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This workshop is included in a DAY PASS or FULL WEEKEND PASS as part of Fiber & Folk Weekend. Please use the link below to purchase a pass. With your pass, you’ll be able to register for this workshop and others with no additional cost.
Fiber Weekend: Growing a Dye Garden / Natural Dyes 101
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.
Instructor: Bethany Hebbard
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.
Additional Workshop Details
All workshop materials are included.
This workshop is not eligible for use with a Deep River Folk School season pass.
Overnight Camping available for $20
The workshops cover knowledge and hands-on experience.
Youth, under 18, may not attend free with an adult. Instead, they should be registered independently.
