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Traditional Garden Trug

This is the shape most associated with Sussex trugs an d still our most popular range.

The handle and rim are cleaved from coppiced sweet chestnut, using a cleaving axe or froe, then held in a shaving horse and smoothed with a

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drawknife before being steamed to make the wood flexible and then bent around a former. Next, the boards are prepared from cricket-bat willow, again using the drawknife and shaving horse. These are soaked in water to make them more pliable before being nailed into the frame. The feet are made The tools include a cleaving axe, froe, drawknife, steamer, bradel and a shaving horse. from cricket bat willow.

Large trugs are individually boxed and sent either by courier or via ParcelForce and take 3-5 working days to arrive. The small and medium sizes are usually packed on the day your order is placed and sent by First Class post using Royal Mail.

All our trugs are wrapped in cellophane and hand tied with ribbon. Should you want to include a message or want the trug sent in a box without our logo and no packing slip enclosed please contact us.