Workshops can fill quickly but don’t dismay, I add new ones on a rolling basis and share with my email list regularly. Class sizes are small - typically between 6-10 students. Don’t be shy about scrolling - workshops are in chronologically order. Gift cards are also available.
FULL - Lavender Wands @ Sky Nursery (3 sessions)
Come celebrate lavender in its summer glory and make traditional lavender wands. Then take a stroll through Sky Nursery for summer color inspiration for your garden…maybe even add a lavender!
Willow Bark Bracelet @ Oyster Bay Farm in Olympia, WA (2 sessions)
SPECIAL OLYMPIA SESSION: Made to fit willow bark bracelet. No glues, no plastic, just nature! Co-hosted by Oyster Bay Farm.
One Cut Sharpening Pop-up @ Hellbent Brewing Company
Kitchen knives, scissors, garden tools, and more sharpened by yours truly. Come by for professional sharpening while you sip!
Cattail Harvest Outing
SPECIAL HARVEST - Come gather and learn how to responsibly harvest non-native cattails at Jubilee Farm in Carnation, WA. All students will go home with a sizeable bundle of cattails to dry and use later in the year! WOW!
Cattail Wall-hanging @ 21 Acres
Inspired by macrame, come play with shredded cattail to make an all natural art piece for your home. With access to my ever growing dried flowers, seedpods and other goodies for decorating!
Wild Weave with Willow @ 21 Acres
Work with willow, wisteria, cordage, bark and more - let your imagination run wild. Using a random weave technique we’ll create a framework to show off all you natural treasures.
Weave-able Plant Spotting at Twin Ponds Park - Shoreline, WA
Let’s go for a stroll and meet some plants! We’ll meet at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, WA and go exploring to spot and identify some common weave-able plants. ID and LEARNING ONLY - NO HARVESTING!
One Cut Sharpening Pop-up @ Hellbent Brewing Company
Kitchen knives, scissors, garden tools, and more sharpened by yours truly. Come by for professional sharpening while you sip!
FULL - TRIAL - Beginner Cattail Hat - 2 Day
It’s official - my first hat workshop is here. Be one of the first. Friday evening and Saturday full day.
Open Garden and Tool Sharpening
Come visit our home garden AND have your garden tools sharpened! My spouse and I are participating in the NW Perennial Alliance’s Open Garden Tour and YOU are invited!
Wish Upon a Willow Star
Learn how to weave willow stars. You’ll take home a 16 inch AND 20 inch star for decorating your home or garden. Don’t have willow? We can explore other harvest-ables you could use.
FULL - TRIAL - Bulrush Trivet
Bulrush, tule or schoenoplectus sp…whatever you call it, I love it! Learn to twine with this wonderful native plant and make a useful trivet or piece of art!
Mary Irvin Basket Day with the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild
Check out Mary Irvin Basket Day - great teachers & workshops all in one place. I won’t be teaching but I’ll be there sharpening basketry tools (and all manor of other knives and goodies).
Weaving with “Weeds”
What really is a weed? Is it just a plant living its best plant life in the wrong place? Well, I say we make something special out of those overachieving out-of-place plants! Let’s weave with weeds…
Foraged Nature Art Class with Guest Teacher Kaela
In this experiential, expressive art class, you will make a healing mandala on canvas with ethically-foraged PNW natives, medicinal plants, trees, and lichen. Guest teacher Kaela will help you find your inner artist!
FULL - Knotless Netting Skills Workshop
Come explore knotless netting and make a flexible, expandable pouch from plant fibers.
Hanging Wall Basket
Who knew that one stick and a bunch of leaves could make such a delightful basket! This slim hanging wall baskets or lovely clutch purse for my biodegradable fashion forward friends is a great project for anyone!
Intro to Cordage with Soft Fibers
Every good wild crafter should know how to make cordage - this is your crash course! So many great plants to try out too.
Wearable Willow Bark @ Carnation Farms
Enjoy an afternoon out on the farm and get to know (and wear) willow bark! Make a pair of custom earrings & a bracelet.
SPECIAL 3-Day Eco-Printing
SPECIAL HOSTED WORKSHOP & TEACHER - Join Atenas from Scarabajo Eco-printing for this 3-day start to finish full-process natural dying workshop. *Only workshop like this in Seattle!
FULL - Lavender Wands @ Bellevue Botanical Gardens (3 sessions)
Lavender is at its peak in July so that means it’s time to make lavender wands! Come learn how to make this traditional fragrance gift and then take a stroll through the gardens. Sounds like a great day to me!
FULL - Bring Your Own Ivy (BYOI) Basketmaking Workshop
You bring the ivy. I’ll show you how. We’ll make a basket with English ivy!
FULL - Beginner Pine Needle Basket - One day workshop
Explore a new lifelong craft - pine needle coil basketry. Once you start, your imagination is the limit.
FULL - 3-Day Eco-Printing
SPECIAL HOSTED WORKSHOP & TEACHER - Join Atenas from Scarabajo Eco-printing for this 3-day start to finish full-process natural dying workshop. *Only workshop like this in Seattle!
