About Us

AppleOak FibreWorks is a natural dyeing company based in Co. Clare, in the West of Ireland. We proudly run as a circular-economy business, operating with sustainable and eco-friendly practices. All of our dyeing is done with harvested rainwater and all dye water is recycled through engineered reed-bed  and plant bed systems.. All of our natural dye matter is composted in the wormery and turned into beautiful rich organic compost.

Visitors & Tours are very welcome to visit the Studio by appointment or on our Open Wednesdays from 9-4pm.

                

                          

About Jennifer & Tristan Lienhard 

Together, Jennifer and Tristan are constantly working in turning the business as sustainable as possible and both currently working on dye plant trials to grow 60% of their current dye plant use in Ireland. 

Tristan is a seasoned organic gardener with over 20 years experience, with a training in biodynamic gardening, landscaping and professional seed saving. He was the head gardener in Irish Seedsaver Association for several years, before joining AppleOak full time and run his own landscaping company on the side.

Jennifer has been a natural dyer for almost 20 years now and has experience varying from hobby dyeing & cottage industry to large scale contract dyeing. She teaches the 1 year professional natural dyeing course at the Natural Dyers & Growers Academy as well as running the dye house & shop at AppleOak.

AppleOak FibreWorks uses compostable packaging, only uses fully sustainable dyeing methods and sources products from reliable and like minded suppliers.