We're creating a Community Dye Garden in Victoria Park, Stretford.  Natural dyeing is the process of using plants and flowers to create natural colours to dye fabrics, paper etc... We've been growing the garden for a year and we'd love for you to join us!

You can find out more about the project, read the blog and join the forum on our website: https://stretfordcdg.wordpress.com/

The garden is located in Victoria Park in Stretford M32 0AD, What3words /// hike.leaves.festivity

We've got lots of different ways to get involved, which I've listed below and you can help out with the following as little or as much as you like!

Gardening Sessions
If you'd like to get your hands muddy we run gardening sessions on a few Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the month. No gardening experience required!
During these sessions you'll help us prep, plant and maintain the garden. This is a great way to get hands-on with nature, meet new people and enjoy some free refreshments in the cafe after! Please dress for the weather. We have tools you can use but feel free to bring your own if you'd like.

Evening Socials
We also run a monthly evening social session where the focus will be more on the dyeing aspect of the project, as well as prepping for events, workshops and planning for the future of the garden, again no experience required and everyone is welcome.

Using the Garden
If you're a natural dyer yourself please feel free to come and pick plants from the garden for use in your own practice - the garden is a communal resource for local natural dyers. Please just be mindful of others and just take as much as you need. 

Natural Dye Forum
We are also setting up and running a Dyer's forum where we can share knowledge and results of natural dye experimentation - please share your successes, failures and experiments with us so we can continue to grow this bank of knowledge: 
https://stretfordcdg.wordpress.com/natural-dye-forum/

Work Experience/ Longer-term Volunteering
Finally if you're looking for a project/ work experience or longer-term volunteering, we're looking for volunteers who would like to help lead the gardening team or run some skill-sharing sessions focused on natural dyeing.

Once you've signed up I'll get in touch and send you a link to our volunteer portal - thanks!