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Feb
8
10:00 AM10:00

Willow Basket Weaving Workshop

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
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Come experience the magical wonders of weaving with Willow & Kudzu! 

Sunday, February 8th from 10-4pm @ the CPI Greenhouse: 824 Enright Ave. 45205

This is an exciting opportunity to learn to build and weave a beautiful, strong, and functional Ribbed Hand Basket with mostly willow and some kudzu vine. This one-day class will provide the skills and foundation for building a small to medium basket to take home and the ability to create future baskets! 

At the workshop, together we will:

  • Talk about Willow- growing, harvesting, using, storing, rehydrating, and its medicinal uses; Kudzu too 

  • Weave in community and connect in a way our ancestors did 

  • Observe as your own creative genius unfolds before your eyes ~ go from Willow whips to functional tool or basket art!

  • Connect with natural fibers and the living earth to build, create beauty, heal, commune together, gift, and live!

—> Contact Allison for Registration and questions: Text: 859-640-9575   

Cost: $90 ***Register promptly, class is limited to 10 people

What’s Provided: Willow and Kudzu materials! Warm snacks

What to Bring: water, lunch, your favorite pruners, and a sharp knife

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Forage & Feast: Making Acorn Pancakes
Dec
13
10:00 AM10:00

Forage & Feast: Making Acorn Pancakes

Acorns are a wild, abundant,  nutritious, and free food at our  feet this time of year! The Oak trees that the acorns fall from have been held  sacred by humans for  hundreds of thousands of years, literally all of  us have ancestors that ate acorns. Let’s open that portal back up by becoming  acorn eaters ourselves! 

Come on over to Growing Value Nursery at !!!!NEW LOCATION!!!! 537 Enright Ave. 45205 (private home) Saturday December 13th from 10-1pm to learn how to process acorns into flour and  how to cook with that flour. Then we will feast  on Acorn pancakes together! 

Howie and Allison will have stations setup to  walk you through the entire process. Suggested donation of $25.

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Wattle Weaving Workshop
Dec
6
11:00 AM11:00

Wattle Weaving Workshop

Fences for Connection! At this special skill workshop, Ande Schewe will teach you natural fence making using the wattle weave technique.

You’ll learn:

  • Hands-on weaving techniques and knowledge of the best natural materials

  • The skill of repurposing for beautiful, sustainable design

  • A zero-waste building method (no trash, no toxins)

The benefit:

  • Create fences that decompose into living soil

  • Deepen your connection with nature and community

Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave. $40. Registration required.

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Aug
31
5:00 PM17:00

Food Not Lawns Cincy Summer Social & Skillshare

Join Food Not Lawns Cincinnati for a get-to-know-you summer social event to build community and gather momentum for our upcoming projects. All are welcome to this free event!

  • Design jam - Collaborate on a design for a courtyard at a local women’s shelter!

  • Eco Open Mic

  • Propagation Station

  • Micronursery unveiling

  • Fall planting in the People’s Garden

  • Skill demonstrations

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