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Renee Baumann
Renee is a Catskills-based designer, chef, and nature enthusiast with a passion for wild plants and fungi. Trained as both an architect and a chef, she brings a creative, interdisciplinary flair to everything she does—whether she’s crafting baskets from local plants, illustrating mushrooms in watercolor, or whipping up delicious meals from foraged ingredients. Renee teaches workshops on identifying, cooking with, and even weaving with plants and fungi growing in the Catskills. She’s also the co-author and illustrator of Befriending Fungi, a Pocket Guide (created with Catskill Fungi’s John Michelotti), a visual guide for beginners who want to learn about mushrooms. Find more of her work @renee_makes_things on instagram.