CAMDEN — Gardener Denise DeSpirito will lead an outdoor talk about the dye plants in the herb garden at Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, July 13, at 12 p.m.
Dye plants have long been an important part of Merryspring Nature Center. When the herb garden, Merryspring’s first cultivated garden, was originally planted it included a dye garden bed full of plants useful for adding color and vibrancy to textiles, yarns, and even food. After several years of neglect, the dye bed has been restored and updated to include 10 varieties of dye plants.
In this talk, Denise DeSpirito will speak about restoring the dye plant bed, the individual annuals, perennials, and biennials inside its borders, and how to grow these and other dye plants in the home garden.
DeSpirito is a gardener and herbalist. She has grown herbs all over the Northeast, including Avena Botanicals in Rockport, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York, and Farmacy Herbs in Rhode Island. She currently serves as Garden Manager at Merryspring.
This talk is part of Merryspring's Outdoor Summer Talk series, sponsored by The First National Bank. Outdoor Talks are held in a distanced manner in the Hexagon at Merryspring.
The cost of this program is $5 for the general public, with a free admission for Merryspring members. No preregistration is necessary for this event.
Merryspring is your community nature center offering walking trails, cultivated gardens, wildlife, and ecology and horticulture educational programs all year round. The park is located at the end of Conway Road, just off of Route 1 in Camden behind Hannaford Shopping Plaza. For more information on this program, please contact info@merryspring.org or call 207-236-2239.
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