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Category Archives: Botany
Garden Kids Summer Camp
I’m excited to offer two week-long session of camp this summer for kids ages 5 to 9. Details and registration here.
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Echos in Time
Oregon’s oldest ancestral skills gathering is coming up July 22-28th in the Willamette Valley. I’ll be teaching a plant drawing class there. We’ll be exploring plant families in the shady flood plain and river banks and sunny meadow to learn … Continue reading
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Drawing Plants: Summer Session
My next workshop is coming up in June though the Portland Underground Graduate School. It’s blend of art, science and medicine. We’ll be celebrating midsummer and learning about local, edible and medicinal plants (from my food forest guilds plus cool … Continue reading
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Permaculture Workshop at Xera Plants
Planting the Multi-functional Garden: A Permaculture look at the Xera Plants catalog Update: The workshop is full! Thanks for all your interest. Check the events pages for more upcoming courses. Sat. March 24, 10 am – noon Xera Plants Retail … Continue reading
Drawing Plants: Winter Meditation
Join me for a winter drawing retreat on Wednesday evenings in January. Unplug for a couple hours and tune-in to the often overlooked beauty of winter in Portland. Using simple materials like pencil, charcoal, and ink, we’ll trace the arc … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany, drawing, Local plants, Meditation, Mulysa Melco, Portland Underground Graduate School, Winter
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Decoding Plants: Seeing Urban Trees with New Eyes
I’m excited to be teaching a botany/ecology course with the Portland Underground Grad School in October. This is the next course in my Decoding Plants series – this time a schedule-friendly weekend workshop! Please join us! Details below. Saturday and … Continue reading
Decoding Plants – Summer Session
I’m excited to teach a mid-summer session of my botany course with the Portland Underground Graduate School. Registration and Details Portland Underground Grad School Decoding Plants: Seeing Urban Flora with New Eyes Tuesdays, July 8th – August 1st || 6:30-8:30 pm Meets in Overlook Neighborhood || North … Continue reading
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Drawing Plants Workshop – Feb. 4 -25
Take an art break! I’m teaching this workshop through the Portland Underground Graduate School. Saturdays in February, 2/4, 11, 18, 25, from 2 – 4 pm. $100. Meet at SE Uplift, 3534 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214 Observation drawing … Continue reading
Botany with Siskiyou Permaculture
I’m excited to announce this course I will be teaching with Tomi Hazel in May in the botanical wonderland of the Siskiyous! Registration is now open. Please be in touch with any questions. Advanced Permaculture Course in Botany with Siskiyou … Continue reading
Upcoming Course: Decoding Plants
Hi Friends, I’m excited to be teaching a plant course in September through Portland Underground Grad School. It’s called Decoding Plants: Seeing Urban Flora with New Eyes. If you’ve been wanting to learn plant identification or just sharpen your skills, join … Continue reading