Invasive Bittersweet Baskets (full day)
Sun, Oct 03
|Sharing Den
Learn to identify, gather/remove and make a beautiful basket using invasive round-leafed bittersweet.


Time & Location
Oct 03, 2021, 10:00 AM – Oct 04, 2021, 4:00 PM
Sharing Den, 111 Sheridan St, 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 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. We'll shoot for a good-sized basket about 8" wide and 6" deep, with a handle.
Space in this class is limited to 6 participants. 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 class, if…
Tickets
Bittersweet Baskets 7/11/2020
$65.00
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