Print a Garden

Join us for a playful, calming day of botanical printing.

Discover the art of botanical printing in this calming, creative one-day workshop, where you will be introduced to making an impression using plants, paint and gelli plates to print a garden!

Absolutely no experience necessary – just an interest in printmaking and an apron!

Join tutor Su and learn responsible foraging techniques, how to select suitable botanicals, and how to create unique plant prints using a gelli plate. You’ll discover the qualities of different paints and how to finish your very own mounted collage/collection of prints to take home.

We’ll let the plant’s shapes, textures and your preferred colours inspire your creativity, as you design a unique series of prints.

Tutor Su France, a new member of our tutor team, is a rural-based printmaker and earth pigment textile artist whose work connects with the arable farm landscape around her. Drawing inspiration from fields, ceramic traditions and kintsugi philosophy, she creates thoughtful pieces that celebrate imperfection in life and nature. Working with locally sourced earth pigments, Su develops rich, muted palettes that capture the essence of place and evoke a sense of tranquillity. Her own process combines printmaking with delicate hand-stitching, using vintage threads to trace agricultural patterns and reference human interactions with the land. Find out more about Su’s practice at https://www.sufrancedesigns.com/ before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome - just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.