These structures will be made out of really simple materials. The hazel sticks we are are grown locally to here and harvested in a sustainable way as opposed to bamboo (you can grab these on our members area!).

For building bean tipi / wigwams you will need:
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- Hazel poles or repurposed poles/wood
- Scissors
- Garden twine or string (make sure it's durable)

You want it to be a tipi like structure but have some fun with it and be experimental with them!

Put your stakes firmly in the ground, tie them at the top, twine around the outside, spaced at about 30cm for tendrils to latch onto as they climb up.
Loop the twine out of each stake, do each layer separately so if anything breaks you don’t have to replace the whole thing.

If you want to try a structure like this with a hod bed in the middle for plants like peppers, aubergines or tomatoes, tie string from the centre hazel stick running down into the hot bed. Get your plug and tie it round the bottom of the soil and gently wrap it around the tomato, this should give it enough to cling on to now!

For your climbing beans, here we used barlotta and neckargold, you want two beans per hole of the same variety, and alternate in variety between each hole. Backfill the holes with compost.

Tip: You can pre soak the beans 24 hours before, to help rehydrate - an option, not necessary!