2008 Batterwood Beginners Seminar January 12-13
The first DSWAC dry stone wall workshop of the season was held on Jan 12-13 2008.
It was run indoors inside a cozy riding arena on an estate property just north of Port Hope Ontario. The class began with a thorough instruction session covering basic principles of the walling craft followed by two full days of intense hands-on-walling with occasional breaks for socializing and further teaching.
Special lunches were provided off site at the Shaw-Rimmington's and in the evening entertainment included informative documentary videos.
On the second day, as is usual with these "beginner" classes, the students learned how to build a basic arch garden feature, as a small Gothic arch was made to span the two training walls that had already been constructed the day before.
PLEASE NOTE This class will be run again this winter, on the weekend of Feb 23 -24.
Please let us know immediately if you want to join those already registered to take this course.
Fee 350 dollars. john@dswac.ca or phone 905 885 4298.