Seven European Gardens
Foto: atavus e. V.
Dye gardens contain plants with dyestuffs. The use of traditional dye recipes largely fell into oblivion at the start of the industrial revolution. The dyestuffs were once worked on by hand to produce a range of colours, pigments, paints and other colouring materials. The award-winning "Seven European Gardens" (including prizes from UNESCO and Entente Florale) guarantee that this knowledge, although threatened by extinction, will be passed on to the following generations.
In the short space of 10 years a simple ecological idea has developed into an international network. Hence "Seven European Gardens" has been responsible for creating dye gardens all over Europe, indeed the world. The man-made gardens in the Ruhr Metropolis and at the Hemer National Garden Show will be used as a basis for mediating the ecological production of dyes for use in cosmetics, materials, paints and theatrical paints in art lessons, theatre and film productions. In 2010 the project will be bringing together people of all age groups from the whole of Europe who are fascinated by plants and the art of dyeing, to take part in actions, workshops and exhibitions. Here children and young people will be able to participate actively, contact nature and the earth directly with their own hands, produce paints, boil down coloured liquids, experiment and paint naturally.
Events:
All Seasons: Ruhr Metropolis and worldwide
April 17 - October 24, 2010: "Weg der Farben"
Landesgartenschau Hemer 2010
from 9:30 am / 4 - 14,50 €
Project:
Peter Reichenbach & Hanna Schulte, atavus e. V.
Partner:
Agenda 21, Gelsenkirchen (D) / L ’Atelier des Couleurs, Amiens (F) / Berufsbildende Schule Mansfelder Land, Eisleben (D) / Gesamtschule Essen Süd, Essen (D) / Grundschule Königshöher Weg, Wuppertal (D) / Koivikkopuiston koulu, Tampere (FIN) / Kolpingwerk, Hettstedt (D) / Landesgartenschau 2010 Hemer (D) / Mpumalanga Forum NRW, Düsseldorf (D) / Claus-Peter Schuch, Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen (D) / Seskines Secondary School, Vilnius (LT) / Ziegenmichel Hof e. V., Gelsenkirchen (D) / Istanbul (TR) / Krupa (SK) / Mpumalanga (ZA) / Newcastle (GB) / Pécs (H) / Poggibonsi (I)
Official Project of the UN Decade 2009/2010 "Education for Sustainable Development"
More:
www.sevengardens.eu