Natural Dyes
In the past, plants provided the dyes used to color fibers woven into cloth. The earliest known dyed fibers date to 2000 B.C. in Egypt. Many plants yield colorful dyes when crushed and heated in water. What plants and plant parts can be used as dyes? Participants will learn about common natural dyes, roam the garden and chose some plants for experimentation.

We’ll finish with a naturally tie-dyed creation!

Be ready to get messy as you create your own natural dyes from plants!

Reservations recommended. Ages 6 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $5 per child and member adult; nonmember adults cost $8 each. Call 692-2874 for reservations.

Title: Second Saturday– Botanical Bubbles
Start Time: 09:00 AM
Date: 2011-06-11
End Time: 12:00 PM

Imagine a time before soap was readily available.  How did humans clean their hair, skin, or eating utensils without soap?  If you have ever gone camping, you might have cleaned your dishes by scouring them with sand and rinsing them in a nearby stream.  But most of us are used to having shampoo, dishwashing liquid, bar soap, and other soap products available whenever we need them.  But how was soap invented?  And what products are added to soap to make it look pretty and smell so nice? 

Participants in this workshop will experiment by adding fragrance, dye, and botanical objects like flowers, seeds, and stems to their handmade soaps.

Children ages 6 and up.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.  Cost is $5 for children and member adults and $8 for nonmember adults. 

Reservations required.  Please call 692-2874 for your bubble at the squeaky clean workshop!

Title: Second Saturday
Description: “Creepy Crawly : Reptiles and Amphibians”
Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members

Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-05-08
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: “Botanical Buffet”
Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members

Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-06-12
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: “Pollinators”
Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members

Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-07-10
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-08-14
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-09-12
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-10-09
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-11-13
End Time: 12:00

Title: Second Saturday
Description: Monthly “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn together about the wonders of the natural world that surrounds us.

$5/person members
$8/person non-members
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2010-12-11
End Time: 12:00