Resource person: learn@vandusen.org

Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden - Visitor Centre - Guides Classroom

Description:

Daylilies are an excellent drought-tolerant, easy-care plant and an ideal material for soft basketry: easy on the hands and plentiful in the garden.

Join Sharon Kallis, Lead Artist and Executive Director of EartHand Gleaners Society, to learn how to use them as material for rope making and then take that rope into other possible woven forms.

Beyond the great joy of using your plants’ die back to quickly twist up beautiful, biodegradable plant supports; rope making is also a core skill in any basket-making journey. Starting with the simple technique of 2-ply rope, participants will then learn how to cable rope into 4-ply and be introduced to the basics of coil basketry and plaited weaving. There will be lots of time for exploration, as well as discussion of what other bounty might await in your garden and the best times of year to consider adding those harvests to your gardening calendar.

Expect to leave with a few small samples, lots of inspiration, and the capacity to continue an independent winter weaving journey with success.

There will be a 30-minute lunch break; bring a bagged lunch, tea thermos, or water bottle. The Garden Café will be open.

Meet at the Visitor Centre and enter the Garden as a group. The entire class is outdoors; rain or shine, dress for the weather. Seats will be available. Materials included.

Online pre-registration is required.

Available: Available

Price: $60.00 Taxes not included

Notes: Presented on Sept 10, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at VanDusen Botanical Garden. Cancellation policy: No refunds will be given for education courses. For cancellations with one week's notice, a credit will be applied to your account. With less than a week's notice, no credit will be given. No new credit will be issued if the cancelled course was purchased using prior credit. Program cancellation by the VBGA due to Public Health Restrictions will result in education program credit equivalent to the value lost. Credits must be used within one year from the date issued. Please notify us of your cancellation in writing to learn@vandusen.org

Prerequisites: Educational programs are available for both members and non-members. In order to register for a class, you first need to open an account with Amilia, our online registration portal. Note that your membership account does NOT give you this access. You must open a separate account in Amilia. Follow this link to create your account: https://www.amilia.com/en/Signup Please save your Amilia account user name & password for registration in future classes.

More information: Instructor: Sharon Kallis

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