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An Afternoon of Pansies: Gardening & Watercoloring the Spring Garden

Saturday, May 10 | 11:00 AM PST|

An Afternoon of Pansies: Gardening & Watercoloring the Spring Garden

Saturday, May 10 | 11:00 AM PST|
$215.00

Join us for an afternoon celebration of the bright and cheery pansy as we gather to paint, learn, and enjoy the spring garden together! To start, instructor Brenna Estrada—an accomplished farmer florist and author of the new book Pansies—will convey her tried and true tips for sowing pansies from seed to ensure the best germination rates and healthiest plants, as well as give additional growing advice to ensure your pansies thrive all season. Attendees will take home a terracotta pot of pansies and a pack of specialty seed, lending further inspiration and opportunity to paint pansies at home. During this instruction, you will enjoy a local and seasonal feast from our artist in food, Ashley Rodriguez, with a menu that has been artfully handcrafted based on what is available on and around the farm, forest, field and sea. Then, it’s time to pick up your paint brushes! Instructor Sarah Simon—a.k.a. The Mint Gardener—will guide us through the techniques she uses for watercolor, as she uniquely teaches the foundations of this art as a transferable and mindful skill. Sarah will teach you step-by-step, and once you know how to paint a few flowing washes, that knowledge can be used to paint pansies together! The possibilities are endless with this beautiful art form. Once you work through the foundations together, you will work on a pre-drawn template of pansy flowers, so no drawing is required. With this class registration, you will receive all of the materials you need to continue to paint at home: professional watercolor paints and brushes with a curated palette specifically made for our lovely event! Our trio of instructors cannot wait for you to join us, to fall in love with the flowing freedom of watercolor and the many delights of the garden!

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Saturday, May 10 | 11:00 AM PST

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The Instructor

Brenna Estrada

Brenna Estrada is an accomplished flower farmer, focused on bringing attention to often overlooked flowers, particularly pansies. Raised in the Pacific Northwest in the shadow of the Cascade Mountains, she has a deep love of nature and has been growing flowers since she was a child. Brenna’s extensive collection of pansies has drawn the attention of growers and artists from all over the world. She continues to share her passion with others and is working to make seeds for the specialty varieties more accessible to both small-scale growers and home gardeners. When not among her flowers, she is likely reading, writing or hiking with her three boys and four dogs.

The Instructor

Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez is a Seattle-based award winning food writer and photographer. She is the author of four books; Date Night In, Let’s Stay In, Rooted Kitchen, and Field Notes from a Forest Guide. She is the host and co-creator of the James Beard nominated series, Kitchen Unnecessary. Ashley is a graduate of Seminary of the Wild through the Center for Wild Spirituality and a certified Nature and Forest Therapy guide. When not eating, or talking and writing about food you can find her foraging, fly fishing, feeding her sourdough starter and spending as much time outside as possible. She believes the outdoors is a place to be fed both physically and spiritually.

The Instructor

Sarah Simon

Sarah simon of the mint gardener

Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people to watercolor and with her teaching talents, has made it such an approachable and enjoyable art form, both for the experienced and novice alike. Her Watercolor Workbook series provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and has been the #1 best-selling watercolor book series in the world for five years now. Sarah’s teaching has received worldwide attention with her online and in-person painting courses and art retreats, where she shares the very best in quality, crafting a lifestyle of slow beauty and intentional choices, one post at a time.