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A Video: How to Pick Elderflowers to Make an Elderflower Cordial

Mary Palmer is featured here — showing us how to pick just the right flower for making an elderflower cordial.

The video was filmed at Dovecote Porch & Garden — a garden center in Cashiers, NC that is the North Carolina mountain headquarters for Dargan Landscape Associates, a landscaping architecture firm.

For more information about Dovecote — and to follow the place on Google plus: Click here. 

 

 

July 24: Jodie Zahner Floral Design Workshop

Join us July 24th, 10 AM – 12 PM for Floral Design Workshop with Jodie Zahner. Jodie Zahner is Chattooga Gardens floral designer, photographer and web master. She has a masters degree in horticulture from Clemson, and is a member emeritae of the Laurel Garden Club of Highlands.

Bring your own garden bits and pieces to the workshop to use as background or accent. We will provide extra materials like oasis, tape and extra filler material. Dovecote provides a container for your creative juices to reside in!  Wear your casual clothes, bring an umbrella, a friend and have great fun. Limit 12. Optional  fee of $25 includes vessel for arrangement and goodies. 

For more information & parking map here.

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Plein Air Exhibition with Karen Weihs, July 18

Co-founder of the Cashiers Plein Air Festival, Karen Weihs is sharing works of art at Dovecote, July 18,  1 p.m. – 3 pm. Weihs studied with LaMar Dodd at the University of Georgia, earning a BFA degree.

The magic happens and draws me in, and I find myself driven to capture and paint those responses over and over again. It’s deeply gratifying. This erudition has earned me a confidence in looking for the cutting edge of paint technique, ever evolving to a higher standard. Usually the viewer can find something of the subject matter to relate to. This process allows me to tackle a subject that may or may not appear as my eyes see, painting the paint.

For more information & parking map here.

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Transforming a So-So Painting to One You Love: July 17

What Now? To Wow Now! Transforming a So-so Painting to One You Love.
 
By Miriam “Mir” Eve Tidwell 
July 17th  2014 
10 AM  to 3:00 PM
An optional fee of $35 per person
limit to 20 students  
 
This class is for  beginners and intermediates who paint in Acrylic. This class is not for water color or oil.
 
I have been painting for about 15 years. What I know is not taught in books and most likely will show you that anyone can paint and everyone is an artist.
 
I paint both acrylic and wax. I sell and I donate my work. 
 
We all have a canvas that we just don’t like. We are not sure why its not our favorite. 
I will teach you how to take a “What Now” into a “Now Wow”.
 
What you will need to bring to eat and drink:
 
We will take two 10 minute breaks and one 30 minute break.
  1. bottle of water to drink (or what ever you drink)
  2. Snack for break 
  3. Sack lunch
  4. Snack to enjoy while we have show and tell.
Supplies you will need:
  1. one painted canvas that will come one way and leave another. ( around two feet by three feet framed if you can) can be a board or even foam board).  Must already  be painted !    (If you have never painted go to the thrift store and buy a cheap canvas that is something you don’t like. You will have your own painting by the end of the day.)
  2. large black magic marker
  3. small black magic marker
  4. gold magic marker
  5. ruler
  6. blue painters tape,two to four inch to protect the frames and if they are not framed to protect the face of you painting when we paint the sides.
  7. At least 8 brushes at least one 2 inch
  8. brush holder 
  9. bucket for water (Large enough to paint for an hour before cleaning)
  10. roll of paper towels
 
Paint                        
 
If you are a person that likes bright colors bring them if you are a person that likes dull colors this class is designed to teach you to love bright colors, So bring bright colors…..please bring your own easel, this type of class works best if you can paint standing and look at it from about 6 feet back.
  1. At  least 10 colors of acrylic paint. (you can have more, but please have these.)
  2. Brown 
  3. black 
  4. white 
  5. yellow 
  6. orange
  7. red 
  8. sky blue
  9. lavender 
  10. greens

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