The Quinta Mazatlan Nature Center in McAllen, Texas is a historic adobe mansion featuring birding trails, an art gallery, a nature store and educational programs. The nature center has been added to Classes Near You > Texas. Take a look! Quinta Mazatlan Nature Center www.quintamazatlan.com Built in 1935 as a private residence, Quinta Mazatlan is [...]
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Urban Sanctuary Hosts Botanical Art Exhibition and Classes
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, Sketching & Journaling, tagged birding, gardens, nature, Texas on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
New Botanical Art Classes Announced at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged daylilies, drawing, painting, Wellesley College on May 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture has changed its name to Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden. The Friends’ listing in the Classes Near You section has been updated. Here is what you’ll find at Classes Near You > Massachusetts: Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends This [...]
Measuring Attitudes Towards Plants
Posted in Education, gardening, general botany, tagged environmental education, gardening, Plants, teaching & learning on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The quest to understand the attitudes people have towards plants gets a statistical boost from biologists Jana Fancovicova and Pavol Prokop in Development and Initial Psychomatic Assessment of the Plant Attitudes Questionnaire. This study marks the first attempt to systematically evaluate the attitudes students have towards plants (Fancovicova and Prokop, 2010). Fancovicova and Prokop (2010) [...]
Garden Writing at Wave Hill
Posted in Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, tagged Bronx, nature, New York, writing on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wave Hill invites you to experience their garden through the writing process. Fine-tune your writing skills while learning how to write about plants, texture, color and design. Wave Hill: New York Public Garden and Cultural Center www.wavehill.org Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center in the Bronx. Their mission is to establish [...]
Heirlooms of the World to Grow, Paint and Eat
Posted in Education, gardening, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged Master Gardeners, plant sale, tomatoes on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Contra Costa Master Gardeners Great Tomato Plant Sale Heirlooms of the World April 4-6, 2012 Grow and paint a gallery of heirlooms! Over 3,000 heirloom tomato plants will be on sale at the Contra Costa Master Gardeners’ First Annual Great Tomato Plant Sale, Heirlooms of the World to be held from April 4-6, 2012 from [...]
New York Artists Exhibit Their Favorite Fruits & Veggies
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged arts education, gardening, New York on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Apples to Zucchini The Horticultural Society of New York March 8-23, 2012 Recently three hundred K-6 students from Harlem and East Harlem in New York City used shopping totes and fabric paint to represent their relationship with fruit and vegetables. One hundred of these totes will be on display at the Gallery at The [...]
Vertical Orchid Gardens at New York Botanical Garden’s 10th Annual Orchid Show
Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged New York Botanical Garden, orchids on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The 10th annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden will be held March 3 – April 22, 2012. Designed by French botanical artist, Patrick Blanc, this year’s exhibition blends orchid horticulture with modern art. The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens takes vertical gardens to new heights. Visitors will be greeted by towering [...]
Growing Plants Organically Through the Seasons
Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, tagged botanical art, Los Angeles, organic gardening on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A series of classes about organic gardening will be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. If you draw and paint directly from plants in the garden, this series is for you! Be sure to also see the botanical art classes offered at the arboretum. All can be found at Classes Near [...]
Trees, Bees & Honey at UC Berkeley
Posted in Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged honeybees, National Public Gardens Day, pollination, roses, trees on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pull out your calendar! The botanical garden at UC Berkeley has announced great classes for Spring. Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Northern California: University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu This 34-acre garden was established in 1890 and is now a non-profit research garden and museum. The botanical art classes [...]
Learn Botanical Art at Achill Secret Garden in Ireland
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged botanical art, embroidery, Ireland on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Classes Near You section expands with the addition of a page for Ireland. Achill Secret Garden hosts botanical art classes, gardening classes and even classes about embroidery! Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Ireland: Achill Secret Garden, Ireland www.achillsecretgarden.com This secret 3-acre garden is located on Achill Island in the West [...]





