NJ Fibershed Harvest Initiative

It’s Time To Grow!

Join us for NJ Fibershed’s Harvest Initiative, offering fiber artists a space to connect with the land, to experience their craft from seed to textile. The goal of NJ Fibershed Harvest is to engage with local makers to nurture a diverse and equitable community of crafters interested in sustainable textile arts. Participants will come together to cultivate gardens of natural dye plants and plant fibers such as flax, ramie, and cotton. Educational programming throughout the growing season will include workshops on plant care, natural dyeing, and the processing of plant fibers.

In addition to our continued partnership with TCNJ, we are bringing the Harvest to Union County and Newark! In collaboration with the Westfield Weavers Guild, we are excited to welcome you to the Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield. Our planting location at Kenilworth Public Library in Kenilworth is open to the public. In Newark, we are excited to partner with Giving One Tenth Community Garden in their magical green space.

Planting Day Schedules

  • Miller-Cory House: Saturday, May 23 at 10 am
  • Giving One Tenth Garden: Tuesday, May 26 at 5pm
  • TCNJ: Thursday, May 28 at 12:30 pm

___

Miller-Cory House (there is limited parking at the museum but you may park on the street)
614 Mountain Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090

Kenilworth Public Library
548 Boulevard, Kenilworth, NJ 07033

TCNJ (the garden is gated and locked, and Lot 9 is the closest parking lot)
2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing Township, NJ 08618

Giving One Tenth Garden
715 S 20th St, Newark, NJ 07103

Participation requirements vary depending on location. Want to learn more? Email us.

NJ Fibershed is a volunteer-run New Jersey 501(c)(3) educational organization, working to create a network among fiber artisans and fiber farmers in the state of New Jersey. Our goal is to promote face-to-face relationships between fiber animals, farmers, and local fiber artists within our community. We provide educational programs focused on small-scale fiber farming and sustainable fiber crafting. NJ Fibershed is a registered affiliate of Fibershed.org, an international grass-roots organization based in Northern California, working on developing regional fiber systems.