DIY Dyed Ornamental Grasses are the perfect floral pieces to add to your fall decor.
I have an entire area that in my landscaping specifically dedicated to ornamental grasses.
Last year, I used every single stem of pampas I had on hand to make a giant Christmas tree.
This year, I have reserved all of the stems for my latest DIY.
DIY DYED ORNAMENTAL GRASSES!!!!
Super Easy!
You probably have everything you need already!
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Supplies
5 gallon Bucket
Hot Water
Rit Dye (I used wine and black in both the liquid form and the small box)
Various Miscanthus Varieties (dried grasses)
Clean Pruners
Plastic or drop cloth to protect your surfaces from Dye
Instructions
- Fill your bucket with hot water. For the smaller grasses, I only filled the bucket about 4 inches full. For the large pampas grass, I filled the bucket slightly over half way full.
- Add dye to hot water. For the wine dye that I used on the smaller grasses, I added 3 Tablespoons of liquid dye to the 4 inches of water. For the black dye, I poured the entire box of dye into the bucket.
- Place your stems into the bucket.
- Allow the grasses to sit for as long you as you desire. For one set of small grasses, I let them sit in the dye for an hour. On the next set of small grasses, I let them sit overnight. For the large pampas, I also let them sit in the bucket overnight.
- Once you are happy with the color, Carefully remove the grasses from the bucket and set them in a container. I used a cardboard box to prop them up. The grass will drip so you want to make sure that you don’t do this in your house or on pretty concrete. IT WILL STAIN. So do it somewhere where you don’t mind drips.
- Allow the grasses to dry out slightly, then shake them gently to remove any excess dye.
- Allow the grasses to dry thoroughly.
- Trim them to the size you want and arrange in your container of choice.
Photos of Process















This DIY is so simple and makes such a statement.
The longer you leave them in the dye, the darker they will get.
You will be driving around your neighborhood looking for grasses to clip.
Drop me a comment below and tell me what you think of my DIY Dyed Ornamental Grass Project!
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Kelly
September 23, 2021 12:51 pmThis is genius!!! Love how simple this is and beautiful! The perfect fall diy. Pinned!
Sara
September 23, 2021 12:54 pmWow Jennifer – those look beautiful! Never though to dye grasses, but we have some in our garden too and I’d love to try this!
Kippi Ohern
September 23, 2021 4:14 pmYou are so clever to dye ornamental grasses for a gorgeous fall arrangement. I would have never thought of that.
Pinning!
Happy Fall,
Kippi
Meegan
September 23, 2021 7:50 pmAbsolutely stunning! The grasses are so pretty with color. You can see all the texture and dimension now. Thanks for the tutorial, I will be using it soon.
Marie
September 24, 2021 2:59 amMy friend and I like to think up items to dye and we never considered grasses! Yours turned out great
Jennifer Williams
October 8, 2021 11:13 amThank you! You can get all sorts of stunning colors and depth. The grasses love the dye!