Invasive Plant Basket-Making Class: Melon Basket Style

Name: Invasive Plant Basket-Making Class: Melon Basket Style
Start: 2025-09-23T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-23T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Wildkitchen Supply

Schedule

Tue Sep 23 2025 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Wildkitchen Supply | Sylva, NC

A ticket purchase is required to attend this event. RSVPing on Facebook does not guarantee you a ticket. Please go to our website to purchase your ticket and secure your spot: https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/invasive-plant-basket-random-weave/
Turn invasive, nonnative plants into functional art!
Join the Primitive Naturalist Jeff Gottlieb (https://www.theprimitivenaturalist.com/) for this 4 hour workshop to learn the basics of invasive plant basket-making! No need to merely bad mouth non-native plants, why not find creative and useful reasons to harvest this abundant resource? We’ll make beautiful baskets using kudzu, wisteria, and other fast growing, fibrous, nonnative plants. This time, we’ll make melon baskets. The teacher will provide suggestions, expertise, and guidance on how to build your own unique, artistic piece! Class fee is $30, and all materials are provided (though participants are encouraged to bring a sharp pair of pruners if they have them.) This class is intended for ages 12 and up.
This event is offered in partnership with Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust (https://www.hcltnc.org/), and is followed by a Kudzu Removal Workday (https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/judaculla-rock-kudzu-removal-workday/) on Monday, September 29th. Attend this class to learn the basics of basket making, then join us on the private easement that protects the ridge around Judaculla Rock (https://www.mainspringconserves.org/projects/judaculla-ridge-high-knob/) to knock back kudzu from this important place while harvesting materials to finish your basket (or build more!)
We will meet in Wildkitchen Supply (567 W Main St, Sylva, NC 28779) in downtown Sylva just before 4:00pm on Tuesday, September 23rd. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to park and get settled, the class starts sharply at 4:00pm. This workshop will run until 8:00pm. Depending on the chosen size of basket, participants will go home with either a small, completed basket, or a medium, partially completed basket.
Please leave pets at home, and email Skye at [email protected] with any questions.
Head to our website to purchase your ticket: https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/invasive-plant-basket-random-weave/