Join The Dyevolution!
This spring we will commence creating a dye garden. The garden will explore the growing of plants used in the dyeing industry and simultaneously increase green space on site and attract wildlife. The garden will allow community groups and volunteers to learn gardening skills and plant care, whilst improving wellbeing and gaining heritage knowledge of dye production via this newly created outdoor space. The dye garden will be created and supported by the expertise of Hyde Park Source, facilitating people to engage in outdoor activities linked to the heritage of the site. Additional dye plant guidance from Sponge Tree will develop knowledge, connection with other community groups, and education around green therapy.
If you are interested in joining this project as a volunteer, please contact Hyde Park Source: [email protected] or text on 07873 157076
more volunteering opportunities at Sunny Bank Mills Museum & Archive
In the main Museum & Archive, the volunteer team meets every Wednesday and help with a vast array of projects and events. These include collection preservation and inventory, research, display development and curation, event stewarding and much more. There are lots of great opportunities to develop both your experience and your career.
Anyone interested in volunteering in the Museum & Archive please email an expression of interest to [email protected] or send it to Rachel Moaby, Unit 20 Sandsgate, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5UJ.
The Volunteers
Filmed by a budding film enthusiast (Jack, the son of Sunny Bank Mills Heritage Director) this film gives a lovely vignette of life in the Museum & Archive with the wonderful volunteers who are helping to preserve, develop and document it.
More at the mill