Thank you for your reflections, Megan. 💛 On a walk last week, I snipped some grapevine to make a wreath, and I thought of you in the act. Thank you for the ways you invite us all to commune with the natural world, and to live in gratitude for what surrounds us.
I love that you went and made a grapevine wreath. It has been a weekly ritual in the garden class with the students to end by hunting for grapevines and trimming them to make wreaths. It is one of my favorite ways to connect with nature this time of year. The way they give to a shape is really magical to feel. Glad I was there with you in thought. Excited to see you next week :)
So many things came up from reading this newsletter!
Braiding sweetgrass was just an amazing book, thank you for introducing it Megan, that chapter also marked me and rereading that section brought me back to the first time I read it in 2021 and how hard it had hit me.
Also, i don’t have grapevines in my area, do you have any ideas of what else could be used as a plain base for wreaths?
That’s a great question!! You can use willow branches or young sapling branches from trees that are softer like poplar for instance. The branches should bend but not snap. If that makes sense
Thank you for your reflections, Megan. 💛 On a walk last week, I snipped some grapevine to make a wreath, and I thought of you in the act. Thank you for the ways you invite us all to commune with the natural world, and to live in gratitude for what surrounds us.
I love that you went and made a grapevine wreath. It has been a weekly ritual in the garden class with the students to end by hunting for grapevines and trimming them to make wreaths. It is one of my favorite ways to connect with nature this time of year. The way they give to a shape is really magical to feel. Glad I was there with you in thought. Excited to see you next week :)
So many things came up from reading this newsletter!
Braiding sweetgrass was just an amazing book, thank you for introducing it Megan, that chapter also marked me and rereading that section brought me back to the first time I read it in 2021 and how hard it had hit me.
Also, i don’t have grapevines in my area, do you have any ideas of what else could be used as a plain base for wreaths?
Thank you for all you share Megan!
That’s a great question!! You can use willow branches or young sapling branches from trees that are softer like poplar for instance. The branches should bend but not snap. If that makes sense