{"id":7512,"date":"2022-07-07T18:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2022-12-15T21:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:20:02","slug":"new-dye-garden-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organicarts.org.uk\/projects\/posts\/new-dye-garden-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dye Garden Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In some of our creative sessions we often use plants and natural materials to dye fabric, cord or paper. We needed a dedicated space to grow dye plants for our projects. The Makers Group members sowed the dye seeds in April. We started them off in pots and pricked them out a few weeks later to grow them on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We began the build of the dye garden raised bed in May – constructing the frame with trustee Judith\u2019s expertise, using donated timber from South Devon. We were also kindly donated a delivered bucket of municipal compost from Shillingford Organics, which topped the raised bed off after a layer of top soil from West Town Farm – deriving from some nutritious leaf mould.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the beginning of June we planted the bed with The Makers Group, watering them in as we went. We have planted Dyers Chamomile (yellow), Weld (bright yellow), Coreopsis (orange-brown), Bronze fennel (beige), Tagetes Marigolds (gold), Hopi Black Sunflowers (purple\/grey) and Safflower (pink). The flowers are growing really well and are providing a pleasant backdrop to all groups and projects that visit OrganicARTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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