Botanical Painting

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A gentle and welcoming en plein air painting session at Plot 22. Materials, tea and conversation included.

Hosted by Emma Baars from TheHouseOutside, together we’ll spend time outdoors, observing and responding to the garden as it is on that exact day — noticing what’s growing, what’s shifting, and what quietly draws our attention. This is an invitation to slow down and explore living landscapes on a small scale through watercolour, guided by curiosity rather than expectation.

In early July, the garden is full of small, fleeting moments: the scent of lavender and rosemary just beginning to intensify in the warmth, pea flowers curling into pods, strawberries ripening in flashes of red, and tomato plants stretching taller by the day. You might notice the delicate blossoms of beans and sweet peas, the papery skins forming on garlic, or the first signs of fruit swelling on apple and fig trees. These subtle transitions offer endless inspiration for mark-making, colour, and form.

This session also creates space to reflect on how being in botanical environments can support our wellbeing — how attention, slowness, and connection to growing things can ground and restore us.

No experience is needed — this is a space for everyone. Please get in touch with Emma if you have any questions in advance of the event.

Materials will be provided, but if you have your own watercolour set, you’re very welcome to bring it along. Ticket price includes materials, tea and locally baked organic biscuits.

Come as you are, and spend a few hours noticing, painting, and being present in the garden.