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  • making n mending club at global gardens

    The summer season of making n mending gatherings at Global Gardens project allotment has started again, thanks to funding from the Ashley Family Foundation grant. We’ve started making a dye reference resource, dyeing scraps with garden plants and dye powders, to be kept in the classroom. Here’s what else is planned: 21st june making a…

    cat lewis

    June 22, 2023
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  • Growing flax

    After three weeks with no rain, i wasn’t expecting much… but the flax is up and looking okay! Thankfully there has been help with weeding and watering from St Fagan’s volunteers. We’re planning a flax pull session is Wednesday 23rd August – Around 98 days after sowing. We collected some of the beautiful woad seeds…

    cat lewis

    June 15, 2023
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  • flax seeding

    We’re planting… better late than never! After such a wet April, the field at St Fagan’s wasn’t ploughed until two weeks ago. So we gathered troops and have done two seed sowing sessions so far. This year we’re planting 200m sq – about double last year. We have three different seed lots: 1. 9m planted…

    cat lewis

    May 24, 2023
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  • flax at st fagans ‘23

    the plan this year

    cat lewis

    March 25, 2023
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    flax linen wales
  • The last of the ‘22 St Fagans Flax

    our llieinwe flax at St Fagan’s museum was planted on 11th may last year.planting flax seed in rowsflax after a month it was ready to pull on 11th august – 91 days later. a warm n sunny day. we dressed in linen hats and pinnys made by martine 🙏🏻after pulling easily, was stacked in the…

    cat lewis

    March 11, 2023
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    fibre, flax, linen, lliain, st fagans, sustainability
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