Stretford Community Dye Garden
About the project
PROJECT TITLE: Stretford Community Dye Garden
LOCATION: Trafford
FUNDING: Awarded £40,000 in Round Four of the Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund
DELIVERED BY:Â Stitched Up Community Benefit Society Ltd
The idea
The Stretford Community Dye garden is a partnership project between Stitched Up Community Benefit Society and Friends of Victoria Park Stretford, CIC Charity.
The goal is to create a permanent community dye garden within Victoria Park. The project will increase local people’s access to quality green space and provide an opportunity to learn about growing and using plants to dye fabric and more.
There will be weekly volunteer sessions during the growing season and regular learning sessions throughout the year.
Alongside the garden, the group will create an open-access online knowledge bank about natural dyeing.