
Welcome back to
Gardening through Art Course
Our flagship course with purposeful botanical art workshops for everyone is back.
Please enjoy a complementary printable weekly garden journal (click for PDF).
Dates of Instruction 2022~2023:
Weekly 1-hour courses for artists, creators, gardeners, and cooks and general lifelong learners of all ages.
(Tuition discounted for all 10)
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Spring Gardening through Art (Flagship Course, Mon 11-12 PST)
Future Courses may include ~ Gardening through Art (Kids' Edition) Therapeutic Nature Art (Tuesdays 11 a.m.~12) More requests will be reviewed quarterly. Request Class Schedules: [Click Here] |
Gardening through Art Syllabus
Objective: A creative nature journal can guide how to live in our best footprints in and out of the home with Sensorial Nature Journaling as means to heal our creation patterns.
We can change the environment through creative participation. In this course we will use art and meditation exercises to bring our personal environment into the imaginary space. Understanding nature's processes through plant observation will bring forth ideas for environmental stewardship at home, work, school, and beyond. The goal of this course is to understand techniques that tune our joyful feelings to the living world.
The focus of this course is to hone our attention and positive creative emotions to serve our living environment. Content for this goal will include:
We can change the environment through creative participation. In this course we will use art and meditation exercises to bring our personal environment into the imaginary space. Understanding nature's processes through plant observation will bring forth ideas for environmental stewardship at home, work, school, and beyond. The goal of this course is to understand techniques that tune our joyful feelings to the living world.
The focus of this course is to hone our attention and positive creative emotions to serve our living environment. Content for this goal will include:
- Gardener's Personality Test: Consider how landscapes shape the way we see the world (and vice versa).
- Landscaping Like the Creator Cares: Learn techniques for building biodiversity and mitigating climate change.
- Art Tutorial Workshops (Leaf Rubbings, line drawings, and therapeutic art exercises) Meditation Exercise: Group plant observation, Solo plant observation. Understanding plants as a process.
Gardening through Art Preparation
Home or work with a simple pencil and paper is all we need to create this collaborative experience in a video classroom. Meditative mandalas, gratitude trees, vision boards, and interactive creativity can heal our striving souls.
Live Artist Retreats (nature art for everyone) are currently Mondays 11-noon PST on zoom.
Live Artist Retreats (nature art for everyone) are currently Mondays 11-noon PST on zoom.
Gallery/Tuition/Scholarship Options:
- Venmo: @joyful.plant
- PayPal: @watness
- Zelle: thejoyfulplant @gmail
- Square: in-person or text three-six-zero 525-3849
- WhatsApp for Business Line ~ for question scholarship inquiries
Introduction to Gardening through Art
Mini-Lessons
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Leaf Rubbing (Credits: BKAT and Artist Elise Watness)
Objective: To learn the shape and texture of Prepation: paper, crayon, flat leaf Process: Placing the leaf beneath the paper, rub the broad side along edges evenly and thoroughly until you decide the impression is complete. The paper may be preserved for reference and enjoyment. Joyful Plant also has an introductory Leaf Rubbing activity audio story.
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Possible future quarters:

Information is TBA January 2023.