Invasive Bittersweet Baskets
Sun, Aug 18
|Root Wild Kombucha
Learn to make a strong, beautiful basket of invasive round-leafed bittersweet! We'll cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand twining and weaving.


Time & Location
Aug 18, 2019, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Root Wild Kombucha, 135 Washington Ave, Portland, ME 04101, USA
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About the event
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 strong, beautiful basket of invasive round-leafed bittersweet! We'll cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand twining and weaving. $35 includes all required tools, materials, tuition, a fermented beverage from Root Wild, and a tip for the bartender.
Space in this class is limited. Preregistration, along with a paid deposit, is required to reserve a spot in the class. Deposits may be fully refunded in the event of a cancellation a week or more before the…
Tickets
Bittersweet Baskets 8/18
includes one fermented beverage!
$35.00
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