living with nature
Susannah lives off-grid on a canal boat on the Grand Union canal just outside London with eight quails. She uses plants along the towpath for natural dyes.
Workshops and talks
I offer workshops and talks for adults and children about organic and permaculture gardening and traditional crafts. Book me here.
Dyeing with reds and yellows workshop
Saturday 26th April
Spring 2025 workshops
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Reds and yellow natural dye workshop
Learning about red and yellow that comes from plants
Saturday 26th April 12.30pm-4.30pm
£60 (use code SPECIAL for £10 discount)
Calthorpe Community Garden, Kings Cross
Very few plants produce a red dye. We’ll be using the traditional Madder to produce a range of reds and pinks. The roots of madder have been used for thousands of years in England because the plant is hardy enough to survive our winters.
We’ll dip-dye to blend with yellow from Weld and over-dye to create oranges.No experience necessary.
You’ll take away two silk scarves you’ve dyed.
Woad and Weld workshop on Sunday 9th March: blues from woad, yellows from weld, greens overdyeing both and reds/pinks from madder.
Feedback
“Absolutely exalted, it was more than I hoped for, and all I wished for!”
“Thank you – really enjoyed it!”
Susannah’s teaching style was
“Excellent”
“Really accessible – clear & open to questions”
“Coaxing… not dogmatic except when it mattered”
This silk scarf has been dyed with madder, a traditional plant dye that uses roots from the madder plant (Rubia tinctorum). It is a beautiful red colour
The size of the scarf is 114cm x 28cm.
This silk scarf has been dyed with woad, a traditional plant dye that uses the leaves of the Woad plant (Isatis tinctoria).
The size of the scarf is 114cm x 28cm.
This silk scarf has been dyed with weld, a traditional plant dye that uses the weld plant (Reseda luteola). It is a beautiful yellow colour
The size of the scarf is 114cm x 28cm.
