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Protecting Puerto Rico: the Island of Enchantment

October 3, 2024 - January 26, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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This exhibit showcases the incredible photography of Omar Monsegur-Rivera. Each photograph features a rare endemic plant species from his fieldwork in Puerto Rico.

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Introduction to Drawing in Black & White

January 14, 2025 - February 11, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 6 – 9 p.m.: Discover composition, proportion, shading, and perspective as well as visual elements. Students work in a variety of black and white mediums.

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Introduction to Drawing in Black & White

January 16, 2025 - February 20, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Thursdays, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. or 6 – 9 p.m.: Discover composition, proportion, shading, and perspective as well as visual elements. Students work in a variety of black and white mediums.

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Student Drawing Exhibition

February 8, 2025 - March 30, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Botanical Drawing Program students that have recently earned the Botanical Drawing Certificate will display works of art in the Gardenhouse Gallery.

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Orchid Daze: Beauty and Light

February 8, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

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Experience the light and warmth of summer during the Garden’s annual tropical plant extravaganza.

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Chinese Watercolor Orchids

February 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Learn how to paint Phalaenopsis orchids using traditional Chinese watercolor techniques.

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Intermediate Drawing in Black and White

February 18, 2025 - March 18, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 6 – 9 p.m.: Continuing drawing students are invited to explore still life and landscapes.

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Abstract and Contemporary Florals with Gouache

March 12, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Learn abstract and contemporary florals with artist Janelle Martinez-Cruz using gouache, a French opaque watercolor that can be used for multiple types of painting styles.

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Chinese Watercolor Cherry Blossoms

March 29, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Learn how to paint cherry blossoms using traditional Chinese watercolor techniques. This class is appropriate for all levels of artistic experience. All instruction and materials will be provided.

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Garden “Hike-Ooh” Writing Workshop

April 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Haiku are simple, powerful poems that have been used in Japan for centuries to distill beautiful moments in nature. Workshop participants will learn about the form, listen to a few examples to get those creative juices flowing, and pen their first haiku before setting out on a garden adventure to create their own “Hike-Ooh.”

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Atlanta Haiku Festival

April 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Celebrate the connection between art and nature through haiku in the Garden during the Atlanta Haiku Festival. This year's theme is: Moments in a Garden.

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Chinese Watercolor Peonies

April 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Learn how to paint peonies using traditional Chinese watercolor techniques. This class is appropriate for all levels of artistic experience, and all instruction and materials will be provided.

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Intermediate Drawing in Colored Pencil

April 29, 2025 - May 20, 2025
Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
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Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. or 6 – 9 p.m.: Build on Intro to Drawing in Colored Pencil with the colors of the tropical world. Students bring their own live plants to draw.

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