Our August Open Day will be on Saturday 17th from 11am until 4pm. The house and garden will be open to explore, plus a fun ‘rub-a-bug’ colouring activity trail in our garden which will be in full bloom. Find out…

Hard to believe it’s nearly the end of March especially with the flurry of wintry weather that we’ve seen throughout this month. The Weaver’s House looks stunning in the snow, here are some atmospheric shots taken by one of the…

On Saturday 25 March it is time to ‘wake up’ The Weaver’s House with a post-winter clean all ready for the Open Day season. If you have an hour or so free time and would like to lend a hand,…

Our gardens are looking lovely at the moment, thanks to a mix of sun and rain, and most importantly, hard work by our fantastic gardening team.   The gardens at The Weaver’s House form an important part of the project…

What is a skirret? A medieval word for skirt? An ancient measure of ale? A cross between a squirrel and a ferret? If this question should pop up in a pub quiz, you will be equipped to answer after reading…

The countdown to our 2016 Open Day season is well and truly on. With just a month to our first Open Day, we’ve been starting to get things ready. The gardening volunteers met to prepare the garden after winter and…