FARM-FRESH NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP- Exploring the VVF RAINBOW
FARM-FRESH NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP- Exploring the VVF RAINBOW
When:
Saturday. June 29th. 10am-2pm.
Explore the local color palette of summer in this low-water, high-impact workshop with plants and flowers freshly harvested at the farm. Including but not limited to marigolds, holly hocks, sulfur cosmos, coreopsis & Japanese Indigo!
What to expect:
We’ll spend the day harvesting fresh color from the fields, learn dye plant pigment chemistry, and complete a local color rainbow sampler with various fibers and mordants using a low-water, hands-on extraction method.
Bring: sun hat, water bottle, apron, sack lunch, shoes/ clothes suitable for dyeing.
Optional: U-pick dye plants for sale post-workshop.
*Sliding scale for BIPOC Community Members (please email info@vibrantvalleyfarm.com for details.
CANCELLATION Protocol: Farming and course prep is a seasonal journey and we offer folks the opportunity to use their class fee for another course in the future.