SPRING CLASSES OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!

Looking forward to seeing our sandwich-board sign around town soon!

Greetings! We hope this Spring newsletter finds you well and that you are enjoying the emerging sunshine and blossoming landscape. We are excited to announce a few classes that are open for registration today! Please read more to find our class lineup and registration.

In addition to upcoming classes, Tarweed has even more exciting updates to share! Read on to learn about our new home (!!!), community events platform, and a blog entry about planting a dye garden for adding vibrant and natural color to textiles and paper.

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PLANT A DYE GARDEN!

From pincushion flowers to dyer's chamomile to marigolds... keep reading to learn more about the many natural dyes that you can grow in your very own garden!

As we start seeds for this year’s garden and select seedlings from local nurseries, now is the time to consider another great reason to grow our own – dye color!

For centuries, botanicals have been a rich source of textile color but today the majority of our clothing and its color is synthetic, and we’re becoming increasingly aware of the effects of the microplastics they shed continuously. However, learning to dye with plant-based colors is a satisfying way to connect with the natural world, create beauty in our gardens, and besides – it’s fun!

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LAST WEEK OF OUR GIVING AND STORYTELLING SERIES!

Rose teaching her Pack Basket Weaving class (Summer 2023).

Thank you to everyone for their support thus far in our 2024 year-end series! Over the past five weeks, all but one of our Steering Committee members have shared their stories and connections with Tarweed Folk School in a weekly installment of email newsletters.

To close off our storytelling series for this year, Steering Committee member Rose Holdorf will share her telling of the Tarweed story, and how we all came together to build our past two years.

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