About this Event
Are you interested in Natural Dyes? Gardening? Community?
At Still Moon's Gardeners' Gatherings, we W**d, water and maintain the Colour Me Local Dye Garden. Volunteers work together to tend the garden and discuss gardening tips and questions.
At many of these gatherings, we bring a dye pot and fabric strips so we can experiment with natural dyeing while we work! At other sessions, you will be able to take home seeds or flowers to transplant into your own garden. or balcony.
We have a special project this year: making the garden more water-efficient and drought-resistant. At many of our garden sessions, you will have the opportunity to create clay irrigation pots (Ollas). These pots will be buried in the garden beds, where they can be filled with water that will slowly be released into the soil's root zone. We'll also discuss tips for waterwise gardening.
The Schedule (tentative since the weather affects garden timing):
- Saturday, April 26, 9:30 am -11:30 am | Prepare Beds for Planting, Compost Discussion, Take home Golden Rod & Lupin
- Saturday, May 10, 9:30 am -11:30 am | Plant Seedlings, Sow Seeds, Make Clay Irrigation Pots
- Saturday, May 31, 9:30 am -12:30 pm | W**d, Final Planting, Make Clay Irrigation Pots
- Saturday, June 14, 9:30 am -11:30 am | W**d, Dye Experiments
- Saturday, June 21, 9:30 am -12:30 am | W**d, Summer Solstice Strawberry Feast
- Saturday, July 5, 9:30 am -11:30 am | W**d, Dye Experiments
- Saturday, July 19, 9:30 am -11:30 am | W**d, First Indigo Harvest, Dye Experiments with Indigo on Silk
- Saturday, August 9, 9:30 am -11:3 0am | W**d, Harvest, Natural Dye Experiments
- Saturday, August 23, 9:30 am -11:30am | W**d, Harvest, Natural Dye Experiments
- Saturday, September 13, , 9:30 am -11:30am | W**d, Harvest, Natural Dye Experiments
- Saturday, October 11, 9:30 am -11:30am | Clean Up, Seed Harvest, Take some seeds home to grow your own plants for dyeing or otherwise enjoying.
The Garden:
Still Moon's Colour Me Local Dye Garden will be bumping with crops of Coreopsis tinctoria, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Rubia tinctoria, or Persicaria tinctoria over the summer and fall.
Join us to start this beautiful process starting April!
The Invitation:
Join the Still Moon team for some fun getting your hands dirty, while connecting with other gardeners in the community. Play outside with us and take your knowledge to your own garden spaces!
Notes:
- This is a free-to-attend experience
- Wear weather-appropriate clothing & closed-toed shoes
- Bring a water bottle and a hat for hot weather
- Food will not be provided. Feel free to bring your own snacks
- Tools will be provided. Feel free to bring some if you have (gardening gloves, hand trowels, knee pads/mat to kneel on if you have one)
>> If you play an instrument, feel free to bring it along and join in with the chorus of neighbours who jam in the garden!
>> You can choose to attend one or all of the gatherings, that's up to you!
Accessibility:
- The Colour Me Local Dye Garden is an unpaved grass garden located in the northwest corner of Renfrew Ravine Park, and wheelchairs may require assistance.
- There is free parking in the neighbourhood.
- Washrooms are not available onsite, but can be found at the Renfrew Community Centre located 5 minutes away (~300 meters)
- There are benches available.
About Colour Me Local Dye Garden:
Still Moon’s Colour Me Local Dye Garden, located on the West Side of the Renfrew Ravine, is a community engaged initiative focused on planting, maintaining, harvesting, processing and using plants most known for their pigments. In addition to natural dye extraction, the garden supports pollinators, insects and wildlife, and is home to many Indigenous plants stewarded by our Indigenous neighbours.
About Still Moon Arts Society
Still Moon Arts Society mobilizes community and creates positive change through eco-arts and environmental stewardship programming, and produces the annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival. Still Moon is a registered charity whose mission is to inspire vibrant and connected communities by creating artistic experiences and nurturing a passion for nature.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Colour Me Local Dye Garden, 3958 Renfrew Street, Vancouver, Canada
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