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Invasive Bittersweet Baskets (SOLD OUT)

Sat, Mar 18

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Viles Arboretum

Learn to identify, gather/remove and make a round, twined basket using invasive bittersweet vines.

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Invasive Bittersweet Baskets (SOLD OUT)
Invasive Bittersweet Baskets (SOLD OUT)

Time & Location

Mar 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St, Augusta, ME 04330, USA

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 plan for a basket about 8" wide and 6" deep. 

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 the space is filled.…

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