Common centaury adding a pop of colour to a car park at Swaddywell Pit nature reserve, near Peterborough this week.
#langdyke
#swaddywell
#wildflowerhour
#gentianfamily

Can anyone tell me - how do white flowers create yellow dye??

Blackthorn flowers gathered from #Swaddywell Nature Reserve, creating a dye to record this time of year.

It's the start of a 'calendar' of #microseasons, with
@sarah_lambert7 for @langdykeCT

#ArtistInResidence #naturaldye #place

Common centaury #Swaddywell #wildflowerhour

Yellow wort #Swaddywell #JohnClare country
#wildflowerhour