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Garden Tour: Growing indigo and flax with Indigo Garden

  • Higham Hill Common Allotments Green Pond Road London, England, E17 6EN United Kingdom (map)

Free. Arrive at 3:30pm, late arrivals will not be able to join due to locked access.

Together with textile designer First Principals we've been growing flax for the first time down at the Indigo Garden this year. Come and discover the harmonious pairing of indigo and linen and learn more about hand processed fibres and dye plants. We'll be demonstrating how to process flax and extract indigo from the leaves using the fresh leaf method. Get to know the different species and varieties we grow in the garden and spend time communing in nature with a cup of indigo tea!


About INdigo Garden

Indigo Garden London is a creative learning space that allows us to showcase the natural beauty of slow craft and bring the alchemic science of dyeing to life through communal art making. We grow a variety of indigo and other dye bearing plants as well as flax for making linen.

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ABOUT First Principals

First Principals started in Utrecht as a sustainable clothing project. Now based in London, we strive to operate as a vertically integrated clothing company. This means that our ultimate objective is to have complete control of the production chain, from the seed to garment. Our ideal company would grow natural fibres, harvest them, process them into yarn, weave (or knit) the yarn into fabric, and finally stitch the fabric into finished garments. We are aware that achieving this objective alone is a monumental task. For this reason, we are working with a number of collaborators and establishing a community of like-minded makers. By pulling together, and each providing expertise at different stages of the production chain, we are hopeful that we can produce clothing in a radically transparent and responsible manner.

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