On March 21, from 11:00 to 18:00, the annual World Wood Day will take place at Vienkoči Park as a regional event dedicated to woodworking traditions, knowledge, and skills. During the event, visitors will have the opportunity to learn about various woodworking crafts and techniques by observing the work of artisans on site. The programme…
On 10 May 2013, at the Latvian Society House in Riga, twelve rural tourism hosts received the very first Cultural Quality Marks “Latvian Heritage” in a ceremonial event. Among these first twelve recipients was Vienkoči Park, which was awarded the mark for preserving and promoting a traditional Latvian craft — woodworking. The “Latvian Heritage” Cultural…
The sword of the Bearslayer, a folk hero of Latvia who was foreseen by the Gods to challenge the crusaders and drive back the Christian invasion of the teutonic order. At the end of his journey he fought his arch enemy the black knight in a duel. He manages to defeat him but loses his…
Location: Vienkoci, Ligatne, Latvia, Northern Europe Course participants will learn historical way of traditional joinery and green woodworking/wood carving in a practical educational course using only hand tools and also learn about the historical and cultural context of joinery, furniture making and green woodworking in Latvia and Northern Europe. More information about the course:…
FOLD, Veronika Viļuma, February 20, 2018 At the top of the tree. Interview with Rihards Vidzickis «The cornerstone of craftsmanship are skills.» An interview with craftsman, founder of Vienkoči Park Rihards Vidzickis, whose work is a perfect merger of seemingly different industries — craftsmanship, science and tourism.
2015 World Wood Day – Latvian Regional Event (March 21st – March 25th) There will be a 5-day World Wood Day regional event set place at the Vienkoči Park Woodcraft Museum, Ligatne, Latvia, and a variety of programs will be held in the event, such as woodcarving show, vintage woodcraft tools show, 2014 WWD…
In Vienkoči park in Līgatne has been placed Nurmuiža manor house mockup. Also there has been placed mockup of one historical corpus (Beiwerk) of Līgatne paper-mill.