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  • Tuesday, December 2 & Thursday, December 4 – 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – History of Botanical Art Seminar, Online & In Person

    Botanical art, with its rich history and high standards, has always informed and promoted botany and the plant world. Since the Renaissance and fueled by centuries of plant exploration, great discoveries in global flora, advances in printing techniques, and an increasing interest in horticulture, botanical art gained a wide audience and flourished as both an art form and a means to document plant species from 1600 – 1900. Beginning in the 1990’s, there has been a resurgence of interest in contemporary botanical art. Join Sarah Roche as she reviews the significant roles and styles of botanical art from early times to the present. At the second session of this class, you will view rare botanical books & prints from Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s extraordinary collection. $170 for Mass Hort members, $200 for nonmembers. Register HERE

  • Monday, February 10, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Life’s So Sweet With a Sugar Maple in Your Yard

    Sugar maples provide New Englanders with shade, beautiful autumn color, and delicious maple syrup. Join Trish Wesley Umbrell, Natick Community Organic Farm’s Assistant Director, for a celebration of the versatility of sugar maples. She will share tips on tree identification and uses in the home landscape, explore the rich history and traditions of New England maple sugaring, and give a virtual tour of her local favorite sugar shack, as well as tips for making your own maple syrup on your stovetop. The program takes place Monday, February 10 at 1 pm at the Wellesley College Club in Wellesley. Free for Friends of the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, $10 for non-members. RSVP at 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu

  • Monday, October 21, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – A Short History of Plants and People

    The advent of agriculture was approximately 25,000 years ago. What has happened since then? Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Senior Horticulturist Hannah Traggis will discuss how agriculture influenced civilization, and how changes in the last century have impacted our food and environment. She will also look at how the choices we make as consumers influence the future of food. This Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens talk will be held October 21 at 1 – 2 at the Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington Street in Wellesley, and is free for FWBG members, $10 for nonmembers. Call 781-283-3094 for more information or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

  • Sunday, October 13 – Tuesday, October 15, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Fruits and Seeds: The Bounty of Autumn

    Master dry brush technique by painting all things autumnal – from nuts and seeds to late berries, hips and haws, seed heads and crunchy leaves, will be the topic of this Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden three day class on October 13 – 15, at the Wellesley College Club from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. Lizzie Sanders will show you how to make precise and sharp images using tiny brushes and almost no water. With guidance from Lizzie learn to create detail and textures. Over three days we will cover several different specimens as a study sheet or make one single painting. Emphasis will be on achieving accurate rendering of surface texture and color. Learn how to make the selected specimens look truly 3D on the page. This class is suitable for intermediate to advanced artists. $395 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens members. $495 for nonmembers. Register by calling 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu

    copyright Lizzie Sanders

  • Thursday, April 18, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Seeing Nature: The Connection Between Art and Science

    On April 18 from 10 – 11:30 at the Wellesley College Club, Carol Govan will talk about the website she is developing, called “Seeing Nature: the Connection between Art and Science.” It combines all the fun she had teaching and taking various courses at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, the Garden in the Woods and the Eagle Hill Institute. She uses art as a process to slow down and record what she sees, and science to research what she has been looking at. This website is a way for her to create her own reference book of illustrated nature observations. Free to members of the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden, $10 for the general public. Pre-register at wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu or call 781-283-3094.