Come along after hours to RHS Garden Bridgewater on select Thursdays throughout June, where you get the chance to spend an glorious summer evening in the garden. Alongside the garden being open into the summer evenings, each Bridgewater Late will explore exciting topics, workshops, talks and more.
Each late opening has a different theme and activities, so you should be able to find a Bridgewater Late that appeals to you. Bookings are split into 30 minute time slots, and once you have entered the garden, you are welcome to stay for as long as you wish until the garden closes at 9pm.
Bridgewater Lates Homegrown Homespun – Thursday 30 June
Enjoy an evening hearing all about innovative sustainable fashion project Homegrown Homespun at Brigewater. There will also be the chance to get hands on in an interactive workshop following the journey of plants to fabric through carding, spinning, dyeing and weaving.
Blackburn-based Homegrown Homespun project launched in 2020 as a collaboration between Justine Aldersey-Williams of The Wild Dyery and North West England Fibreshed, designer Patrick Grant, and arts commissioning organisation The Super Slow Way.
The team planted their first woad and flax crops in April 2021, and their journey towards growing a pair of jeans began.
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