Join us for this very special event at Ciderpress Lane: dahlias, watercolors, and a beautiful afternoon at the orchard tables in lovely creative company!

Sunday September 15, 1-5pm

Held at the Ciderpress Lane Orchard Tables

*address + directions will be emailed once you complete your ticket purchase.

This is your invitation to paint and play with Sarah Simon @TheMintGardener’s watercolor instruction, while surrounded by the beauty of the Ciderpress Lane Orchard and Dahlia garden. We’ll enjoy delicious small bites and beverages as well as fresh flower bouquets with Kelly Welk @kellywelk, the owner of Ciderpress Lane and creator of #freedomdinners. The orchard tables will be set with all the beauty to welcome you in. Come enjoy this creative feast, take a mindful evening to pause the everyday and soak in the slow beauty of painting, flowers and good food.

The Painting

After this class with Sarah, you will be skilled and knowledgeable, with the new ability to see and recreate the watercolor process, layer by layer.

During our time together, you will learn the techniques Sarah uses for watercolor, and see how she uniquely teaches the foundations of this art as a transferable and mindful skill. Sarah teaches you step-by-step in her NEW book, Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers & Animal Friends, and once you know how to paint a few flowing washes, that knowledge can be used to paint a fabulous project together from the book. The possibilities are endless with this beautiful art form. Once you work through the foundations together, learn the steps to paint in her new book, together with Sarah. You will work on the pre-drawn template of the project in the book, so no drawing is required.

With this class registration, you will receive all of the materials you need to continue to paint at home: brushes, paints and of course…your own signed copy of Sarah's new Watercolor Workbook! Sarah cannot wait for you to join her; to fall in love with the flowing freedom of watercolor, and the beauty of watching paint and water dance along your pages.

The Flowers

Kelly will give a small tutorial on how to create a hand tied garden bouquet. Then you’ll be able to help yourself to the flower bar filled with blooms from the Ciderpress Lane dahlia and cutting garden - your bouquets will fill the orchard tables to inspire your painting, plus you’ll be able to bring the beauty home with you.

The Food

Kelly Welk is providing her fresh from the garden Private Chef goodness. Creating a spread of savory and sweet small bites for us to enjoy as we sip and enjoy our afternoon in the orchard. Her dishes are fresh and flavorful, made with all of the goodness straight from their gardens at Ciderpress Lane. She’s creating a feast of late summer flavors that everyone can enjoy!

Fresh Mint infused water

Lavender Lemon Summer Spritzers

Watermelon Mint Skewers

Homemade Focaccia topped with Creamy Herbed Cheese & Basil Tomato Lentil Salad 

Roasted Yam & Black Bean Salad served with Blue Corn Tortilla Chips (gluten & dairy free)

Mandarin Orange Mini Bundt Cakes with Mandarin Glaze (gluten + dairy free)

Decaf Coffee

We hope you'll join us for this special evening!

About Sarah:

Artist and author Sarah Simon, a.k.a. @themintgardener, has taught thousands of people how to watercolor and with her teaching talents, has made it such an approachable and enjoyable art form, both for the experienced and novice alike. Her book Watercolor Workbook provides everything you need to know about the art of watercolor and has been the #1 best-selling watercolor book in the world for the past three years! And now, in this NEW workbook, Sarah offers 25 MORE watercolor projects that you can sit down and enjoy painting today.

About Kelly:

Kelly and her husband Aaron are the owners of Ciderpress Lane, a business created around their life of gardening, hosting, delicious food, gathering and fighting human trafficking. Nine years ago they started hosting ‘freedom dinners’ to raise money. Those dinners began with just friends and family and have turned into the most powerful community run dinners. Today they continue to host Freedom Dinners as well as design beautiful community events, weddings, private dinners and workshops. Kelly wrote her first book, a cookbook called Dinner Changes Everything, to tell the story of the freedom dinners through hosting tips and recipes to help you host your own. She wrote her latest book, Dream Catcher, as a conversation, written straight from her heart to empower other women to dream over their every day. You can join Kelly and her beautiful community at www.ciderpresslane.com , @kellywelk or @ciderpresslane and find them on facebook as CiderPress Lane

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Cancellation Policy: Due to the highly creative and collaborative coordination that events like this require ahead of time, the Hosts cannot offer refunds.

The ticket purchase once made is non-refundable, but should the participant be unable to make the planned event, the participant can gift their ticket to a friend if they cannot make it! The participant can make arrangements, and notify the Host.

However, we understand that 'life happens,' and any cancellation request received due to an extenuating circumstance may be reviewed by the Hosts who in turn will recommend the appropriate action. Extenuating circumstances can be (but not limited to) death in the family, documented positive COVID-19 test etc.

‍If the event is cancelled by Hosts, all participants will be extended a full refund of their payments.