Foraging for Basketry & Wild Crafts

Wednesday, June 24, 1pm. GSC. Free.

Let’s have a conversation about some of the incredible plants that grow here in the Pacific Northwest and explore ways to identify, gather, store, and use them to create baskets and crafts that bring nature inside. Whether you live in an urban, suburban, or rural setting, there are forageable crafting and weaving materials to be found. You might have to explore with new eyes and add reminders in your calendar…but there are goodies to be had year round.

Daylily, daffodil, dandelion, crocosmia, iris, cattails, juncus, bulrush, ivy, honeysuckle, wisteria, dogwood, willow and more!

Erin will share about her approach to sustainable and responsible foraging. We should all care for the plants we harvest, preserve the environments they grow in, respect the owners and keepers of the land, and be safe…for ourselves and nature.

This discussion is for beginners – leveraging plenty of show & tell. There are 100’s of plants and crafts to explore but you will walk away with some fun easy ways to get started.

About Erin Cox:

Erin found her life’s passion in basketry and wild crafting. Although she has lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years, it wasn’t until she discovered the joy of farming and foraging basketry materials that she truly formed deep ties to this place and a meaningful connection to the land. Through weaving, Erin has found a new way to explore and appreciate the biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest. She began casually teaching basketry and wild crafting in 2024. The same year she established a small basketry willow farm in Carnation, Washington, where she invites students to learn, harvest, and engage directly with the materials they weave. In 2025, she opened Field and Forest Crafts and her own private teaching studio in NE Seattle.