See what’s new at Brenton Arboretum at Classes Near You > Iowa: Brenton Arboretum, Dallas Center www.thebrentonarboretum.org The Brenton Arboretum is a 140-acre arboretum established in 1997 featuring 2,600 trees and shrubs. Most of the more than 175 species of trees and shrubs are organized by species to ease learning and to emphasize the importance [...]
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Study the Anatomy of Trees at Brenton Arboretum
Posted in Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged botany, Brenton Arboretum, Iowa, nature, plant identification, trees on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Exhbition of Edible Botanicals Opens Tomorrow
Posted in botanical art, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged artist-in-residence, colored pencil, New York, Plants, vegetables, Wendy Hollender on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Colored pencil paintings and drawings of edible plants, both wild and cultivated, are the focus of Botanical Edibles…Wild and Cultivated, a new exhibition featuring the work of SUNY ULSTER Artist-in-Residence, Wendy Hollender. Tomorrow’s opening festivities will include a special slide presentation by Wendy that will be followed by an opening reception in the Muroff Kotler [...]
Winter Exhibition Features Portraits in Bloom
Posted in botanical art, gardening, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged art exhibition, Connecticut, flowers, Mary Ann Neilson, Watercolor on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Portraits in Bloom January 3 – March 28, 2012 Westport Public Library McManus Room Forty-one floral portraits by Connecticut artist, Mary Ann Neilson, are now on view at the Westport Public Library in Westport, CT. Mary Ann’s work has been featured in publications about art and illustration, including the Splash series of books published by [...]
Exhibition Celebrates the Art of Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden
Posted in Education, Special Events, botanical art, gardening, botanical illustration, botanical art books, general botany, Special Announcements, tagged botanical art, minnesota, exhibition, Colorado, art, landscape on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wild Green Things: The Art of Anne Ophelia Dowden Andersen Horticultural Library Minnesota Landscape Arboretum January 18 – May 2, 2012 Anne Ophelia Todd was born in Denver and grew up in Boulder, Colorado spending her early years roaming the foothills of the Rockies. Dowden says, “I collected and drew any living thing that came [...]
Learn About Conifers This Holiday Season at Brenton Arboretum
Posted in gardening, Learning Opportunities, tagged arboretum, Christmas, Iowa, postaweek2011 on November 23, 2011 | Comments Off
Brenton Arboretum in Iowa will host a guided walking tour about conifers and a Christmas bird count next month. Brenton Arboretum, Dallas Center www.thebrentonarboretum.org The Brenton Arboretum is a 140-acre arboretum established in 1997 featuring 2,600 trees and shrubs. Most of the more than 175 species of trees and shrubs are organized by species to [...]
‘Golden Natives’ Exhibition at Theodore Payne Art Gallery
Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged books, California native plants, Gene Bauer, postaweek2011, Theodore Payne Foundation on September 28, 2011 | Comments Off
Gene Bauer: The Golden Natives, 1972-1974 Theodore Payne Art Gallery www.theodorepayne.org Gene Bauer, the first chair of the California Garden Clubs’ Native Flora Committee, created a remarkable series of 27 screen-printed booklets from 1972-1974. As the first Chairman of California Native Flora for the California Garden Clubs, Inc., she launched this project to educate and [...]
Color Matching Using Color Photographs & Oil Paints
Posted in botanical art, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Photography, tagged color mixing, oil paint, palette, photography, postaweek2011 on September 14, 2011 | Comments Off
A careful photographic study of plants at Winterbourne Botanical Garden lead to the creation of unique color palettes by artist and designer, Chris Eckersley. Nature’s colors were matched using oil color after Eckersley selected six colors from each photograph to create his color charts. See examples of Eckersley’s work in the press release on the [...]
Learn to Draw Nature & How to Use Natural Dyes
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, gardening, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, tagged drawing, knitting, nature, plant dye, postaweek2011, textiles on September 12, 2011 | Comments Off
Here are new updates for Sibley Nature Center in Midland, Texas: Sibley Nature Center, Midland www.sibleynaturecenter.org This 49-acre site is home to programs educating the public about the southern Llano Estacado and surrounding area. Museum specialist and scientific illustrator, Michael M. Nickell, teaches the Center’s courses about nature drawing and journaling. He has been a [...]
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