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With our lovingly assembled sevengardens® starter set, you can easily make your first plant-based paints yourself. Perfect for beginners who want to discover the fascinating world of natural colors and start experimenting right away.
• Ideal for beginners
• Make your own natural plant dyes
• Perfect for experimenting and learning
Set contents:
1 Ceramic mortar with pestle
Mortar diameter: 8 cm
Height of mortar: 4.5 cm
Diameter of pestle: 2.5 cm
Height of pestle: 8.5 cm
1 Dyer's cloth roll
approx. 15 cm x approx. 50 cm
1 Paper plate
Length: 16 cm
Width: 16 cm
2 Sachets with additives
1 x citric acid
1 x baking soda
7 Sachets of dried plants
(1 sachet ≈ one mortar portion)
1 x safflower
1 x tagetes
1 x hibiscus
1 x madder
1 x mallow (blue)
1 x hollyhock
1 x walnut
1 Instruction manual
By P. Reichenbach & J. Färberkind
Hazard labeling citric acid:

Signal word: Warning
H319: Causes serious eye irritation.
H335: May cause respiratory irritation.







Shipping is carried out by DHL and includes shipment tracking. Delivery time within Germany: 3–6 business days. Shipping costs are calculated based on weight during the ordering process and displayed before the order is completed.
Price overview:
We currently ship our products exclusively within Germany. The exception is the product "The Dyers' Child INK KIT (US version)," which we also offer to customers in the United States. If you would like delivery to another country, please contact us by email. We will check individual shipping options on a case-by-case basis.
This set is intended exclusively for the production of plant-based dyes and for artistic and craft purposes. It is not suitable for consumption. The included additives (e.g. sodium bicarbonate or citric acid) are intended for use in the dyeing process only. Avoid creating dust and keep out of reach of children. We recommend using separate tools for processing that are not used for food preparation.
SKU:3001
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Peter Reichenbach is the initiator of the sevengardens project, which is dedicated to promoting ecological education and artistic work with natural dyes.
At the sevengardens Living Lab in Dinslaken, you can meet him and join his workshops.
Peter Reichenbach is also a visual artist, known in particular for his work in the field of dye gardens and natural dye production.
His work brings together environmental awareness, sustainability, and art with educational practice – strengthening the connection to nature and its resources.
Peter Reichenbach works with a participatory educational model in which people learn, through workshops and projects, how to create colours from plants and other natural materials.
He also continuously develops products for the global sevengardens network.