A Gathering Place for the Acorn Community

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Acorn Dye it!

Acorns are edible and indelible. Check out this naturally, fashionably great workshop taught by the amazing Maggie Ruth Haaland…

Sunday, November 19, 2023 at the Elliot School: was an introduction into the world of natural dyeing and local color! Rooting into the energy of late Fall and useing acorns and oak leaves harvested from the Eliot schoolyard to coax color onto cloth. We learned basics of natural dyeing, including making a dye bath, the mordanting process, and eco-printing with leaves, and getting to know more about the mighty oaks growing just outside the door. Participants also had the chance to play around with acorn ink on paper. Beginners and intermediate dyers were welcome. Class taught by the honorable herbalist Maggie Ruth Haaland

Visit the Elliot School website to look for future offerings: https://eliotschool.org/classes/acorn-dye-bath-exploring-natural-colors-fall-1f23

Acorn Harvesting & Processing Workshop: Sunday October 8th 2023 from 1-4pm

Come learn how to make ACORNS delicious!

Sunday’s activities will include an acorn gathering “how to” walk and processing demonstrations. There will be acorn foods to sample and recipes to share.

We will start at 1PM with a brief gathering walk. We will identify how to tell a “good” (for eating) acorn from a “bad” one, and tools & techniques for gathering efficiently – with a light footprint. Topics of discussion will include New England Oak Ecology and other forest news.

The walk, talk, and workshops are FREE. Space is limited, please register at Eventbrite

2–3 PM will be inside the dance barn:  demonstration of acorn processing and storage methods, using equipment found in most households.  Recipes to share.

3-4PM  Storage solutions for your acorn product & Acorn food and beverages to sample.

WHAT TO BRING: Dress for the weather (gloves, rain-coat, etc). We’ll have plenty of acorns to work with. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO BRING ACORNS GATHERED ELSEWHERE so everyone can learn – and use the Cooperative’s Davebilt nut-cracker to shell them.

REGISTER to attend 🙂