Dye garden ideas

A natural dye garden will give you eco-friendly, natural dye pigments for textiles, knitting yarns, soap, and more. Add one to your backyard.

Planning a dye garden can seem like a big undertaking. Join me as I make my plan and share the resources I found helpful. Dyeing wool with plants grown from our own garden is so exciting!

In a town crackling with talented creatives of all types, Amanda de Beaufort stands out. Professionally known as Dyekween, Amanda is the textiles artist be

Have you ever thought about extracting color from plants? If so, you might have even considered cultivating your own dye garden. While a vegetable or herb garden's purpose is to produce food, a dye...

Did you know you can create your own basic dyes and paint colors right at home? That’s right. Dyes and pigments can be concocted from plants, fruits, and other natural surroundings, which makes them safer and more environmentally-friendly as well. This post shares all you need to know!

How to turn plants like lavender, nettles, goldenrod, and elderberries into natural dyes for fabrics like cotton, linen plus wool and silk. Use this starter guide to begin creating botanical dyes from your garden.

Learn what to use to naturally dye fibers, fabrics and yarns with this list of natural dye yielding plants. Flowers, leaves, barks, roots, bugs and kitchen scraps that make beautiful colors. Dye material options, tutorials and information to get started with your natural dyeing adventures.

You can create your own natural fabric dyes with plants you can find in your own flower garden. We've created a list of common flowers that can be used to make your own dyes for any DIY or craft projects. Take a look, you might already have some of these flowers growing in your garden!

These seven medicinal herbs also benefit your natural dye garden. Grow your natural dye with these medicinal herbs.