Class Schedule

Overview

Spooky season is a great time for kids to get crafty! With this in mind, join Mia from Portland Nursery for a morning of fun and easy fall kids garden crafting at the nursery. You will make leaf ghosts and monsters, a fall-themed collage, and some pinecone spiders if we have time.

The recommended age for this class is kids from 6 to 12.

Class fee covers supplies for one child. One registration is for one child and up to two adults. All children must have an adult actively participating with them throughout the class time.

Overview

Learn to weave an apo lima, a bracelet woven from leaves of the puhala tree (Pandanus tectorius). Participants will work with prepared lauhala and learn the basic techniques for starting, weaving and finishing a bracelet. The workshop will also introduce puhala as a living plant and cultural resource, including gathering and preparation, care for puhala groves, and the importance of sustaining weaving knowledge and healthy sources of lauhala for future generations.

Designed for beginning and intermediate weavers, the workshop emphasizes learning through the hands: slowing down, observing the material, and becoming familiar with its texture, movement, and strength. Each participant will create a lauhala bracelet to take home.

$100/person includes materials and instruction fees.
Register directly with the teacher using the link below.

About Anita Keāʻlani:

Anita Keāʻlani Yap is a Native Hawaiian and Chinese weaver, cultural practitioner, educator, gardener, community leader and facilitator. Her weaving practice includes lauhala and other natural fibers and is grounded in relationships with teachers, kūpuna, community, and ʻāina. Through Weaving Community Connections, Anita brings together weaving, natural materials, Indigenous food and plant knowledge, conservation, and community learning. She approaches teaching as an opportunity to share cultural weaving techniques and the relationships and responsibilities that come with working with materials gathered from the land.

Overview

As it gets cooler and plants go dormant, it’s a great time to think about propagation! Join Jarid from Portland Nursery to learn about all the propagation projects you can work on this fall and winter. Topics will include seed stratification, live staking, woody cuttings, bulb division, and more!