Join us for a special edition of The Gardening Drawing Club at Devonshire Collective, as we will take you through the basics of growing organic vegetables and herbs before we paint and draw impressions from these encounters.

Guided by artist and gardener Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck (featured in the group exhibition The Reason for Flowers), this workshop will help nurture your gardening skills and confidence, giving you the basic know-how to start your own horticultural experiments at home.

Johanna will start things off by walking us through the basics of growing organic vegetables and herbs, speaking to seed selection, soil, season, biodiversity, and gardening on a budget. We will also riff off the shapes, colours, and energies we find within plants and seeds to paint and draw our impressions from our encounters.

No gardening experience is necessary – this event is suitable for beginners and the most experienced gardeners alike. All organic seeds, veganic soil, pots, art supplies and plant-based painting materials will be provided.

The Gardening Drawing Club

Founded in 2021, The Gardening Drawing Club is a series of unique events with a holistic approach offering free access to arts and horticulture in Britain. With monthly happenings, The Gardening Drawing is hosted in a broad range of locations, from art centres to community gardens and temples; the events range from workshops to talks and experiences. Veganic gardening methods are employed through The Gardening Drawing Club, advocating for gentleness and compassion while supporting seed sovereignty, racial, climate and land justice and reparation, biodiversity, and animal liberation.

The Gardening Drawing Club has a shared mission to integrate the joys of gardening and drawing into others’ lives for individual and community well-being. Artist Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck founded the Gardening Drawing Club.

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This workshop is part of The Reason for Flowers, a group exhibition considering flowers as motif, material, symbol and subject, bringing together emerging and established artists who live and work on the South Coast or have long-term connections with the area.