WILD botanical WORKSHOPS +seasonal, small batch products, WITH A REVERENCE FOR LAND
Field + Studio Notes:
It’s SPRING and I’ve been harvesting knotweed, nettles, ramps and so many greens.
Make sure to book your foraging walks with me now to ensure we get a chance to have a wild walk together this season.
MAy events
Plantwalk + Tasting
Blue hill
MAY 30, 3-6 pm
Seasonal collaboration with Working Loose in Blue Hill. Join me for a wild edible plantwalk to learn anbout what’s in season and then wind down with a foraged food tasting.
PLANTWALK
Isle au haut
May 10
Hosted by the Revere Memorial Library. Join me on an island for a wild edible plant walk. We will walk slowly to learn identification and end with a foraged refreshment and a look at some great foraging books. Walk occurs in between ferry trips!
JUNE EVENTS
Spring bizarre bazaar
Blue hill
June 14, 11-4
I’ll be selling foraged treats at this lovely spring sale
July EVENTS
FLOWERS AND CLAY
Langlais arts preserve, cushing, ME
July 18, 11-4
A guided foraging walk exploring summer flora and glacial marine clay, followed by a wild clay processing demonstration, and a shared Wild Food Picnic featuring clay-baked and floral inspired foods.
August EVENTS
Holdfast
Rockland, ME
August 7
Seaweed focused foraged reception for seaweed focused exhibition curated by Ian Ellis
Coastal foraging and weaving
Langlais arts preserve, cushing, ME
August 15,
An exploration of the edible and fiber producing plants of the coastal shoreline followed by a cattail-basket weaving workshop with Gabrielle Brown and a Wild Food Picnic featuring Rachel’s foraged coastal delicacies.
october EVENTS
The chef’s palate
Athens → peleponnese, greece
October 2-9
An Eco-Culinary Retreat with Chef Evan Mallett
& Forager Rachel Alexandrou
Acorns and salt
Langlais arts preserve, cushing, ME
October 17, 1-6
A sea salt-processing demonstration with guest Usha Beaudoin and a guided forest walk focused on October foraging staples like mushrooms and acorns followed by a Wild Food Picnic featuring fall savories and sweets.
currently on view…
Crystal Clutching
blue hill, Maine
Group show curated by Annika Earley and Em Gift. Termite woodblock prints on view alongside many other fabulous artist’s work until June 13.
What scares you will save you
Palazzo mora, venice italy
On view in conjunction with the 61st Venice Biennale, wild botanically dyed tufted rugs in collaboration with artist Arika VonEdler