Community: Square Yard Project
The Square Yard Project is an inclusive community art and education project designed around growing and processing flax for linen.
We are proud to be part of a global movement to revitalize the flax-to-linen industry that includes many square yard & square meter projects, creating space for and in the public for learning about fiber flax.
For us, it all started with a conversation about growing an attainable amount of fiber flax… a square yard.
Our friends at Journeys in Design first inspired us to grow square yards with you. Although they claim we inspired them (a testament to the community spirit of this movement). We believe it may have all begun with 1 sqm flax in Austria in 2020 and their friends at Berta’s Flachs, two incredible groups.
Are you someone who wants to get involved in our efforts and support our project in a meaningful way?
Do you have a square yard (36” x 36”) of garden space? Can you plant in a community space or a raised bed? Do you have an interest in getting to know fiber flax up close? We affectionately refer to our Square Yard Project participants as our Flax Friends - join the movement today!
Being a Flax Friend includes:
Printed and digital educational materials about how to grow, harvest, and prepare your flax for processing
Invitations to several flax processing workshops, where we will provide hand tools and guide you through turning your retted flax straw into “gold”
New offerings each season, such as natural dying, spinning and weaving keep our events fresh for our flax friends old and new
Learn and grow with us from early Spring into Autumn - from flax seed to spinnable fiber
Become a Flax Friend today and we’ll be in touch about sending your flax seed for planting in early April.