Indigo dyes – THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE

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The True Colours of Natural Indigo, or what can you do with your Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) fresh leaves extraction

My name is Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw, I am a natural dyer and a dye plant grower (small scale) from Glasgow (Scotland). I took to grow Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) and Woad (Isatis Tinctoria) a number of years ago and last year in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanical garden. It is purely educational, I likeContinue reading “The True Colours of Natural Indigo, or what can you do with your Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) fresh leaves extraction”

Sharing eco wisdom… teaching my eco technique to local pupils

This week was a special one, quite a busy one in fact as well as hosting “The True Colour of the Cotinus” Exhibition at the Glasgow Botanical garden and a Cotinus printing masterclass I had the very great privilege to welcome the S1 pupils of a local school for a two days workshop in BotanicalContinue reading “Sharing eco wisdom… teaching my eco technique to local pupils”

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From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland

Ashley Walker from Nature’s Rainbow says in his blog that “Japanese Indigo, Persicaria tinctoria or Polygonum tinctoria is a frost tender member of the knotweed family. Originally from China and Vietnam it likes to grow in warm moist climates,… ” and for that reason and others I always had in mind it would not grow in Scotland. After practisingContinue reading “From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland”