Feb 23rd, 2013

Botanical Dye & Weaving at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Garden volunteer Judith Towers volunteering today educating about botanical dye and weaving.
Can you believe that the eucalyptus plant dyes wool this rust color?

One more thing Judith told me? You techies will love this. The idea for a computer, originally came from a loom.  Cool!

Can you believe that the eucalyptus plant dyes wool this rust color?

Plus a shaw made entirely from mushroom dye!

A shaw made entirely from dye made from mushrooms. Amazing!

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Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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