It was a busy year for teaching again, and I had opportunities to teach in some amazing places! Some of the highlights were:

Teaching students to paint roots and spring bulbs at the Minnesota School of Botanical Art in Minneapolis in May, the perfect time of year for blooms of all kinds.

A three-day workshop at Filoli in Woodside, CA painting orchids from their collection in watercolor on paper or vellum, and visiting various gardens in the region.

A fun evening with over 30 registrants at the famous Mutter Museum, part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Participants first sketched in the garden founded by Dr. Benjamin Rush, and then later mixed cocktails named after exhibits in the museum, using plants from the garden.

At the ASBA conference in Pittsburgh, I gave a lecture about Margaret Mee and her influence on today’s botanical artists, then taught a one day workshop on painting the Red Orbs of Autumn, with apples, tomatoes, rose hips, and radishes as subjects. It was a wonderfully enthusiastic class!