Willow cuttings
We have been growing willow for basketry since 1994 at Dunbar Gardens. As Katherine became interested in willow basketmaking, she realized she would need to grow her own materials since very little...
View ArticleSkib for Groundhog Day
Greetings from the Skagit Valley on Groundhog Day. Or is it Candelmas? Or a celebration of the Irish Goddess Brigit? Or Saint Brigit? It is certainly a point in the year when we are thinking about the...
View ArticleBasketry demonstration day at BAM
Katherine was invited to participate in a basketry demonstration day at the Bellevue Arts Museum this past Saturday, Feb. 7. Another one of a series of events surrounding one of BAM’s current exhibits:...
View ArticleSpring Retreat
Katherine recently attended the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild Spring Retreat. She was the teacher of two classes at this annual event. Over 100 basketmakers came to take classes, weave, and socialize...
View ArticleOpen in April
April is the Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley and Dunbar Gardens is open.
View ArticleGrant writing workshop
This past Sunday we went to a grant writing workshop sponsored by Skagit Artists Together. Katherine is a member of SAT and had suggested awhile back a workshop on grant applications which she agreed...
View ArticleGrand champion
Katherine recently won the Grand Champion ribbon in the professional basket maker division of the home arts competitions at the Puyallup Fair, or officially the Western Washington Fair. She won the...
View ArticleFestival of Family Farms
This past weekend Katherine was at the farm of our friends Eddie and Todd Gordon as part of the annual Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms. Every year about a dozen farms in the valley host an open...
View ArticleBike friendly basket
Katherine has donated this willow bicycle basket to a benefit auction for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, “advocates for a bike-friendly Washington”. She was asked to donate by Liz McNett Crowl the...
View ArticleSkagit Valley Tulip Festival
April brings us the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. I photographed these beautiful Golden Apeldoorn tulips just around the corner from Dunbar Gardens. This field is located next to McLean Road and has...
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