The cost for the Irish Naked Table Project is 850€ ($1,200).
Non-participant tickets to the evening meal are 35€ each.
The Project price includes:
- A Naked Table, built from Irish Oak.
- Instruction & assistance to build your table by skilled furniture makers; any number of people can come to build a table together, so bring your family and make it an event to remember.
- A guided walk into the local forest with a forester to plant replacement trees.
- One ticket for dinner in the Hornbeam Tunnel at Fruitlawn Garden.
- A talk by Matthew Jebb, the Director of the Irish National Botanic Garden, on the origins of the Irish Oak.
- Free entry for two to Fruitlawn Garden during the entire weekend.
All proceeds from the project will support a local Abbeyleix charity.
PROJECT SCHEDULE
The day-long workshop begins at the beautiful Fruitlawn Garden where table makers will be instructed on how to build their table (no furniture skills required). Participants will break for a tour of the forest where the wood was grown. Replacement trees will be planted in the forest, followed by a picnic lunch. Afterwards, everyone will return to Fruitlawn Garden to enjoy a dinner of locally grown foods, prepared by Sarah Webb of the Gallic Kitchen. Dinner will be upon the fifteen finished tables which will be placed end-to-end in a 100-foot-long Hornbeam Arched Tunnel. All the table makers, their families, the forester, logger, and furniture makers will attend this celebratory dinner. During dinner there will be a talk by Matthew Jebb, the Director of the National Botanic Garden of Ireland, on the origins of the Irish Oak. At the end of the evening participants will return home with their new table to begin a new story as the center of family life, a place where stories are told and history is made.
LONG-DISTANCE PARTICIPANTS
For long distance participants, we can provide a list of local accommodations and furniture shipping costs. There is also the option to make a table and donate to an Irish charitable organization. Please contact us for more details.
For Workshop Bookings:
Residents of Ireland and the United Kingdom should contact Arthur Shackleton and Carol Booth by telephone at 05787-30146, or email: carolbooth56@hotmail.com
Residents of the United States of America should contact Charles Shackleton by telephone at 802-672-5175, or email nakedtable@shackletonthomas.com
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