The Invasive Dye Project is one of the key elements of the collective’s Dye Program that supports its long term growth and success!
Ensure an abundant supply of dye stock for the program while the Dye Grower’s Network project gets up to speed growing dye stocks for locally rare colours (red, blue, purple)
Create a material incentive to identify, map, and systematically strip out all major invasive plant populations capable of producing any colour
Supply the collective with a ready supply of biomass for other key projects, such as composting and biochar production
Create a material incentive to identify, map, and systematically strip out all major invasive plant populations capable of producing any colour
Dye Plants in Curious Spaces
A project that was run in Guelph, Ontario in 2021 surrounding the experimental utilization of commonly found plants, including a number of invasive species.