A note slipped into the pocket of each one as he sets off through the barn doors to start his working life, takes the lighthearted approach a stage further. "Scarecrow will get well watered over the years... He will 'grow' in character and be your constant gardening companion."
Sowing Season
Individually hand made in rustic coloured hessian, the Scarecrow stands 2m/6ft tall. To ensure that they are true sons of the soil…Their head is made of wheat straw from the Cotswolds and thatching straw from Somerset.
Each comes with a floppy hat, polka dot scarf, stuffed crow and a corpulant mouse running up the trouser leg… Two styles are available… One has a jacket with a large wooden button over dungarees the other a ‘T’ shirt with dungarees and a ‘seedcorn’ bag.
They are sent out ‘ across the fields’ neatly packed …with easy to follow assembly instructions.
Far Afield
Some scarecrows are travelling far a field as Polly is exporting to Europe and America.
They have also found themselves in the gardens of the rich and famous…
Hugh-Fearnley-Whittingstall, Sir Terence Conran, Sir Cliff Richard, Daylesford Farm Shop, Sir Cameron Macintosh, Garden Write Rosemary Verey OBE, Darcey Bussell and Chelsea Gold Medal winner Bunny Guinness to mention a few.
Very Highly Commended Award at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show, Worcestershire.
Spadework
Polly is researching the tradition of ‘Scarecrows.’ In Devon, they are known as a ‘Mommet; Norfolk and Suffolk ‘Mawkins’; Wiltshire ‘Gally Wagger’; Somerset, Warwickshire and Worcestershire ‘Mommet’; Lancashire and Yorkshire ‘Mammet’ and in Scotland ‘Tattie Bogle.’
Get in touch...
I would love to tell you more… Please get in touch. ‘Maker of Scarecrows’ Thank you Polly.