The renowned Greencrafts Village makes a welcome return as an EP “must-do” experience.
It’s a beautiful area in the main arena, where you’ll get to make loads of gorgeous things with natural and sustainable materials with eco-conscious vibes.
Flower crowns, crystal jewellery, metal dog-tags, leather purses & belts, pottery, slate frames, soap and organic body products, felt bags, glass pendants are just some of the 36+ things you can make and take home, as well as getting a chance to try blacksmithing, wood-work, thatching, stained glass and
loads more.
Walk-in workshops happen all day for €5+. They take 30 minutes to an hour+ and you’ll make fantastic festival souvenirs to take home.
With close up respect for our natural world, it’s the only off-grid area at the festival. When you visit you’ll be amazed by hugely successful positive effects that’ll leave you feeling jam packed with a heap of positive energy.
The area opens Friday at 12 noon, and Saturday and Sunday 11am to 6pm.
Some of Ireland’s best craft makers lead small, friendly, drop-by workshops, where you’ll be led through all the stages of how to make wonderful practical and beautiful items to take home. No experience is needed. The focus is on natural, sustainable, holistic, craft traditions and you’ll get to learn new skills; exchange green mind, body and soul ideas pioneering new ways to live more at one within our natural world, and benefit from great mindful energy. Everything you need is provided. And although it’s an adult area, supervised kids are welcome to join in. There’s also plenty of seats to chill and relax if you’d like to just watch the vibe. A warm welcome awaits you.
Greencrafts are the leading collective of craft making and green thinking at festivals, having spearheaded the Greencrafts field at Glastonbury.
WorkShops
Plant, Fibre, Willow & Paper
Learn thatching with water reed Havin’ a Thatch – Free
Free, clay skin painting Millix Pottery – Free
Flower crown making Flower Power – €10
Make & decorate harvest knot keepsake with straw Havin’ a Thatch – €2
Make a corn dolly Flower Power – €5
Origami bird, boat, fish, butterfly with road atlases Kate Doody, Fold twist Stick – Free / donation
Woodwork
Have-a-go at woodcarving Mark Flannery Woodcarver – Free
Have-a-go, with traditional shave-horse tool Eoin Reardon Traditional woodwork – Free
Wooden bowl making Mark Flannery Woodcarver – €5
Learn how to carve wooden bowls Lawless Furniture – Free
Learn how to traditionally sharpen tools Eoin Reardon Traditional Woodwork – €5
Make insect hotels with wood & natural plant materials In The Sticks – €15
Metalwork
Coin metal stamping & traditional blacksmithing with Awen Blacksmith -€5
Make iron jewellery & learn branding & traditional blacksmithing with 9 Irons Blacksmithing – €5
Free have-a-go, learn traditional blacksmithing, or make a metal leaf keyring with Tom the Blacksmith – €15
Jewellery
Twisted copper wire hair pieces and brooches with Strong Roots Jewellery – €5
Clay pendants & badges with Recluse and Bird – €3
Slate pendant with Slatecraft – €5
Wire, stone & healing crystal necklaces, earings & rings with Crystal Creations – €5
Make a wood slice pendant with In The Sticks – €5
Flower Crowns, Head-Dresses & Hair Deco
Make Faerie headress hair clips with woolen threads & costume jewellery with Enplantment – €3
Fresh flower crowns with Flower Power – €10
Glass, Stone, Mosaic & Pottery
Learn pottery wheel & clay hand building with Millix Crafts – €5
Make a mosaic tile with The Glassmakers Yard – €5
Mosaic and stained glass windown learning glass cutting, design, grouting & window assembly with Michael Ross, Recycled Stained Glass & Mosaics – €15
Make stained glass panel with The Glassmakers Yard – €20
Slate frame or pendant making with Slatecraft – €5
Have-a-go at glass cutting & making a mandala The Glassmakers yard – Free
Pottery decoration with Millix Pottery – €5
Skin and Body Care
Make natural soap with essential oils with Dingle Druid – €5
Textile / Leatherwork
Learn macrame & make a small wall hanging with Nodo -€5
Make leather key-ring fobs, hairslides & wristbands with The Craft Tangle – €5
Have-a-go at weaving Flower Power – Free
Create an EP memento with felt, shells and stone with The Garden Gallery – €5
Learn wet felt-making with Emma’s Feltworks – €5
