Dear Mick,

I bought a trug at the Stansted garden Show last weekend, and want you to know I absolutely love it. today I used it to collect deadheads from my rose bushes.all the petals look so lovely sitting in the trug. I shall have a lot of enjoyment using it. and am very glad to have met you its maker. I do hope you come back to Stansted again next year, when I will buy another!

Thank you again. Mrs C

Dear Mick,

Thank you very much for your prompt attention to my order.

My friend received it safely yesterday and she said that she was going to use it today when she picked her spinach!

Thanks again. Sue

Country Fairs & Garden Shows

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I attend various country fairs and garden shows throughout the year.

If you would like for me to attend I am available for demonstrations.

Please contact me on 01303 259255 or email me for details

Events I will be attending in 2010

~~Firle Place near Lewes East Sussex 24th & 25th April~~
~~Stansted Park Hampshire 11,12,13th June~~
Parham House Garden Weekend 10th & 11th July , Near storrington west sussex.
Preston Rally, Preston nr Canterbury 26th & 27th June.
Step Back in Time, Sedlescombe nr Hastings , 7th & 8th August.
Essex country Show,Barleylands Farm,nr Billericay Essex 11th & 12th Sept.

Craftsmen have been producing traditional Trugs for over 200 years, the craft as we know it today was probably started well before that as a cottage industry. The word trug is thought to have come from (trog) meaning a wooden vessel. Trugs originated in Sussex but as with a lot of things they were later made all along the south from Dorset to Essex there were one or two in Kent ,as far as I know I am the only trug maker in Kent now (but correct me if I’m wrong).

I source my wood locally, the sweet chestnut (castanea sativa) from nearby woods, the willow is (salix alba) white willow as used for cricket bats. The chestnut is cleft with a froe into strips and shaved to form handles and rims, these are then steamed to bend round a former. the willow boards I saw thin then shave even thinner with a drawknife as shown in the photos on the front page. As you can appreciate making Trugs is very labour intensive, All the waste wood and shavings are used to fire the steamer, so nothing is wasted.

Hello Mick. The trug arrived today intact and undamaged. It's beautiful, and the pictures on your web site simply don't do justice to the finished product. Thank you so much, Bonnie Shore (British Columbia Canada)

Hi Mick, The parcel arrived on Saturday. Many thanks for your prompt service. Best regards, Avril.

Thank you so much for the Trug Mick. My mum loves it! Catriona

Great, looking forward to receiving it and seeing mum's face when she opens it! I have been very pleased with the efficiency and the way you have done business so far. Thank you Amanda

Hi Mick, Trug arrived today - it's great thanks! Her name looks good on it too!! Jonathan

Hi Mick, Just got it delivered to me a minute ago. It looks fantastic. Thanks again Rob