Botanical Illustration: Hoyt's Herbarium Collection Comes to Life

Schedule

Sun Jun 14 2026 at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97221 | Portland, OR

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Join Brett Rousseau as she leads you through the journey of creating watercolor botanical illustrations based on HoytArboretum’s very own herbarium collection. We will use herbarium “vouchers” (plant samples that are pressed, dried, and mounted for cataloging Hoyt’s collection) as our muse. We will capture their leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits with our imagination and paint brush. This is a great stepping stone to painting plants from life.
Ticket price includes $5 for basic supplies. You are also welcome to bring your favorite paper, pencils, pens, watercolors, and brushes.
Space is limited; please register online.
Registration closes Saturday, June 13th at 4:00pm.
Class details will be emailed closer to the program date.
About the Instructor: Brett is an arborist, artist, and a native plant enthusiast. She works at Hoyt Arboretum raising the next generation of young trees in the collection. She is a freelance arborist, pruning trees in the Portland area, and a landscape designer with a passion to increase the amount of tree canopy and native plant habitat in our yards.
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4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97221

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