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The Dyer's Almanac: A Native Dye Garden
The first rain marks the start of a new season, in the wild and in our gardens.
Nov 16, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Dyer’s Almanac: Fall 2025
A once-per-season look at natural color in the landscape
Sep 28, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
What the Tide Reveals II
Fossils of ancient sea lilies on the shore of Lake Michigan
Aug 21, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Dyer's Almanac: Coffeeberry & Buckthorn
On their natural colors and natural history
Aug 14, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Pinyons, the Fire, and the Spring
The spring is ten miles down a dirt road, which is fifty miles up the forest road.
Aug 3, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
A Garden of Color
Join me in the garden—for my first workshop in Ojai
Jul 15, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Dyer’s Almanac: Rose
On edgelands, alternative routes, latent color and chemistry
Jul 11, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
A Solstice Invitation
to an end of summer celebration in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California
Jun 20, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Dyer's Almanac: Local Plants
Lists of California dye plants, my master dye recipe, and an origin story
Jun 11, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
The Dyer's Almanac: Fennel
Exploring fennel's natural color and natural history in California
May 13, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
What the Tide Reveals
Shimmering relics—abalone shells—and where the past flows into the present
May 5, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
Alone, Together
Where climate change and disaster meet an animate world
Apr 9, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
From a New Watershed
A brief update and a new essay
Mar 14, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
Red Flag Warning
Will I sleep uneasily every time a strong wind blows?
Jan 22, 2025 • Erin from Berbo Studio
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Notes from a naturalist and natural dyer living, engaging, and creating with the ecological communities of California.
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