What a special afternoon it was for a nice-sized gathering of Seabrook Island Garden Club members! On Friday, November 17, at the Oyster Catcher Community Center, a fall and holiday wreath workshop was facilitated by Lucie Kulze of Lucie’s Very Own.
Born and raised in Charleston, Lucie quickly discovered as a child that her true home was in the untamed lands of the Lowcountry. Out of awe and gratitude for our earth, she began crafting wreaths in 2013 and officially established ‘Lucie’s’ in 2022. She primarily creates wreaths using native and naturalized plants foraged from the forests and fields around her home in the ACE Basin of South Carolina.
At this workshop she provided a wonderful plethora of local clippings including groundsel bush (a dried white flower), panic grass, chestnut oak acorns, bushy bluestem grass, yaupon holly, magnolia, and dried solidago (goldenrod).
You will sometimes find her adding splashes of color from flowers grown in her garden or in her neighbor’s garden. In everything she makes, she aims to showcase the beauty of where she came from, and hopes that her work inspires a sense of wonder, respect, and reverence for our planet. She deeply enjoys sharing her passion for nature with others, and this is obvious when she leads a workshop. Her wreaths are an expression of what she sees and feels in her bones when she’s in her element, immersed in nature….inspired, intrigued, and in love.
You can sign up for classes or shop wreaths via her website by clicking here. For inquiries, email luciesveryown@gmail.com.
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-Submitted by Beth Wright Seabrook Island Garden Club, Publicity
(Image Credit: SIGC)