(Adults) Use your basic drawing or painting skills to illustrate wildflowers. Artist and instructor Caroline Hottenstein shows you how to use pen and ink, watercolor, graphite, and colored pencils to capture and highlight details. Previous drawing experience encouraged. Add to session notes: Please bring a bag lunch. Supply list will be emailed before class.

(16-Adult) Create a beautiful garden container. Green Spring horticulturist Parker Jennings shows you how to mix balance, scale, proportion, contrast and rhythm to make dynamic container designs that are sure to grab attention. Bring a container with an interior circumference 12-14 inches. Soil and plants included in the $60 supply fee. Please register for $42 program and supply fee.

(16-Adult) Create an eye-catching summer vase arrangement with Green Spring horticulturist Parker Jennings. Using florals from the garden, mix balance, scale, proportion and contrast to create a summer design. Please register for the program and $45 supply fee.

(Adults) For the beginner or advanced student, artist and instructor Dawn Flores will share watercolor techniques through exercises that help you understand color, composition and improve brush control. Learn about the history and types of paper used in botanical art. Basic drawing skills are helpful for drawing the plant specimen from which to paint an elegant botanical portrait. A supply list will be emailed before class. Bring a lunch.

(16-Adult) Some subjects just scream to be painted in watercolors and orchids are one of those subjects. Taught by botanical artist Dawn Flores, plan and execute an orchid-inspired painting. Information on orchid anatomy, lessons on color, and a variety of watercolor techniques and transfer practices are presented. Orchid owners may bring in their own specimen or work from photographs provided by the instructor. This class is appropriate for any skill level. A supply list will be emailed before class. Bring a lunch.

(16-Adult) Monet made a huge contribution to the world of art with his monumental waterlily paintings. Artist and instructor Dawn Flores will inspire you with Monet's use of color, horizon lines, reflections and water surface. Working directly from photographs, you will create your own expressions in watercolor while learning a variety of painting techniques, including special effects such as glazing, dry-brush, wet on wet, washes and more. A supply list will be emailed before class. Bring a lunch.

(Adults) Make a hand-bound journal by sewing signatures together filled with watercolor paper and various types of paper. Then create a unique cover and add other special touches to some inside pages. Your journal will be a unique treasure ready to be filled with drawings, paintings or writing. It will be special, but it is made to be used often.