Foraging String Club 2025

5 months course

18 hours of live meetings with bonus content tailored to FSC participant’s progress.

This could include an extra live meeting in between scheduled sessions to focus on processing a particular fibre or recorded video tutorial, or teaching you a particular foraging or knot tying technique, and/or sending you reading material, book recommendations and similar other delights.

• 1,5 hours landing session

• 1 x 3 hours club session each month between July and November - 15 hours live calls

• 1,5 hours closing circle

7 x payment options

• trade-in calls, goods

• gift subscription

• free options (x3)

• 3 x instalment payments of £60 (July, September, November)

• 2 x instalment payments of £80 (July, October)

All meeting will be held online via zoom. This will be an invaluable opportunity to meet with others, share the learning journey of discovering your local landscape and grow your creative practice in cordage making in connection with others who will join this group. We will develop our skills with repeated regular practice of an endangered craft skill.

Each meeting will be recorded and stored on a private online archive, available for members to watch replays of each event.

In addition to the fortnightly live online meetings members will receive periodic FIBRE FOCUS emails between March and November to introduce you to a plant that is in season with info about plant ID, where you might find it locally and further guidance on how to prepare them for cordage making: tips on drying and processing the plant fibres.

Both beginner and established cordage makers or creative practitioners working with plant fibres are welcome to join. No prior experience necessary. This is an inclusive community welcoming participants of all ages, and from all backgrounds.

Why join this Foraging String Club when I could do this on my own?

You are welcome to do all of this on your own, of course. The value of this programme, amongst other benefits is receiving peer-to-peer support and showing up for something, together with others that brings us all joy and nourishment of community, while we learn a lot from each other as we go. As we are making string by hand together in the same space with others you can persevere through obstacles you encounter, ask for support when you face a barrier and receive guidance when you don’t know where to begin or how to continue. You can also share and celebrate others foraging journeys as we each learn more week to week about the more-than-human world around us. By joining a creative group endeavour, you invest in yourself, in your skill and contributions to others’ lives.

By participating in a group creative endeavour you model a behaviour to others that it is safe to join a community and foster connections with others. A creative community can become part of your support system and a place where you begin to thrive. A place where you can find inspiration and companionship. I cannot guarantee a specific outcome of your participation. All is can say it this - my experience taught me that everyone leaves with something more than what they arrived with. What you bring to the table with your active participation comes back to you multiplied. Foraging String Club is rooted in reciprocity.

This is your invitation to embark on a plant fibre journey in community. We will come together to make string and share nourishing moments of making by hand slowly. You might arrive with something to share or maybe only to sit and listen to the stories others bring of their own adventures. you may find a new an idea to pursue or lose yourself in deep reflection while occupying your hands with the wholesome ancient practice of making cordage.

Why isn’t there any sessions planned in Winter?

Many of the plants we forage in other seasons, especially in autumn remain available throughout the winter months. By the time next winter arrives to your door, you will know what grows in the landscape around you and I trust, you will be equipped to identify and continue gathering fibres on your daily walks if you choose to. However, it is said that ‘every mile in winter is two’ which means that the darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere is not the most inviting time of the year for harvest. I would invite you to gather more during the more abundant growing seasons of the year and preserve some of your harvest for the darker months of the year to work with.

What’s included in the programme?

In between our live zoom meetings online you will receive Fibre in Focus emails in your inbox and we have a friendly dedicated whatsapp group where members can share more with each other in between the bi-monthly meetings. I offer support and guidance on all aspects of foraging and cordage making. There is also peer-to-peer support within the group with inspiring chats, book recommendations, useful tips, etc.

What others say about the Foraging String Club:

'As someone who is already an experienced forager for culinary purposes I have found The Foraging String Club to be an extremely rewarding experience, teaching me that nature has so much more to offer than just what can be cooked. Hanna is a superb teacher with a wealth of knowledge on foraged fibres which she is happy to share in a very welcoming environment. For anyone who wants to engage more the natural world the foraging string club is an absolute must. Hanna will help you learn to notice the differing qualities of plants and trees and become more in touch with seasonal changes. I will definitely be signing up for the journey through the seasons next year and would highly recommend it!'

- Chris, Derbyshire

I would recommend The Foraging String Club as it’s an interesting concept to learn an ancient craft, to discover an appreciation of wild plants in the local landscape urban or country. Making the time to practise, to slow down and calmly create something authentic as part of a group is what I enjoy the most about our regular online meetings. I learnt about identifying and using different fibres, harvesting, preparation, technique and experimentation. 

- Karina, Kent

'From the moment I read about The Foraging String Club I knew it was going to be something special. It has been such a joy to learn to create cordage from foraged natural materials that are freely available and accessible to everyone. And I see our wild plants in a very different light, each more beautiful than before.

Hanna is an amazing artist and a wonderful teacher, even before our first online meeting any questions I had she answered. She gave clear instructions on how to gather plant fibres respectfully and responsibly. Hanna has an incredible wealth of knowledge which she shares generously, and she is always very encouraging and supportive.

Each meeting was relaxed and informative, I learned something new every week, wether it was about cordage making, the plants themselves or other little nuggets of information from the other participants. What I enjoyed most about our online meetings was the real sense of community, even though we were all joining from different places, for those 60 minutes each week we were together, together creating with our own hands, sometimes in silence and sometimes chatting. There was a gentle flow to the meetings, a beautiful way to spend our time together.

I have learned a lot about plant fibres, how each plant that I've worked with has its own character and unique traits. I have a new found respect for what I had considered common weeds! I really enjoyed foraging, gathering plant material for the following weeks meeting and have realised I am walking in nature differently, slower and more attentively. I am noticing plants and how even in the midst of winter some have already sprung into life. I am still gathering plant material to continue my cordage making journey and am already looking forward to the extended edition! I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this.'

- Anonymous, Ireland

If you have any further questions, feel free to get in touch via email or contact me directly on instagram

FSC video archives

For participants of previous Foraging String Clubs, here are links to resources and video archive pages: