The Dye Garden
A Verb for Keeping Warm features a lively dye garden on the store's back patio. We grow most of the plants from seed in the Spring. Adrienne Rodriguez teaches a dye gardening class in Summer that incorporates the backyard bounty. We use the garden to educate local school children, customers, and interested folks in our neighborhood. AVFKW also offers a seasonal batch of yarn dyed with the plants as well! We encourage you to stop by and orient yourself with the possibilities of natural dyes.
We have an expanding year round dye garden that includes:
Yarrow and "Day of the Dead" Marigold
Indigofera tinctoria and Madder
Marigolds and Polygonum
Woad and Weld
Maroon Coreopsis and Tickweed
Dahlia and Hopi Black Dye Sunflower
