sevengardens

Dye gardens are a cultural asset ...
… and could at one time be found everywhere where they were used to produce colours. For the illustration of books in cloister
gardens, for domestic use in farm and home gardens, and in the gardens of painters and poets. Even today, the »Book of Durrow« (675 AD) or the Bayeux Tapestry (11th century) are coloured witnesses to a bygone culture.
sevengardens, now a worldwide project by the artist Peter Reichenbach, aims to combine informal learning for a global world with personal responsibility and an individual’s potential for development.
With playful and aesthetic access via the colours, the sevengardens philosophy offers insights into ecological interdependencies, fair teamwork, responsibility for your own actions, as well as the development and preservation of values.
Education – Ecology – Economy – three principles in one
Lasting education and the reactivation of lost knowledge are the main objectives of sevengardens. In the focal point of education, the creation of dye gardens in locations for early-childhood learning, in schools, universities, other educational institutions, museums, parks and botanical gardens, creates spaces which
offer stimuli as well as networking opportunities. Here things can be learnt and experimented with, with a view to shaping the individual future and the environment. Interdependencies are comprehensibly conveyed, interdisciplinary work on models is tested and evaluated.
Raising awareness of ecological processes and preserving biological diversity through subsistence gardening worldwide is part of the ecology of sevengardens. Cultivation in harmony with nature, soil conservation and symbiotic permacultures offer a chance to react to climatic changes. Alongside the enormous resource which is the seed collection, dye gardens equally offer the opportunity of being a water or Co2 reservoir, or a stepping stone habitat.
dye gardens also have an economic aspect. sevengardens economy means simple technology with a high work share which ensures quality. Through the local production of raw materials for cosmetics, theatre and children’s make-up, interiors and textiles, new regional markets and social structures develop. In addition
to new products, dye gardens in rural areas also offer a potential for development in tourism. The discovery of the unknown and opening yourself up to something new happens here in the relaxation and informality of free time and holiday.
The aim of sevengardens is to create an atmosphere of learning and living with a positive effect for the individual and for our global nature.
For each Dyeplant-garden in Europe we will find a Twin-garden in the southern countries. a donation of 300,-€ will start a dye-garden and a colourfull partnership between people. visit our website and look what happend since 2010 Weiterlesen