Spend three days at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden (September 1 – 3, 9:30 – 3:30) with Dick Rauh looking at and drawing ferns. Learn to appreciate the variety of forms and the subtlety of color and texture that characterize them. Study the fern life cycle, dissections, diagnostic characters and fern vocabulary. With Dick’s guidance, compose these elements: a drawing of a frond or habit, details of pinna form, sori and scales into a scientific illustration in graphite or pen and ink. Members of Friends of Wellesley Botanic Garden – $250, Non-Members $300. Print a reservation form from the web site, www.wellesley.edu/WCFH, or send a check made payable to Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture and mail it to Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481-8203.
