Many dye plants are equally as effective once dried or pressed. Regular collecting and preserving become part of my summer routine in the garden, along with dead heading and watering. And how lovely is it to open a jar of dried flowers mid winter and smell the scent of summer...

We are all familiar with the colour indigo and as a natural dye it has been used historically to produce a range of blues. Here I'll share with you my summer experiments in blue with fresh indigo.