Trailing blackberry harvest

Harvesting kudzu in Georgia

The best of my morning glory stripped of leaves and ready for coiling.

Ivy harvest

Wester red cedar from a downed tree.

Removing bark from a big leaf maple branch that fell in my neighborhood

Collecting Long Leaf Pine needles in Georgia.

Giving my bulrush/tule harvest a hug!

Wearing my tule hat on a hot August day collecting tule!

English ivy waiting to have leaves removed and coiled

Getting ready to split daffodil stems

Stripping willow bark in spring.

Let’s have a conversation about some of the incredible plants that grow here in the Pacific Northwest and explore ways to identify, gather, store and use them to create baskets and crafts that bring nature inside. Whether you live in an urban, suburban or rural setting there are forage-able weaving materials to be found. You might have to explore with new eyes and set reminders in your calendar...but there are goodies to be had year round.

Daylily, daffodil, dandelion, crocosmia, iris, cattails, juncus, bulrush, ivy, honeysuckle, wisteria, dogwood, willow and more!

I will share about my personal forager’s code of ethics and encourage you to create your own. We all need to care for the plants we harvest, preserve the environments they grow in, respect the owners and keepers of the land, and be safe…for ourselves and nature.

This workshop is for beginners - leveraging show & tell & discussion. There are 100’s of plants and crafts to explore but you will walk away with some fun easy ways to get started.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:

Registration opens on March 3rd. $15 for Dunn Gardens members and $20 for non-members. Registration and communications managed by Dunn Gardens.