Kudzu Culture

09/30/2026

All About Kudzu workshop and show/share this Sunday, October 4, 1 to 4 PM at The Walnut Community Center in Marshall, North Carolina!

This is a casual, no cost, community oriented event. If you would like to learn about kudzu, and/or share about what you make with kudzu, please join!

07/11/2026

07/09/2026

Summer ahoy! Join IvoRi of Afro Agriculture and LB of thekudzustand to learn and play with kudzu at Reed Creek Greenway in Asheville, NC, this Saturday July 11, 10am-1pm. Basket weaving instruction from IvoRi, and fiber rinsing instruction from LB. We will also collectively share kudzu knowledge and craft. Dress to harvest and get messy, bring a snack to share if you’d like, sun protection, and a cold bottle of water. And creek/water shoes if you got em!

Park at the Asheville, botanical Gardens and cross Broadway Street to the intersection of WT Weaver, and Broadway, we will be nearby on the Greenway and have a tent up. To arrange closer parking for access accessibility, call or text 828-280-7874.

Please register via Eventbrite, link in bio. Donations are most welcome! See you in the ‘zu!

(And apologies for the late notice – I have been turning feral and mostly off-line – trying to get back to regular online correspondence - LB 🌿🤓🌿)

09/21/2025

Feeling inspired from Kudzu Camp with today … a generative and nourishing afternoon with Atlanta-area kudzu curious creatives ... Collaborate with the abundance, and share with us what you learn and make with kudzu!

08/26/2025

Tips for kudzu blossom harvest:

- sometimes blossoms are nestled under leafs, so a good way to tell if blossoms are near is look on the ground for dropped petals, and then you know they are nearby

- Harvest away from busy roads and sprayed areas

- Harvest with good human friends

- Harvest in communion with nonhuman friends

- Take the time to shake the blossoms and lay them on screens while you continue harvesting so all the little bugs can stay close to their homes (this is especially important for kudzu beetles because if they are moved around another legume crop, like soy, they can potentially eat that)

- ask the tiny spiders to hop on your hand and move them back to a safe home

Harvesting 20 # fresh blossom for .. thanks to MM and CC for their help with this harvest.

Bonus: Harvesting kudzu blossoms also prevents seedpod development, thus reducing spread.

Thankful for the bounty and moments of peace in the ‘zu.

Happy harvesting!
- LB on behalf of

03/09/2025

Carolina Kudzu Crazy in Mooresville, NC tomorrow! Kudzu blossom jelly, syrup and glazes!

03/09/2025

Reeled in a big catch today with Jena! 🎣
Kudzu roots growing along treelines tend to be larger because when vines grow upward on the trees they do not root advantageously into the air as they would growing laterally on soil, instead energy is channeled into to a big root below the tree or pole.
In some cultivation traditions in Asia vines are purposefully trained upward to concentrate root development in mounds. Wild harvesters and root diggers (horiko-san) know how to find these large roots by following old growth vines and root crowns.
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03/07/2025

Whewee, it’s been challenging to stay optimistic and motivated amidst witnessing ecological collapse due to Anthropocentrism and the further unmasking of the technofascist state in the US… Alas, here we are! And we are still little animals in our habitats. These days it feels as though simple actions such as growing our own food, removing invasive species to foster growth of resilient native species, wild foraging for food, material and medicine, and tending to our immediate surroundings (including human and non-human species) can be radical acts.

We can also be the balm! Join Kudzu Culture and friends this weekend March 8th and 9th for two days of Community Through Kudzu:

Saturday March 8 ~ 2pm to 5pm ~ Marshall, NC at Fiberhouse Collective
Learn how to reverently dig kudzu roots and review the steps to make kudzu root starch ~ email [email protected] or text LB at 828-280-7874 to RSVP and for address / parking instructions

Sunday March 9 ~ 2pm to 5pm ~ Asheville, NC at Reed Creek Greenway entry by the intersection of Broadway and WT Weaver
Help remove old growth vines from trees, learn how to identify and harvest kudzu runner vines for basketry and other weaving, mark native species emerging within kudzu growth ~ email [email protected] or text LB at 828-280-7874 with any questions

03/07/2025

Join Kudzu Culture and friends this weekend March 8th and 9th for two days of Community Through Kudzu:

Saturday March 8 ~ 2pm to 5pm ~ Marshall, NC at Fiberhouse Collective
Learn how to reverently dig kudzu roots and review the steps to make kudzu root starch ~ email [email protected] or text LB at 828-280-7874 to RSVP and for address / parking instructions

Sunday March 9 ~ 2pm to 5pm ~ Asheville, NC at Reed Creek Greenway entry by the intersection of Broadway and WT Weaver
Help remove old growth vines from trees, learn how to identify and harvest kudzu runner vines for basketry and other weaving, mark native species emerging within kudzu growth ~ email [email protected] or text LB at 828-280-7874 with any questions