Daily Archives: July 25, 2023

Thursday & Friday, August 17 & 18, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Colored Pencil Techniques for Botanical Subjects on Toned Paper

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There is something magical about colored pencils on toned paper, but achieving the colors you want to match is difficult. 

In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class, co-sponsored with the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, learn how to control the values and forms of colored botanical subjects using toned paper. Through class demonstrations, Carol Ann Morley will show you how to make colored palettes for different colored subjects, maintain true tonal values and color, and explore how colors change their appearance on different colored backgrounds. This class is useful to help problem-solve color choices, especially white and light subjects on darker backgrounds

2 days: Thurs. & Fri., Aug. 17 & 18      
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

WCBG Friends & MHS Members: $225 / Non-Members: $275. Register at www.masshort.org

Saturday, May 11 – Tuesday, May 21 – Treasures of Japan

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Join the American Horticultural Society May 11-21, 2024 for a trip of a lifetime, Treasures of Japan: Gardens, Art, and Architecture, aboard the deluxe, five-star Le Soléal small ship, with AHS Host Holly H. Shimizu.

Brochure with pricing and registration information available here. At its core, Japan is a place of tranquility and spirituality, where nature’s beauty remains abundant and unspoiled. Tour the Land of the Rising Sun via a beautifully appointed small ship and experience some of the most serene and breathtaking gardens in the world. Find inspiration in majestic gardens including Sengan-en Garden, a fine example of a feudal lord’s garden; Yushien Garden and its collection of over 250 different types of peonies (below); Daejeon Hanbat Arboretum in South Korea, featuring 600 species of trees and other plants; and Glover Garden, with sweeping views of the port of Nagasaki. Explore Itsukushima Shrine on the island of Miyajima, a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times.  Travel by ferry to Naoshima Island’s “Art Island,” a whimsical and curious destination sprinkled with surrealist art, sculptures, and architecture.