The Ball-Sellers House invites you to discover the plants our colonial forebears grew to add color to their clothing. Explore local plants you can use to dye your own fabric in this fun garden talk by Sandy Newton. Learn about natural dyes and color all around you.
Sandy Newton is a re-enactor at Mt. Vernon and at Arlington House, planning, planting, and maintaining the kitchen garden for the National Park Service. She is also a keeper of the Ball-Sellers House kitchen garden and is a docent here as well! So she knows the era AND the plants!Come for Sandy’s talk, stay for a free tour of the c. 1750 farmhouse and see how many other things were made in early America at the Ball-Sellers House Handmade History Day
