It takes about 100 days for flax to grow from seed to harvest. Traditionally in Ireland the seed was sown on St Patrick’s Day and harvested on the 12th July.

Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town Totnes and Plymouth's The Flax Project to highlight the value of the plant, which is traditionally used for linen and ships' sails.

This unit looks at how linen is produced from flax, a plant that was once widely grown in Northern Ireland. The pupils will be encouraged to grow their own linen, recognise the different stages of ...

Growing for a diversity of needs, from food to fibre, protected flax producers from the devastation of the potato famine. Today, despite its rich history, it’s near-impossible to get your hands on ...

The journey for one of Luca Faloni’s linen shirts begins in the flax fields of Normandy, northern France, though, as the designer asserts, they are 100 per cent Italian in their construction.

Today's top videos From the 11th century flax was cultivated in Ireland ... the popularity of the fibre is growing again. With Europe warming rapidly, linen is ideal for escalating temperatures.