Garden of Weaving
Keeping the lost art of basketry and weaving alive using sustainable foraged materials.
Unique and sustainable creative experience
Sustainable creative workshops to inspire you to use what’s available in your local area and bring people together through the art of sculptural, functional basketry, and weaving.
Keeping alive the lost art of using sustainable foraged materials. We believe that by connecting with nature and utilising what it provides, we can create beautiful and functional pieces while also reducing our impact on the environment.
Small Group Workshops in a Tranquil Setting
Our workshops are held in an inviting studio space, nestled in a tranquil 1-acre garden with a gentle creek running through it. The serene surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for your creative journey.
Our guided garden tour introduces you to various plants, learn how to identify them, forage for them, and prepare them for weaving.
Balance your Spirit
It’s a holistic experience that connects you with nature in a place of healing, deepening your understanding of sustainable art practices.
Our ancestors all made baskets to cook, store, carry, hunt and gather as our survival depended on it. This was a very important part of passing down ancient traditions and culture. Coming together to weave or stitch in our modern world allows space for us to connect and share whilst learning ancient skills and inspiring others to be creative.
Create a life of calm, wellbeing, connection with nature and healing.
In the busyness of the modern world, there is a need for us to slow down and just be present. Connecting to nature as our ancestors once did, on a daily basis, is fundamentally a part of a human beings existence that we largely seem to have lost along the way.
The weaving process will bring you into a calming and meditative state, whilst allowing you time to explore your creativity and connect with others.
Creating art in a sustainable way that is waste-free is important to us.
We will inspire you to think about how creativity can be nurtured without impacting the environment.
Upcoming Small Group Workshops
Twined Baskets from the garden
Create a beautiful and functional twined basket made from foraged garden plants.
Random weave with Bangalow Palm inflorescence
Create a stunning sculptural and functional platter or basket made from the inflorescence (flowering stems) of a Bangalow palm
Circular wall piece
Create your very own unique woven wall art using forage plant fibres, fabric, bark, rope or anything else that your creative imagination calls for!
Random weave with Vines
Create a stunning sculptural or functional art piece using foraged vines. For this workshop, some of the invasive vines used are, in fact, helping the ecosystem by removing these introduced species from local bushland areas.
Thank you for visiting Garden of Weaving
Some heartfelt messages from recent workshop attendees.
I recently did a basketry workshop with Cath and it was amazing! Cath is a patient, encouraging and knowledgeable facilitator and a talented artist. The day of the workshop was incredibly hot, but we were super comfortable in her beautiful studio. The refreshments provided (which were mainly from Cath's garden) were nourishing, nurturing and delicious! This was an inspiring creative experience and it was wonderful to be able to produce a couple of baskets to take home. I have just booked in for my next workshop with Cath, it's hard to stop at one!
“She journeys with a magical step to the loving realm that knows her best, NATURE”
Angie Weiland Crosby
Inspiration
Slow down and just be present by connecting with nature
