Join us for this very special event at Twig & Vine flower farm: dahlias, watercolors, and a beautiful meal in lovely creative company!
This is your invitation to paint and play with Sarah Simon @TheMintGardener’s watercolor instruction, learn how to harvest dahlias with a lovely you-pick take-home bouquet with Deanna Kitchen @twigandvine, and enjoy delicious light bites and beverages with Kelly Welk @kellywelk, the owner of Ciderpress Lane and creator of #freedomdinners. Widely known for its exceptional scenery, Deanna Kitchen’s beautiful pacific northwest property is a perfect little day-getaway, tucked between the mountains and the coast just an hour north of Seattle, in the heart of Skagit county. 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.
**Ticket link will take you to an eventbrite site to purchase tickets, away from ciderpresslane.com.
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.
Prepare to be immersed in beauty as you stroll up and down the flower field rows in peak bloom, taking in the unique beauty of over 500 dahlias, heirloom annual blooms and fragrant herbs and foliage for cut bouquets. After your you-pick session with Deanna, you'll not only leave with a lush bouquet of dahlias, but you’ll also be equipped with new knowledge and skills you can take home and apply to your garden or floral design endeavors. You'll learn how to identify proper stage of harvest for dahlias, annual blooms and foliage, how to harvest to encourage new growth in your plants, plus methods for post harvest handling to maximize vase life, floral design tips and inspiration for sharing flowers. A glass vase is provided, for you to safely tuck your blooms in for the journey home.
The Food
Kelly Welk is bringing her fresh from the garden Private Chef goodness straight to the flower farm. Creating a spread of savory and sweet lite bites for us to enjoy as we sip and stroll through the flowers. 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 summer flavors that everyone can enjoy!
Fresh Berry Mint infused water
Grapefruit Mint Summer Spritzers
Roasted Red Pepper Dip with Julienned Vegetables and Veggies Crisps (gluten + dairy free)
Watermelon Mint Skewers
Crostini with Rhubarb Preserves & Creamy Herbed Cheese
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 Deanna:
Deanna Kitchen is a flower farmer and floral designer. Together with her family, she operates Twig and Vine Farm, a microscale cut flower farm specializing in dahlias. Deanna’s heart for gathering, teaching and community service, led her to founding The Growing Kindness™ Project. Deanna quickly learned the joy of freely giving flowers as acts of kindness and catalysts for meaningful connection and she set out to find ways to help others experience the same. The Growing Kindness Project now leads a global team of over 2500 gardeners and farmers who are on a mission to change the world with kindness, one stem at a time. In pursuit of simplicity, Deanna has stepped away from social media, but you can follow along with the farm at www.twigandvinefarm.com or check out past stories and images on instagram @twigandvine. You can follow along with Growing Kindness on instagram @growingkindnessproject or learn more a www.growingkindnessproject.org.