the tinta experience
The TINTA Experience
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The Tinta-a dye-your-own wearable art experience is an on-farm, immersive botanical experience. 2023 is the first year that we will be offering the TINTA Experience on a year-round basis in anticipation of the opening of our studio in Summer.
Create naturally dyed silk scarves and cotton shawls with flowers and plants that are hand-grown by me, and hand-dyed by you. After your 4-hour experience, you’ll bring home your creations as a tangible memory of your time at the farm.
Please note that the programming shifts based on the season and will be reflected in the TINTA experience's activities. For example:
Spring: we'll focus on cultivating a dye garden and garden planning.
Summer: experience a garden tour and flower u-pick.
Fall: our focus shifts to leaf foraging in our aspen forest to use it for eco-printing; a garden tour and flower u-pick are included until we get hard frost in Manitoba.
Winter: use our dried dye flowers and other traditional dye stuff in your colourful design
Join us for a creative experience one morning or evening soon.
Enjoy the Tinta Experience at Masagana Flower Farm this year!
A Place To Connect and Create
A perfect place to forge a new connection with the earth. Sense how life slows down as you set foot on Masagana Flower Farm, a southwest facing acreage near La Broquerie, MB.
Awaken your senses and let nature lead you.
Introduction Circle
We'll gather to meet new or old acquaintances through an introduction circle. To not miss the extraordinary moments, we'll ground ourselves with a listening exercise and prep the mind and body for a new experience.
Growing Tinta
tinta [noun, Tagalog] a variety, or shade, of a colour.
The group will proceed to the gardens to learn how to cultivate dye flowers and harvest them as we go. You’ll create awareness on how living colours from the Prairies can be used as a dye.
Experiencing Floral Dyes
We'll create tangible memories of your experience on textiles using the flowers you picked. Discover the creative in you and witness the magic of plants right at your fingertips.
Experiencing Indigo
Although we grow indigo at Masagana Flower Farm, the amount of pigment we can extract from plants is not enough for every Tinta guest. So, the Indigo used in this experience is ethically sourced from Asia.
Synthetic indigo is more common but has a lot of environmental and health implications. Natural indigo dyeing means using pigment from actual plants. During Tinta, you’ll learn basic surface design, how pigments are extracted, and use indigo to dye a cotton shawl.
Salu-Salo
We'll wind up and get nourished with a light salo-salo spread at Lourdes’s table, a festive Filipino tradition of celebrating by gathering and eating together. Take a bite, wind down and leave the farm feeling refreshed and inspired.
Want to host a unique workshop for your group?
A private hands-on botanical dyeing experience for families, teams, friends, and other groups can be scheduled. Let’s chat about it!
Such a grounding, fun, and relaxing experience. Loved the opportunity to be creative and present in my happy place a flower garden. Lourdes was warm, knowledgeable, and supportive of allowing for a personal experience. I left thinking I can’t wait to come back and create something new.
Joanne, 2022 Tinta guest
What a magical evening with great company.
Kirsten, 2022 Tinta guest
As a nurse, it's been a hard couple of years. Arriving at Lourdes' beautiful flower farm was like stepping into a different universe. I instantly felt relaxed and happy. Lourdes is incredibly detail-oriented and an amazing host - she looked after us like we were her family. Her love for her art is contagious. Thank you, Lourdes, for an incredible evening I'll never forget!
Tess, 2022 Tinta guest
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2024 FINALIST TOURISM AWARDS WINNIPEG | MANITOBA
Presented to a tourism business, facility, event or attraction with fewer than 20 employees that provides exceptional visitor experiences that result in a high level of customer satisfaction through the experiences of services provided.