Growing a Dye Garden
About Growing a Dye Garden
Learn how to cultivate a rainbow of dyes in your own back yard! Drawing on permaculture and regenerative farming practices, we will discuss how to create a local, abundant source of color for all your fiber crafts. From planning your garden and building your soil, to harvesting your plants and using their pigment, this course offers a full range of information. We will focus on the cultivation and use of the classic dye plants (indigo-bearing species, woad, madder, and weld), as well as plants suited for work with children, food coloring and more. We'll also cover dye-assist plants, useful as mordants, binders, and more. Participants will receive a dye garden handbook (20+ pages with color photos) as well as a packet of dye seeds to grow on their own.
The capacity for this class is 30 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
Pen or pencil.
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $10 which includes:
Dye garden handbook (20+ pages with color photos and comb binding), seeds
Pre-class Homework
Students should think about where they might want to grow their dye garden (in-ground, containers), etc., as well as ponder the question, "For what purpose(s) do I want to grow dye plants?"
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 15
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
This workshop is suited for experienced fiber artists looking for a “green edge” for their craft, or beginners eager to dive in. No gardening experience is necessary.
Contact the Teacher
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When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Expo 10
How It Works
Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Bethany Hebbard
Gardening host Bethany Joy Hebbard is a knitter, sewist, and dyer. Her husband is a permaculture-trained farmer, and together they keep a large garden on their suburban homestead in Jamestown, North Carolina. Bethany has a strong love of local fibers and dye traditions, and teaches classes on cultivating dye plants, fresh-leaf indigo, and more.
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