Wildcrafting Cordage

Get hands-on with some of our common garden plants by using their fibers to make cordage.

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Even at the end of the growing season, a garden is rich with gifts.

Join Holden Arboretum Gardner Jessica Burns to get hands-on with common garden plants as you learn to harvest natural fibers to make cordage. This beginner class will teach you to identify native and ornamental plants used for fiber crafts, how to ethically harvest and process them, and simple techniques for making natural cordage. 

Terrain: up to 1.0 mile, mostly flat, some paved, some natural surface

Age: Adult

Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Location: Holden Arboretum

Wildcrafting Cordage
Sunday, October 22, 2023
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Price: $35 per member, $50 per nonmember

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Jessica Burns

Gardener, Holden Arboretum

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