Join orchid experts Carol Woodin and Peter Zale for an engaging webinar exploring the beauty, diversity, and conservation of these remarkable plants.
Woodin will share her experiences painting orchids, from international travels to her focus on native species, offering insights into their form, color, and natural habitats. Zale will discuss Longwood’s plant exploration and conservation initiatives, highlighting global efforts as well as local work with native orchids. The session concludes with a Q&A, giving attendees the chance to ask questions and deepen their understanding of orchid art, science, and preservation.
Location
Online, via Zoom
Instructor
Carol Woodin
Plants and their diversity serve as never-ending sources of inspiration and fascination for artist Carol Woodin, and have led to a life-long vocation of painting them in watercolor. She was drawn into the field through an interest in wild orchids in upstate New York, and since then curiosity has led her to paint everything from heirloom food crops to threatened species. Carol has been painting on vellum for thirty years and has taught her techniques to people around the world. Some recent venues showing her work are the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, UK: Museum De Buitenplaats, the Netherlands, Hannarie Wenhold Gallery, Grootbos, South Africa, and UBS Gallery, New York.
Her work has appeared Curtis’ Botanical Magazine and in three orchid monographs published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Natural History Publications, Borneo, and authored by Phillip Cribb. An instructional book edited by Carol with Robin Jess, Botanical Art Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide received the 2020 CBHL Award for Excellence in Botanical Art and Illustration. In 2024 she became the third recipient of the Shirley Sherwood Award for ‘broad and significant contributions to botanical art’.
Peter Zale
Peter Zale Ph. D earned his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University where he studied plant germplasm collection development, breeding, and genetics. As Associate Director, Conservation, Plant Breeding, and Collections at Longwood Gardens he is responsible for curatorial activities, the plant breeding program, the plant exploration program, and the recently initiated plant conservation program. He has published over 30 articles in trade, specialist, and peer-reviewed journals and designed and participated in over 20 plant exploration expeditions throughout the United States, Azerbaijan, China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Republic of Georgia.
