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Founded in 1994 and based in Northumberland, Sylvan Skills creates customised willow and greenwood sculptures and garden structures. Botanist, horticulturist and founder Ruth Thompson is a knowledgeable, experienced heritage artisan and artist with a love for natural...

Living willow structures, and their care Living willow structures come in a variety of uses and forms: Play structures, such as domes, tunnels and bespoke items perhaps a boat, caterpillar, dragon, or metro train. These are often useful in primary schools. (include...

Eco Coffins The current lockdown situation raised some interesting challenges for me. For starters as I imagine has been the case for thousands of self-employed people or small businesses, I had several projects in the pipeline that were either cancelled or put on...

About me Hello, I am Ruth Thompson; I live at West Mickley in beautiful Tynedale in Northumberland with my husband and daughter. I am a willow and greenwood artist, our  business is called Sylvan Skills. I have always enjoyed being outdoors with nature .At University...