All the plants in this section can be used for dyeing fibres or cloth. We have selected those that produce good, fast colours without the use of the more toxic mordants, as far as possible. We also offer kits of plants, mordants and full instructions in each of the colours available. There are also some tried and tested books on growing and dyeing your own. Some other interesting websites are; Renaissance Dyeing ;www.renaissancedyeing.com ;  Fiery Felts; www.fieryfelts.co.uk and   Jenny Dean's website at; www.jennydean.co.uk

Mordants These are added to the fabric or fibre to fix the dye to stop it washing out or fading.	A Dyer's Garden by Rita Buchanan £10.50
Natural Dyeing Kits everything you need to get started!	Alder £2.50
Bronze Fennel £1.50	Dyer's Cammomile -Anthemis tinctoria £1.50
Dyes without chemicals £5.50	Golden Rod £3.20
Japanese/Chinese Indigo, Dyer's Knotweed £3.50	Madder £3.50
Pokeroot £3.50	St John's Wort £3.50
Tansy, Tanacetum £3.50	Weld £1.50
Yellow Flag £3.50	Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica & Frangula alnus £3.50
Colours of Sea and Sky by Helen Melvin £10.50	Colours of the Earth by Helen Melvin £8.50
Colours of the Rainbow by Helen Melvin £10.50	Horsetail - dried tops £3.50
Plain white cotton T-shirts for dyeing £2.50