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Are you intrigued about the crossover between natural dyeing and herbalism? Well, soapmaking is a fantastic bridge between the two crafts. Imagine ...

Last week I met artist Lucy Augé for the first time. I've been a fan of her botanical artwork for years and it turns out that she lives close by. I...

I moved home a few weeks ago and have been organising lots of fairly urgent house renovations. What do home decorating and natural dyeing have in c...

Update: the magazine is now available to order here. I have something very special to share with you today… I’ve been secretly working on a project...

This summer I've made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of b...

  There's something that I need to tell you... Over the last few days I've made the big decision to stop making Plants Are Magic magazine. Whi...

I'm delighted to introduce the first in a series of interviews called THE NATURE CREATIVE. The first guest is Rebecca Fisher who is the maker at Nu...

Find out how I made a botanical mandala print on fabric using the flower hammering/pounding technique. Follow along with my steps and create your o...

One of my favourite plants to dye with in the spring is the stinging nettle - it's one of the plants I most look forward to. The leaves give me a s...

Given how dandelion flowers stain hands, I was interested to see how well they worked as a dye. I've been collecting dandelions for weeks and ke...