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Title
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Dye Garden at The Greenhouse Project, UCSC
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Artist
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Laurie A. Palmer
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Date
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2021, 2023
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Short Description
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A living site for growing natural dye plants, where artists, students, and community members harvest, experiment, and learn color-making together. Begun in 2021 and expanded to the Greenhouse Project at the UCSC Farm in 2023, it links art, ecological knowledge, and shared learning.
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Description
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Established in 2021 at Riverside Community Garden and expanded in 2023 at the Greenhouse Project at UC Santa Cruz, the Dye Garden explores the relationships between plants, natural pigments, artistic practice, and ecological stewardship. The garden cultivates madder, weld, woad, Japanese murasaki, and other dye-producing plants, providing materials for collective harvesting, experimentation, and natural dye workshops. Located within an intergenerational community space dedicated to art, food, and climate justice, the garden supports collaborative learning among artists, students, and community members. Through workshops, teaching, and ongoing cultivation, the project connects traditional dye knowledge with contemporary environmental art and socially engaged practice.
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Artwork Type
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Environmental Art
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Social Practice Art
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Community Initiative
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Materiality
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Plant Materials
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Natural Fibers
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Pigment / Mineral Pigment
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Climate & Ecology Themes
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Land Stewardship and Conservation
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Climate Justice
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Concepts
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Care and Reciprocity
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More-than-Human Relations
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Ecological Domain / Habitat
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Agricultural / Working Lands
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Methods & Approaches
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Collaborative / Co-Creation
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Community-Based Practice
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Education and Pedagogy
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Audience / Engagement Type
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Community
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Classroom and Formal Education
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Location
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Santa Cruz, California
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Geographic Scope
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Site-Specific / Single Site
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Rights
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Rights held by artist or creator
