Daily Archives: April 3, 2021

Saturday, April 10, 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Sketching Spring First Flowers, Online

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Snowdrops, crocus, pansies, chionodoxa (Luciles Glory of the Snow); sketching these beautiful flowers are an introduction to more spring blooms to come. Enjoy drawing one or more flower shapes and learning inking techniques that will visually describe their textures and values. This virtual workshop will begin with an inking technique demo, then try your skills drawing spring’s first flowers with the instructor. Carol Schwartz.

Materials (Supply your own–not included with registration)
1. Mixed media paper pad, 9? x 12?, such as Canson XL or Strathmore
2. Higgins Black Magic waterproof ink and Speedball pen set, either Cartooning Pen and Nib Project Set or Number 20 General Purpose Set or a #01 or 02 Micron pen
3. No. 2 pencil and an eraser

Carol Schwartz graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute, attending her senior year at Rhode Island School of Design. She earned her MFA in Illustration from the University of Hartford, Connecticut in 2014. Her education equipped her to be diverse and adaptable, with work appearing in 60 picture books and countless magazines, newspapers and advertisements.

The Tower Hill Botanic Garden course on April 10 at 9:30 am is $30 for Tower Hill members, $40 for nonmembers. This program will be held virtually. Once you register HERE you will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation. This webinar will only be available LIVE.

Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Dive into Composting, Online

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There is a biology to composting, and understanding it will lead to healthy compost. The speaker for this Massachusetts Horticultural Society online session on April 6 at 7 pm will review the different types of compost systems you can set at home and offer guidelines for compost maintenance.

This class is part of our spring Introduction to Gardening series, register for all six sessions and save $$$! Click here to learn more about the full series.  This session is $20 for Mass Hort members, $30 general admission. Register at www.masshort.org.

Instructor: Gretel Anspach is a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. Gretel helped to establish and maintain two food production gardens that have provided fresh produce to the Marlboro Food Pantry for the last eight years.