Green Matters Natural Dye Company

Green Matters Natural Dye Company We believe individuals have the power to make their wardrobe more sustainable by understanding how to dye and care for their garments.

We offer workshops, private dye lessons, and custom dyeing for those seeking to give new life to their wardrobe.

We LOVE seeing what we dyed for you, out in the wild. We offer a 20% off code for your next order when you share images ...
06/11/2026

We LOVE seeing what we dyed for you, out in the wild. We offer a 20% off code for your next order when you share images of you wearing clothing we have dyed. Featured here is:

1.Midnight on a cotton knit dress.
2. Midnight on cotton trousers
3. Sage on a cotton dress

Both of these colors are available through our Core Color Relaunch. Access the 18 dyelots for the month of June by signing up for our newsletter.

One of the ways our team is able to pull off the Core Color Relaunch is that we offer 18 colors, and close sales for a f...
06/11/2026

One of the ways our team is able to pull off the Core Color Relaunch is that we offer 18 colors, and close sales for a few of them each week. On Monday June 15th, we will be closing orders for the following colors:

Tomato
Citron
Teal
Berry
Eggplant

Snag your spot in these dyelots! These can be ordered, along with a total of 14 dyelots.

The Core Color Catalogue is only available to our newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get the link to the service in your inbox.

One of my favorite things about bringing the Color Catalogue back is that we get to dig out our favorite photos of our f...
06/09/2026

One of my favorite things about bringing the Color Catalogue back is that we get to dig out our favorite photos of our favorite garments that we have dyed.

This cotton dress dyed in Pinot snagged our hearts. When my mother in law Hilary (who by the way is a British, zero waste, natural fiber loving, bee keeper and gardener) asked me to dye a cream dress from the back of her closet, I was over the moon.

Swipe to the last photo to see the 'before' shot of this dress.

Pinot is currently available through our Core Color Relaunch. Sign up for our newsletter to get access to the service link.

Highlighting just a few of the colors that are available through our Core Color Relaunch (which is taking the place of o...
06/08/2026

Highlighting just a few of the colors that are available through our Core Color Relaunch (which is taking the place of our June Dyelots).

Midnight on a cotton Rudy Jude skirt
Rust on a cotton sweater dress
Citron on silk, mohair and cotton.

Get access to these dyelots by signing up for our newsletter.

Studio Show June 6th at the dyehouse! This week, preparing for my studio show with made me feel like I am right where I...
06/04/2026

Studio Show June 6th at the dyehouse!

This week, preparing for my studio show with made me feel like I am right where I am supposed to be. A decade ago, I was leaving New York to embark on a 5 week long trip for an artist residency. It was my last 'adventure' before coming home to dedicate myself full time to building Green Matters (which as in my mom's backyard at the time).

Building this dyehouse/studio turned out to be the real adventure. I thought that I would 'not have time' to continue to paint, that my life would be completely dedicated to building a commercial scale dyehouse. At first that was true. But as time went on, and the dyehouse grew, there were these small moments of creativity that emerged. One of them was realizing that our dye waste could be turned into pigments, turned into paint. Another was falling in love with accidental stains in the studio, and realizing that not all painting is done with a brush.

In 2019, I dyed fabric to make a dress, only to find myself unable to cut into the beautiful print I had created, and instead stretching it over a canvas. By 2021, I had built a closet to store my paintings. By the end of 2025, I realized that I had created nearly 100 plant based paintings, and virtually no one had seen them.

I never imagined that trying to build a factory would lead me back to where I started, painting because I had something to say with color rather than words.

Join us this Saturday for a celebration of color, plants and friendship.

Does a garment or textile become 'heirloom' when you make the choice to invest in extending the life of that garment? 1....
05/30/2026

Does a garment or textile become 'heirloom' when you make the choice to invest in extending the life of that garment?

1. Rudy Jude cotton set in Natural Black
2. home made, hand woven jacket in Natural Black - unknown fiber

Got caught in the rain during my weekly cafe 'sit'. This is when I sit on the patio of my favorite coffee shop and have ...
05/29/2026

Got caught in the rain during my weekly cafe 'sit'. This is when I sit on the patio of my favorite coffee shop and have screen free time to let the thoughts flow.

Wearing:

cotton jacket, dyed in Clay (this dyelot is closing Sunday night)

camisole dyed in Citron (items under .25lbs qualify for our 'small item pricing'

pants by Rachel Comey, dyed in indigo.

Sad to see Clay, Moss and Coffee Bean go after this weekend? June has big things in store! Our Biannual relaunch of our Core Colors is coming, but the link is only available to our newsletter subscribers. Link goes out next week

Moss, one of our three May Dyelots is available through Sunday. As we wrap this month, we are seeing that Clay, Coffee B...
05/27/2026

Moss, one of our three May Dyelots is available through Sunday.

As we wrap this month, we are seeing that Clay, Coffee Bean and Moss were some of our top selling colors so far this year. Picking the colors we offer each month is a challenge. What we noticed about this palette was that all three colors are quintessential natural dye: colors that look like the earth.

Jenni Kayne linen dress in Moss

What I wore to work: Last week I leaned into my 'safe' colors. I was not feeling great (recovering from a stomach bug), ...
05/27/2026

What I wore to work:

Last week I leaned into my 'safe' colors. I was not feeling great (recovering from a stomach bug), which meant that not a lot of thinking went into getting dressed.

Past me had eliminated a few decisions for myself on days like this. By having color themes in my wardrobe, any 'easy' garment I reached for paired well with another 'easy' garment.

1. Cotton jumpsuit in light indigo
2. Wolhide crewneck in dark indigo (I have had this for 8 years) with Four Objects pants in Coffee Bean.
3. Natural Black LL Bean chamois shirt, with a silk camisole in Natural Black, and a pants repeat from look 2.

Build your uniform and never think about getting dressed again.

We love when a made in America branded garment is sent in by a customer to be redyed. This jacket was dyed in our Natur...
05/26/2026

We love when a made in America branded garment is sent in by a customer to be redyed. This jacket was dyed in our Natural Black service.

Natural Black, unlike our Dyelot of the Month is one of the dyelots that is available year round.

Aren't those stitching details special?

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