Woven Wicker Bird Feeders
Sat, Dec 10
|Merrymeeting Adult Education
Learn to identify, gather/remove invasive bittersweet, and weave a woven window feeder for very cute birds.


Time & Location
Dec 10, 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Merrymeeting Adult Education, 35 Republic Ave, Topsham, ME 04086, 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 woven window feeder for birds! We'll cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand waling and randing weaves. $75 includes all required tools, materials, and tuition.
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. Refunds for…