Highgrove Traditional Crafts is a collection of training programmes in heritage and craft skills and events delivered by The Prince’s Foundation on the Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire. It is based in the estate’s Barley Court, a newly-restored 17th-Century Cotswolds farmhouse that contains textile studios, and Street Farm, a series of bespoke workshops that cater for furniture-making as well as stonemasonry and related crafts.
The focus of the training programmes is to support industry through skills provision and to offer workshops for beginners, advanced learners, and community-focused activities.
If you have any general enquiries, please email us at highgrove@princes-foundation.org.
You can also keep up-to-date with the workshops and programmes by following Highgrove Traditional Crafts on Instagram @highgrovecraft.
Highgrove Traditional Crafts is based at Barley Court and Street Farm workshops on the Highgrove estate
A range of workshops take place for beginners through to advanced learners
The focus of the training programmes is to support industry through skills provision
Highgrove Traditional Crafts delivers an engaging and dynamic programme of textile courses to members of the public. These workshops, based at the Barley Court textile studios, range from just a few hours to five-day courses and are accessible for beginner to intermediate-level learners. Our courses and classes focus on projects that introduce skills and techniques as well as highlighting traditional crafts such as millinery, weaving and lacemaking.
The Snowdon Summer School will take place in its new home on the Highgrove Estate in the Street Farm Workshops, home to the Snowdon School of Furniture. This week-long programme provides an exciting opportunity for eight talented students to learn traditional cabinetmaking and marquetry techniques from master craftspeople, ranging from creative drawing to gloss burnishing and the assembly of table components.
These workshops are perfect for those visiting the gardens for a tour. Extend your day by participating in a range of workshops such as natural dying, weaving, or drawing.
The sale of Highgrove Products, Garden Tours and Events support and enable the life and work of The Prince’s Foundation.
