Large Wooden Trug Chocolate Hamper, 1.8kg

4738

$195.00

Back by popular demand, this unique gardening trug makes for a delightful wooden carry basket. Created in Sussex in the UK to a unique handmade trug making tradition.

Once the chocolates are gone, you can use this wonderful wooden gardening trug to pick and carry your fruits and vegetables from your garden to your kitchen table.

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Contents
About the Sussex trug

Assorted Milk, White and Dark Chocolate Raspberry Jellies 400g bag,
Milk Chocolate Lemon Myrtle Macadamias 300g bag,
Tangy Belgian Jellies 300g,
Dark Chocolate Cranberries 300g bag,
Freeze Dried Strawberries 170g bag,
Milk Chocolate Sparkles Bag 150g,
Ruby Chocolate Belgian Bar 40g,
Milk Chocolate Frogs 2-Pack 40g,
Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Praline LadyBugs Bag 150g

The Sussex Trug

These wooden trugs are handmade in Sussex, UK, by a local family-run business, who for the past 150 years, have been making the Sussex Trug with a simple design, using local native materials. Young coppiced Sweet Chestnut, split and seasoned, makes a strong and light frame for the basket, then flexible and light willow boards give it a body. Two lengths of Chestnut are cut to appropriate lengths, then shaved by hand with drawknife before being steam bent around their corresponding formers, one for the handle and one for the rim. These make the frame of the trug.

The boards to fit are sawn from clefts of willow. These are then cut to the correct length and width before being shaved thinner either end, soaked in water and pressed into the frame and pinned into place with cut copper tacks. Small willow feet are added for stability and with a coat of linseed oil the Sussex Trug is then ready for years of faithful service.

Size 28cm high (including handle) X 45cm X 24cm.