Workshops & Events
Get creative in Indigo in Green nature-based art workshops, playshops, and learning experiences. From weaving with botanically dyed yarn in the garden to creating sun prints from plants, our in-person workshops offer a hands-on approach to creative exploration. Often paired with nature walks and explorations of green spaces, these workshops are an invitation to uncover the wonder of the botanical world.
Botanical Ink Workshop
Mount Airy Learning Tree | Wyck House, 6026 Germantown Ave.
Saturday, April 19 | 10:00am – 12:30pm
$49 + $10 materials fee
Identify botanical sources for natural color at the Wyck and create plant-based ink to bottle sensory experiences of the season. Together, we'll deepen our connection with nature and experiment with shifting ink colors to build a custom palette for drawing, printmaking, and writing with dip pens and brushes.
In this workshop, we'll work with natural materials collected by gardeners and horticulture specialists as part of their care and maintenance practices—optimizing growth of fruit bearing trees, supporting biodiversity, and tending to community green spaces that contribute to local food and environmental justice initiatives.
You'll leave with a bottle of your own handcrafted ink, ink samples, drawings, and a reference zine to continue your exploration of botanical color.
Plant Imprints
In collaboration with People’s Kitchen Philly and Termite TV Collective, we shared plant stories and created botanical prints: sunprints using turmeric and rubbings using handcrafted color blocks made from turmeric, beeswax, and finely ground yellow rock.
Termite TV| People's Kitchen | Reinhard Street Community Farm
Cherry Street Pier & Reinhard Street Community Farm
FREE
Past Workshops
Visual Journal Workshop
Random Tea Room | 713 North 4th St, Philadelphia, PA
This workshop is a blend of visual journaling, bookbinding, and sensory exploration. Discover your seasonal theme or intention through guided practices and the reflective power of tea.
+ Make your own visual journal from ephemera and repurposed paper embellished with handcrafted botanical inks and paints.
+ Learn the basics of bookbinding and create a journal with foldouts, pockets, and secret spaces to tuck your musings, affirmations, and dreams.
+ Sample specialty craft teas, using the introspection of the first sip as inspiration for creating and journaling prompts.
+ Receive “The Collector's Book Kit“ which includes vintage paper dyed with natural materials, photo corners, naturally dyed yarn to embellish pages and bind books within your journal--as well as a bonus list of thoughtful prompts to guide use of your journal beyond the workshop.
Botanical Ink Workshop
Mount Airy Learning Tree
Wyck Historic House and Garden | Awbury Arboretum
Make your own ink for drawing and fine writing from natural materials using flowers and plants growing in our green spaces and simple ingredients found in your kitchen! Bottle experiences of connection with natural places and experiment with your own plant-based ink in this workshop.
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers
Members $65, Non Members $95
Natural Dye, Ink, & Paint on Paper
An afternoon of creative play and exploration with small-batch, natural, handcrafted supplies from the Indigo in Green Studio Apothecary. Experiment with natural dyes for paper, botanical inks, earth pigment crayons, and handmade watercolors. Each material holds stories of connection with place, plants, and communities of Philly. Everyone will create a collection of works on paper using materials that are rooted in nature and made by hand.
Autumn Ink @ Morris Arboretum
Saturday, October 19
Morris Arboretum and Garden
Explore the Morris and identify sources of color that can be used to make botanical inks from petals, leaves, drupes, and roots of the autumn season! After a plant walk, we will get to work making our own ink for drawing and fine writing, made from natural materials foraged in fall. Bottle sensory experiences and connection with nature together, then experiment with shifting the color of our own handcrafted ink to create a plant-based color palette for drawing, printmaking, and fine writing with dip pens and brushes.
You will leave with a small bottle of black walnut ink as well as a bottle of your own ink, your drawings or ink samples created in class, and a reference zine. Meet at the Welcome Center before heading out to explore the Wetland.