Flower Pounding at Paradise, CA Heritage Days

Decked out in heritage attire, kids at the Paradise celebration practised the old-tume art of pounding flowers.

 

More about flower pounding can be found at:

Flower Pounding: Frugal Natural Dyeing For Fabric or Paper

Rachel Flores; blog entry: Pounding Flowers

and an article by Kathleen M. Tenpas at Dave's Garden

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