April 21, 2017, international Earth Day was celebrated in Roberts Creek, BC by our local Sunshine Coast Fibreshed. The day started out dry with sunshine, always windy at the pier. We set up our colourful Fibreshed display with locally dyed rovings, plants for a Dyers garden and local sheep fleece for garden mulch….

We featured felting as a creative use of fleece. Ursula Bentz, master felter displayed her gorgeous felted pieces and then assisted folk to make something felted.

Young folk were engaged with Ursula, the fleece, the soap, creating.

This young fellow was very pleased with his felted flower and both children took home felting kits sold for $5.00.

Another young Creeker put finishing touches on this felted mouse.

Many children engaged in felting and let their creative spirit fly.

Everyone got in the spirit of the day….kids of all ages.

Fibreshed was displaying the dyeing  colours we can obtain by growing plants locally such as Pokeberry, Japanese Indigo, Marigolds, Onion Skins, also by gathering local mushrooms on the Coast. Merrily selling Dyers garden starters.

It was a great day in the Creek until wind and rain started to ruin our display. We packed up early and have everything drying by the home fire now.

Photos by Lynda Daniells & Merrily Corder,
Submitted by Lynda