FULL - Bulrush and Wetland Plants Shoulder Bag
Let's make a sturdy little pouch from one of my favorite wetland plants. Bulrush aka tule aka Schoenoplectus sp.
Intro to Cordage with Soft Fibers
Every good wild crafter should know how to make cordage - this is your crash course! So many great plants to try out too.
FULL - Willow Bark Bracelet
Made to fit willow bark bracelet. No glues, no plastic, just nature!
Weave-able Plant Spotting at Twin Ponds Park - Shoreline, WA
Let’s go for a stroll and meet some plants! We’ll meet at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, WA and go exploring to spot and identify some common weave-able plants. ID and LEARNING ONLY - NO HARVESTING!
Play with Plants Woven Vessel
Create a one-of-a-kind wild wrapped glass vessel for your home - or to give as a gift. You will choose from one of several glass forms to set the shape of your vessel and then explore different leaves, stems and barks. No experience needed.
FULL - Petite Berry Basket - Ribbed Basketry
Make a one-of-a-kind ribbed berry basket while getting to know wonderful weave-able plants that thrive in the PNW.
FULL - Cattail Wall-hanging
TRIAL WORKSHOP - Inspired by macrame, come play with shredded cattail to make all natural art piece for your home. With access to all my dried flowers, seedpods and other goodies for decorating!
FULL - Play with Plants Woven Vessel
Create a one-of-a-kind wild wrapped glass vessel for your home - or to give as a gift. You will choose from one of several glass forms to set the shape of your vessel and then explore different leaves, stems and barks. No experience needed.
FULL - Intro to Cordage with Soft Fibers
Every good wild crafter should know how to make cordage - this is your crash course! So many great plants to try out too.
FULL -Foraging for Basketry and Wild Crafts
Let’s explore some of the wonderful plants we can grow and gather here in the PNW for weaving and wild crafts.
FULL - Beginner Pine Needle Basket - One day workshop
Explore a new lifelong craft - pine needle coil basketry. Once you start, your imagination is the limit.
Fairy Basket 2-day Workshop
Learn the basics of tiny twined baskets in this 2-day workshop. Starts, borders, materials and fixes…a little bit of everything.
*Willow Bark Harvest and Prep
Now is the season to gather willow bark. Come learn how to peel and cut willow bark. We’ll work with fresh and rehydrated bark and each participant will go home with a minimum of 10 ft of willow bark - some to dry and some prepped to use. *This is a special time-sensitive workshop.
Spring Sale @ Bellevue Botanical Gardens
Plants, plants, plants and BASKETS. Come say hi and shop at the Northwest Perennial Alliance spring plant sale.
Day of Daffodils - Harvest to Cordage
Rain or shine the daffodils don’t mind. Come learn how to gather and split daffodil stems for weaving and take home a stash for yourself and learn how to make daffodil stem cordage!
Bulrush and Wetland Plants Shoulder Bag
Let's make a sturdy little pouch from one of my favorite wetland plants. Bulrush aka tule aka Schoenoplectus sp.
FULL - Play with Plants Woven Vessel @ Dunn Gardens (NW Seattle)
Create a one-of-a-kind wild wrapped glass vessel for your home - or to give as a gift. You will choose from one of several glass forms to set the shape of your vessel and then explore different leaves, stems and barks. No experience needed.
FULL - Willow Bark Bracelet
Made to fit willow bark bracelet. No glues, no plastic, just nature!
FULL - Foraging for Basketry and Wild Crafts @ Carnation Farms
I’m thrilled to partner with Carnation Farm to show and share about some of the wonderful plants we can forage here in the PNW for weaving and crafts. Let’s go hang out on the farm!
Foraging for Basketry and Wild Crafts @ Dunn Gardens (NW Seattle)
Spend your morning with me at Dunn Gardens! We’ll share 2 hours together exploring some of the wonderful plants we can grow and gather here in the PNW for weaving and wild crafts. You’ll might just start to look at your garden in a whole new way!
FULL - Play with Plants Woven Vessel
Create a one-of-a-kind wild wrapped glass vessel for your home - or to give as a gift. You will choose from one of several glass forms to set the shape of your vessel and then explore different leaves, stems and barks. No experience needed.
FULL - Intro to Cordage with Soft Fibers
Every good wild crafter should know how to make cordage. This is your crash course and a great way to get to know some of my favorite locally available soft fibers for weaving.
FULL - March - Beginner Pine Needle Coil Basketry Series (Thurs x 4)
Treat yourself to one evening a week and explore a new lifelong craft - pine needle coil basketry. Once you start, your imagination is the limit.
FREE Foraging for Basketry and Wild Crafts @ Kingsgate Library
I was invited by the Kingsgate Library to show and share about some of the wonderful plants we can forage here in the PNW for weaving and crafts. FREE 2-hour class - fee covered by the Friends of the Library Guild.
FULL - Harlequin Living Willow Planting @ Sky Nursery (2 sessions)
Weave a new garden delight with willow!