Workshop on creating a pine needle basket

During this workshop, you will be introduced to an ancestral basket-making technique.

 

On the program of the workshop: 

  • Hike and collect pine needles
  • Needle cleaning and preparation
  • Preparation of material
  • Making a basket using the technique presented
  • Lunch break: bring your own meal

 

Are offered to you: 

  • Complete course documentation
  • Infusion and little taste surprise
  • You will leave with your own basket

 

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Date:

October 20 2024

Hour

9 h 00 min - 16 h 00 min

Price

$ 100

Location

The Jardins de l'écoumène
2855 hp. of l'écoumène, Saint-Damien, J0K2E0
Category

Organizer

Vitaforêt
Vitaforêt

The Vitaforêt workshop is a training company, specializing in the identification, gathering and processing of wild plants and mushrooms for food and medicine.

speaker

  • Celine Bouchard
    Celine Bouchard

    During her thirty-year career in urban planning, your trainer Céline Bouchard was particularly interested in the protection and development of natural environments in Montreal. Greatly passionate about mushrooms and wild plants for healing and nourishment, she followed training in the identification and collection of non-timber forest products (NTFP). In 2016, she created her company, the Vitaforêt workshop, whose mission is to raise awareness of NTFPs through training and harvesting activities in respect of the natural environment.