Spring is a great time to get involved in the gardens. Familiarize yourself with the plantings help define the pathways and participate in a multitude of seasonal garden tasks! If you are unfamiliar with the gardens EartHand tends, visit Means of Production here or Trillium here, Or take a look at Our Fibreshed page on…
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Let’s talk Canadian Textiles…
A virtual event hosted by the Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum Wed. March 22 4pm(PST) visit the museum website to get your free ticket. Many Canadians buy local food, but have you ever thought about local clothing? The local textile movement strives to keep all parts of textile production — from field to fashion —…
EartHand Annual General Meeting
You are invited to join us virtually Sunday Feb. 5th 3-5pm As we gather through our screens and attend to the official requirements of reviewing 2022 financial documents, approving the 2023 budget and vote in our 2023 board of directors. Expect stories of 2022 and dreams and plans for 2023! Voting members of EartHand are…
December Happenings
The short days of December find us online, in person, and hunkering down for quiet reflective time. Join us December 5th- online 7-8.30 pm The FibreShed Field-School: reflections and opportunities Melanie and Christa share their experience with the Fibreshed Field School, its effect on the education of Emily Carr students who participated, and the influence…
Announcing Autumn 2022 Programs!
As our days get shorter we have turned our thoughts to the containers we desire for our gathering together- virtually and in person – this Fall. We are proud to be pulling together a variety of options that draw on the strengths of EartHand’s past offerings (we hear you when you ask for more!). And,…
Order the book ‘Worn’ with us for a discounted rate
In anticipation of the ‘Ancestral Cloth: Textiles and Racism reading group‘, a series that is part of our soon-to-be-released Fall 2022 Paid Programming announcements, we are starting to collect names and payment from folks who would like to purchase the book Worn: a People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser. Pulp Fiction in Vancouver, is…
Summer with EartHand
It feels so good to gather in person again! We have some outdoor open studio sessions planned, as well as community events that you will find us at over the summer months, as we share skills and methods for processing both nettle, flax for linen and wool fleece for spun lines that will be dyed…
Braiding Past Threads to Present Place now Underway!
The Braiding Past Threads to Present Place BIPOC Artist Research Cohort has commenced its workshops in late May. After an on-line info session, the cohort gathered in-person for the first time for a Plant & Fibre-Based Workshop led by Sharon Kallis at Trillium on May 23. The cohort had a tour at the Trillium Garden…
Surrey Museum Textile Garden
The Museum of Surrey has a fantastic textile focus with a wonderful library and vibrant series of programs for teaching about textiles; so we are thrilled to be helping them take that energy and focus to the gardens outside! Are you a Surrey resident – a senior or youth – interested in learning more about…
Means of Production 20th Anniversary!
Join us virtually- as we attempt to live stream a talk and tour of the garden now with Oliver Kellhammer in NYC. Oliver is the artist who began the garden working with Environmental Youth Alliance, with support from Community Arts Council of Vancouver and the Vancouver Park Board. Many people in the city – artists…