Painting with Pollinators

Dates & Price

May 31–June 17, 2023

Fee: $179

Fee for Innovators, Gardens Preferred, and Gardens Premium Members: $161

Fee includes all-day admission to the Gardens on the day the class is onsite.

Registrations may be cancelled up to two weeks before the event, and your registration fee, less a $30 processing fee, will be refunded.

To notify us of your cancellation, email us or call 610-388-5454.

Join botanical artist Diana Heitzman in this three-part intermediate to advanced course focused on painting native plants and their pollinators.

Start with an online orientation getting you ready for your visits to the Gardens, including a review of the principles of botanical illustration. Then join Heitzman at Longwood to work on your painting—a pairing of a plant and its pollinator. Choose from a selection of cut native flowers and blooms from our Meadow Garden to help create your painting. Once you’ve chosen your plant subject, learn more about its particular pollinators and choose which to feature in your work. During the second onsite session, workshop your painting and gain insight from Heitzman on the illustration process. In between the two sessions, you’ll be able to take your chosen plant subject home to continue working at your own pace.

This class is intended for people with intermediate and advanced sketching and painting experience.

Course Schedule

Online Orientation
Wednesday, May 31, 6:00–6:30 pm

Onsite Sessions
Saturdays, June 3 & June 17, 1:00–5:00 pm

Full course content includes both the online and the onsite components.

Location

Onsite at Longwood Gardens with additional online sessions.

This program will take place partially or entirely outdoors. Please dress for the weather and wear footwear suited for walking on uneven paths and through wet areas.

Instructor

Diana Heitzman

Materials

The supply list will be provided prior to the first class.