The Dogwood Dyer is Brooklyn-based sustainable educator, urban gardener and natural dyer Liz Spencer. She uses locally foraged and urban grown plants as well as ethically-sourced dyestuffs to naturally dye for NYC designers. In the country and along roadsides, wild and abundant plants are responsibly collected throughout the year, and then used to extract natural color. Urban street side planters provide green space for Brooklyn and ample area to grow dye plants that would otherwise be neglected, littered, and wasted opportunity for precious city arable land.