Growing Food & Community: plants for natural dyes session

As well as growing plants for food, you may be interested in growing plants for natural dyes, enabling your community to colour clothing and other natural fibres with local ingredients.

This practical session will cover:

• An introduction to growing plants for dyes
• Some examples of plants and their use as dyes
• A chance to try some eco-printing and understand one process for using natural dyes 

Have you ever wondered how you can use plants to make natural dyes for your fabrics? Join expert natural dyers from Sewing Cafe Lancaster’s Living Colour Team on Saturday 28th June, 11am-1pm at Claver Hill Community Farm, and learn all about the plants that grow locally, how to extract colours from them, and how to create beautiful fabrics that are good for you and the planet!

Date: Saturday 28 June 2025 11:00am – 1:00pm.
Location: Claver Hill Community Farm, Ridge Lane , Lancaster, LA1 3JY.

Book your place via TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/EKNF