I believe that everyone can be creative and connect to nature through basket making using natural materials. Basket making is fun, relaxing and provides an avenue for spontaneous self-expression. It is deeply rewarding and extends our understanding and respect for the environment through the very tactile approach demanded by this craft.

Through the eyes of a basket-maker our gardens yield a wonderful and seemingly endless array and supply of materials. Plant form, colour and texture can often provide a wonderful source of inspiration for basketry creations. Vines with interesting tendrils, lichen encrusted twigs and leaf blades that have fascinating colours like purples in Kniphofia, pinks in Iris and the dramatic orange horns of Dracaena draco. These can be used to great effect in projects that are as individual as their creators. Who would have thought that fallen pine needles and Jacaranda leaf stalks, corn husks and leaves from Daylilies, Kangaroo Paws and weedy plants like Watsonia could all be crafted into beautiful useful objects.