Painting with nature - Children's Workshop

We will start by taking a walk around OmVed Gardens before collecting flowers and leaves to make our brushes.

There will be a selection of handles such as bamboo and willow on the nature table but the children will choose their brush heads to make a variety of brushes to paint from.

Then, working outdoors (weather permitting), we will assemble our nature paintbrushes before looking at different ways to make paint using natural inks thinking about different brushes for a variety of mark making.

Children will be able to choose a scene or motif to paint from the gardens or the Alchemy exhibition, or use their own imagination, and they will take home their handmade nature brushes as well as their final paintings. 

Suitable for children aged between 6 and 12 years old. 

* Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult.

About the host

Corrie Wingate is an artist and arts facilitator based in North London. After traveling across the African continent as a documentary photographer and because of her interest in community arts projects, she founded an Art Centre and artist residency ‘Kids create Kenya’ at a children’s home on Lamu island. Now in its 10th year the art centre is a place where children and young adults can express themselves freely through art.

@corriewingate @kidscreatekenya

Subsidised Tickets:

We have a few tickets at a subsidised rate. If this workshop is not monetarily accessible to you, please write to us at events@omvedgardens.com to avail yourself of a subsidised ticket rate. Subject to availability.

Refund Policy:

These tickets are refundable up to 10 days before the start of the event (8 May) post which they will be non-refundable.

About OmVed Gardens:

Since 2017, we have been carefully restoring a previously tarmacked land in Highgate Village, north London, to provide a space to explore food, creativity and ecology for health and climate resilience.

We are a community interest company featuring a permaculture garden, a creative zero-waste kitchen and a growing educational, events and exhibition space. Our aims are to realise our deep entwinement with each other and the more-than-human, through thinking around food, gardening and ecological awareness, to improve diversity at all levels (seed, food, species, participation) and to use creativity and nature-led knowledge to help tackle the climate emergency.

www.omvedgardens.com · @omvedgardens

Practical Information:

There is no visitor parking so we encourage you to cycle, walk or take public transport. Google Maps Directions

Our glasshouse and gardens are wheelchair accessible, but there is currently no step free access to the toilets.

Health & Safety Information:

Children are the responsibility of their parents or guardians and should not be left unattended at any time when they are on site.

Only assistance dogs are permitted.

If you have an allergy to a particular plant or insect, please get in touch before attending our site.

The gardens are a habitat for a variety of pollinators, including busy bees. Please respect them and do not approach the beehives for their safety and yours.

We have ponds - members of the public are not permitted in the pond at any time.

Do not ingest any plants, mushrooms or fungi that you find on site.

There are two first aid kits on site, one in the glasshouse and one in the dome