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we grow our gardens and learn by doing. ♥

Verftuin de Wilde Weelde

Natural Dye Garden in the making ♥

Plant List

  • Corresponding list in Dutch, mainly to index the plants in my garden de Wilde Weelde: the ones already present, the ones I would like to add and the ones I’d rather not.

    *Because of my project with Voedselbos Mariahoeve, I used the layering of a Food Forest to categorise the different types of plants, but the (possible) dye plants are listed seperately.

001 Wede
002 Echte Guldenroede
003 Calendula / Goudsbloem
004 Akkergoudsbloem
081 Indigo
005 Grote Brandnetel
006 Stinkende Gouwe
007 Melde / Ganzenvoet
093 Vlas

Timeline

  • 2024

     

    Something borrowed, something blue...

    After working in many gardens over the years, October 2024 I was lucky enough to start one that I could really call ‘my own’. I decided to get to know it first, by observing it in all seasons.

  • 2025

     

    Index & Structure

    2025’s focus was restructuring the garden and indexing the plants. The only dye plants introduced were Calendula, Woad and Goldenrod, because it turned out to be very abundant already ♥︎.

  • 2026

     

    Redefining ‘Dye Plants’

    In 2026 I’m going to start making natural inks from the plants in(- and outside) my garden. Some being traditional ‘dye plants’, others personal favorites.

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