Gardeners' Gathering at the Natural Dye Garden

Are you interested in Natural Dyes? Gardening? Community?

At Still Moon's Gardeners' Gatherings, we weed, 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.

Exact activities depend on the plants and the weather, which are unpredictable. This session will likely feature: Tidy up the Garden, Sowing Seeds.

Still Moon's Colour Me Local Dye Garden is a community-engaged natural dye garden and art space tended by Still Moon Arts Society volunteers. In the spring the garden comes alive with bright tulips, hyacinth, and elderberry. It will be bumping with crops of Coreopsis Madder, and Indigo over the summer and fall.

Join the Still Moon team for some fun, get your hands dirty, and connect 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, sunblock 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)
• There are 9 sessions each year. 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 Public Library 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.