This Botanical Painting workshop is part of the Garden Museum's new Branch Out programme, a series of free events and activities exploring gardening, art, floristry, plant science, history, design, and more! Join us every week for free workshops, talks, walks and more.
Join Katy McIntyre Brown and Russell Coles of Horatio’s Garden for a peaceful drop-in painting workshop open for aspiring and practiced painters alike.
Using flowers and dried seed pods as painting studies Katy and Russell will guide participants in the art of painting botanical studies.
Horatio’s Garden is a national charity that creates nurturing beautiful gardens in NHS spinal injury centres to support everyone affected by spinal injury. They grow thriving communities to support patients and their networks facing long stays in NHS hospitals as they adjust to, or care for someone with, a life-changing injury.
Our Branch Out programme has been made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
Session Leaders
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Katy Mcintrye-Brown
Katy Mcintrye-Brown
Leading botanical artist and textile designer Katy Mcintyre-Brown has worked with Horatio’s Garden charity for many years. A former artist in residence at Horatio’s Garden South West, Katy runs weekly sessions with patients. She has also created designs for some of the products in the Horatio’s Garden Shop. Katy joined the charity at its show garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show to
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Russell Coles
Russell Coles
Russell Coles is a painter who gained a degree in Art from the University of Wales Institute. After a break from painting, he rediscovered his passion for art following a spinal injury. Russell found that painting helped him to cope with his injury. He now runs weekly painting workshops in Horatio’s Garden London & South East, creating a peaceful and inspiring environment where everyone is encouraged to take part.
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Horatio's Garden
Horatio's Garden
We are a national charity that creates nurturing beautiful gardens in NHS spinal injury centres to support everyone affected by spinal injury. We grow thriving communities to support patients and their networks facing long stays in NHS hospitals as they adjust to, or care for someone with, a life-changing injury. Leading landscape designers create these stunning sanctuaries, working in collaboration with prominent architects to design garden rooms ensuring the space can be used all year round. The gardens become an integral part of people’s lives throughout their time in hospital.
To date we have opened seven gardens in Salisbury, Glasgow, Stoke Mandeville, Oswestry, London, Cardiff and Belfast. We are currently fundraising for our eighth in Sheffield. In time, we plan to bring Horatio’s Garden to all 11 NHS spinal injury centres in the UK.
