On the LAST SUNDAY of every month we host a harvest of English Ivy for basketry and papermaking materials. This supports the ongoing need of the ecosystem for humans to be interacting with the ivy in order to keep its overabundance in check.
Join us in the park and learn to harvest and process vines, make friends, and directly support the health of the Sausal Creek Watershed!
Where and When?
We meet at the Dimond Canyon El Centro trailhead at 10am and stay harvesting along the trail until 2pm. Come at any point during that time and stay as long as you want. Just walk along the trail until you see our banner and people having fun pulling ivy! Or text us and we can give you a more exact location.
What to bring:
Water
Snacks
closed toe shoes
wear long sleeves and pants
garden snips
***Accessibility***
We want to find creative, functional, and joyful ways to be supportive of anyone who’s interested in ivy harvesting and basket circles with SCAC. Please let us know via email if there is anything about harvest days or basket circles that you have a question or concern about regarding your accessibility needs. We will do our best to collaborate with you on a solution.
Just show up or email us to let us know you’re coming!
email: sausalcreekarts@gmail.com
phone: 816-769-9514
**BASKET CIRCLES**
Learn to make baskets with English Ivy in community!
Before joining a basket circle we ask that you come to at least one harvest day to learn how to harvest, process, and prepare ivy for basketry, and *most importantly* gather enough material to make a basket. ❤️
After joining a harvest day you will be able to join the Sausal Creek Ivy League (SCIL) group chat where we discuss:
🕸️what’s going on with the ivy along the creek
🕸️discuss observations
🕸️ask each other questions
🕸️schedule Basket Circle meetups!!
When you have enough ivy harvested for a basket you can come to a Basket Circle where anyone who’s ready to make a basket will come together to learn and share!
If you’ve never made a basket before, this is a great way to get support and guidance from folks who’ve done it before. We have experience, resources, and tools to share!! We are also building a library on the website with free access to simple instructions for starter baskets using English Ivy, as well as instructions to reference for harvesting, processing and storing material!
