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The adventures of a Bavarian textile artist in Yorkshire. Posting about textiles, art, design, nature, cooking, camping, designing and making, working with colour, texture, patterns and paints.
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We can’t wait to watch it grow — and hope we’ll harvest a vibrant artist’s palette later this year! 🌸🌿
Little seedlings growing in the North Courtyard of the UL A plan for the Dye Garden of the UL. There are four beds planted with: Dyer's Chamomile, Safflower, Woad, Weld, Saffron, Calendula, Cornflower and Madder.
May 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Our brand-new Dye Garden is coming to life! With guidance from colleagues across the UL, and
@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, our Conservation team has planted traditional dye plants once used in manuscript painting. 🎨

#CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #DyeGarden
A member of the UL's Conservation team planting a seeding in a flower bed. A paper bag full of seeds ready to be planted. Little seedlings growing in the courtyard of the UL. We see a wooden plant label that says: "The Dye Garden".
May 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Time to get the last potatoes out of the ground.

Kartoffelernte.
Harvest 2024.
#potatoes #gardening
Some potatoes that have just been dug up lying on top of the soil.
September 1, 2024 at 11:14 AM