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Pine Needle Basket Weaving with the Wild Dryad

Learn to make handmade woven pine needle baskets and explore cultural traditions around basketmaking.

Content Detail

In this outdoor workshop, we’ll discuss how to find pine needles suitable for baskets, learn about modern basketry techniques with thread for weaving pine needle baskets, and discuss the anthropology of basket weaving. We’ll also cover the different plants that can be used for making baskets.

This program meets in person at the Arboretum.

Instructor: Shane A. Edwards, forager and botanist, The Wild Dryad

Age: 16 and older

Course number: A295

Instructor

Shane A. Edwards, forager and botanist, The Wild Dryad

Shane Aldan Edwards is a self-taught illustrator, botanist, and educator who has recently collaborated with the Conservation Foundation, the Chicago Mycology Club, and other Chicago environmental organizations as an instructor teaching about edible wild plants. He began exploring his interest in the outdoors in 2019, and since then has garnered a following through his passion for botany. He teaches online and in person about plants, taxonomy, and the way communities use them.

What to Know

This program meets entirely outdoors. Please dress for the weather.

Wear sturdy, comfortable walking shoes, and bring a water bottle and materials for taking notes outdoors. Sunscreen and insect repellent may be useful.

Program Schedule

Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Parking Lot 29, West Side

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