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Video From Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Growing Dye Plants From Seed

FEEDBACK FRIDAY Goes Live March 27th

Join us this week, March 27th, 9am Pacific, for a live FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Let’s social distance ourselves from the realities of what’s outside our homes and talk all things natural dyes. What could be better? If you are not familiar with FEEDBACK FRIDAY, every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community. Weekly, all of your burning questions are answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors. Both Kathy and Amy DuFault, Botanical Colors’ Sustainability and Social Media Director will be on hand to moderate and answer questions this week. Hopefully, the two … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Aluminum Acetate Substitute & Using Recyclables For Seed Cups

This week: Substitutes for aluminum acetate and using recyclables for natural dye seed cups

Covid-19 update from Botanical Colors

Covid-19 update from Botanical Colors Greetings from Seattle – ’nuff said about that. We are heartbroken that so many of our dear creative friends are feeling the fear and uncertainty of the outbreak. It is a crazy time, and not knowing what’s going to happen is unnerving. We are doing okay, and taking an abundance of health precautions. The weather is sunnier, daffodils are in bloom and the Winter Daphne (Daphnia odora) is delighting us with her amazing fragrance. Those simple things are lifting our spirits during these difficult times. The dog is delighted that we are around a lot … Read more

madder root in different forms on a pile of deep red fabrics and yarns

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Clean Dye Studios and Vinegar Post-Bath For Everything?

This week: Clean dye studios, saturated color and vinegar post-bath for everything?

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Dyeing With Fugitive Color and Pre-Making Dye Extracts

This week: Dyeing with fugitive color and pre-making dye extracts for a later date

Our Plastic Packaging Journey

Botanical Colors has been on a mission to eliminate our single-use plastic packaging. But this has not been an easy journey. Our quest has been fraught with false starts and setbacks and claims that haven’t been exactly true. The hardest part is that as a small company there are some options that are out of our reach. It all started with the basics: what were our options instead of single-use plastic? Could we eliminate 100% of our single use plastic packaging? Does the technology even work with our water-phobic powders? We spoke with eco-conscious packaging companies from Seattle to Israel, … Read more