Plaited Handle Whisk Brooms

Whisk brooms are useful, attractive, and make great environmentally friendly tools for tending to a space. Some people like to keep one in their car, foyer, mudroom, or near their fireplace to clean up ashes. They are great for quickly cleaning tables and countertop surfaces or can be used to clean dust, dirt, and cobwebs from hard-to-reach spaces where a big broom can’t easily get, such as behind kitchen appliances or toilets. They make excellent housewarming or wedding gifts and can also be used in a ritual or sacred space for energetic clearing purposes. If you’ve never had a whisk, you are missing out on the joy and beauty of using these handcrafted tools!

Participants will design and make a plaited handle hawk tail whisk broom made with traditional broomcorn stalks, broomcorn straw, recycled cotton cord, and natural dried floral materials.

This class is open to total beginners as well as professional crafters.

TWO Scholarship spots are available to people of the global majority (PGM) and folks who have been displaced by recent disaster. You can reach out to Frea at freawild@gmail.com for more information and to secure your scholarship spot.

Age limit: 15+ or with special permission of instructor.

This class will exercise upper body muscles and will require use of both feet and hands while seated.

There is a minimum of three participants in order to hold this event and a maximum of ten participants.

An additional fee for materials provided by your instructor for this workshop is estimated at $20.00. This fee is payable to the instructor at the time of the workshop. Payment by cash, check, or venmo is required for materials fees.

More information about your facilitator, Frea Forager, instructor can be found at WildEarthCrafts.com

If you’ve never had a whisk, you are missing out on the joy and beauty of using these handcrafted tools!

Please contact Christiana Key at 423-493-9155 or email: ckey@crabtreefarms.org if you have any questions. 

Please Note: Sometimes, we don’t make the ticket minimum, therefore, we have to reschedule the class or cancel. Please check your email and spam folder 48 hours before scheduled class to see if there has been a change. Thank you!

Refund Policy: Refunds can be requested up to 7 days before the start of a workshop. The cancellation fee will be 10% of the ticket amount. To request a refund, please email Christiana Key: ckey@crabtreefarms.org. If you find that you can’t attend the workshop, but it is too late to request a refund, you are welcome to gift the workshop to someone else.