Forage and Make a Mat or Bowl from Plants
Schedule
Tue Jul 14 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens | Penzance, EN
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Forage and Make a Mat or Bowl from PlantsTues 14 July or Fri 14 Aug 2025, 10am – 4pm
£95 – Booking essential (below) – Includes day entry to the Gardens. BYO lunch or buy from Tremenheere Kitchen.
Discover the joy of using garden cuttings, grasses after they’ve seeded, invasive species and weeds to make a beautiful place mat or bowl. Learn a simple and meditative weaving and stitching process to create beautiful and lasting products. Perfect for gifts and home use.
Be led step-by-step in this traditional technique used across the world to make functional mats and vessels. Learn to appreciate plants for their multiple uses and create an object with zero waste from local garden and wild plants.
The day includes:
A foraging walk to learn about plants that can be used for pots and bowls
Gather some plants together
Be introduced to a simple weaving and stitching technique from local plants
Learn the ancient craft of making with grasses with tips and guidance
Make a pot, mat or bowl in a day
Go away with materials and skills to create your own projects using grasses
Your facilitator
Rachel Lambert is a foraging guide (since 2007) and award-winning author on wild food and cooking. She first learnt to make cordage from nettle fibres in her early twenties and quickly became obsessed with the process and made metres and metres for creative projects, including jewellery. Thirty years later she is offering hands on workshops to share this simple, meditative skill, highlighting the amazing qualities of plants and ‘weeds’ that surround us.
Find out more about Rachel and her foraging work at: https://www.wildwalks-southwest.co.uk/
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Where is it happening?
Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Gulval,Penzance, Cornwall, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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