Garden and Harvest Basket Workshop

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Dates:	Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Saturday, May 24, 2025
Hours:	10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Ages:	Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Arts & Crafts

Learn the art of weaving and create a rattan and reed garden harvest basket.

Step-by-step instructions will teach you how to create your base, shape your basket, and weave the sides and handle.

All materials are included in this fun introduction to basket weaving class.

Meet Your Instructor: Bayda Asbridge Bayda Asbridge is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a wide range of mediums.

Bayda trained as an Asian brush painter who now teaches at Worcester Art Museum.

She has vast knowledge of painting, drawing, printmaking, Japanese weaving (Saori), mixed media, sculpture, installation, and basketry.

Her work has been recognized in several New England art institutions, giving her a well-rounded knowledge of all stages of artistic production, from conception through to presentation.

In 2011, Bayda was awarded the Frances Kinnicutt Travel & Study Award from Worcester Art Museum which she used to travel to England and study mixed media.

In 2021, she was awarded Mass Cultural Traditional Arts Award in Arabic Calligraphy.

In 2023, Bayda was awarded a grant from Mass Culture where she utilized it to learn traditional and modern basketry weaving.

Bayda continues her ever-growing career as an artist and as a member of the New England art scene.

COST

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$85 Member Adult | $99 Adult (includes admission to the Garden)

WEBSITE

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purchase.nebg.org/PatronEducation.aspx?pid=15045&cal=https%3a%2f%2fpurchase.nebg.org%3a443%2fcalendar.aspx

LOCATION

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11 French Drive, Boylston, MA, 01505 map
Phone: 508-869-6111

At New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA