Autumn Colours

Autumn seems to have come quickly this year and the garden reflects this change in the seasons. I love the colours of this helenium.

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The forest pansy ( Cercis canadensis) always looks spectacular at this time of year, especially with the light shining through the leaves.

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Even its fallen leaves have a beauty of their own

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Autumn wouldn’t be the same without pumpkins

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The autumn colours inspired me to dye some skeins of South Downs Yarn wool, using dyes harvested from the garden.

From left to right: dyer’s broom, buckthorn leaves plus madder root plus woad, dahlia flowers plus madder root, dahlia flowers (All alum mordant)

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