Priscilla Woolworth is a green goddess: for decades now, she’s been speaking out about the climate crisis and coming up with artful, approachable ways to avoid waste at home. An LA transplant in upstate NY, she lives at River’s Edge Farm, which, in her words, is “a climate-resilient, carbon-neutral, zero-waste, composting, organic vegetable and medicinal plant mini farm.”
From her 1790s farmhouse, Priscilla puts out The Newsletter, her tip sheet of healthy choices and promising environmental news; holds workshops on “the what, why, and how of everything growing here”; and runs The Rabbit Hole, her tiny shop of homemade natural goods (retail runs in her family).
Priscilla also frequently entertains and a DIY of hers recently caught our eye on Instagram: for an outdoor dinner party, she set her table with things found on the ground and rescued from the trash bin. Take a look.
Photography courtesy of Priscillia Woolworth (@priscillawoolworth).
The pieces of bark are 6 to 8 inches long and the letters, spaced by eye, are an inch tall: “you want to make a statement,” says Priscilla. She warns that the bark breaks easily: “look for sturdy pieces and gather extras; if they’re dirty, just wipe them carefully with a damp cloth.”
Priscilla notes that she always smooths out and saves any reusable paper—grocery bags, crinkled kraft packing paper—to decorate with stamps or paint as wrapping paper and placemats. “Newspaper is also good, but it’s nice to start with a blank canvas.”
Here are Three Uses for Citrus Peel from Priscilla.
More table setting ideas:
- Steal This Look: Tiina’s Summer Tabletop Setting
- An Autumnal Tablescape in an Old Cathedral, Courtesy of David Stark and Jane Schulak
- The High/Low Table: 11 Ideas to Steal from Hudson Valley Harvest Dinners
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