Bittersweet Baskets Intro (FREE!)

Come to the Mount Joy Orchard Work Party, and stay for a bittersweet basket workshop with Rewild Maine!

So-called "Oriental" or round-leafed bittersweet is a creeping vine with inedible berries that is considered invasive in North America. Frustrating to gardeners and arborists, and not readily favored by birds, bittersweet is a largely useless bane on wild land. We can use traditional harvesting techniques to tend Asian bittersweet in the wild: harvesting material for baskets while controlling and suppressing future damaging growth.

Learn to make a small, strong, beautiful basket of invasive round-leafed bittersweet! We'll cover the basics of identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including an introduction to warp-and-weft twining and weaving. $5 suggested donation, includes all required tools and materials.

Rewild Maine is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We depend on donations from the community to offer free classes and workshops and we are grateful for…