Episode 554: A garden and studio tour with Lorene Edwards Forkner, sharing her new book “Color In and Out of the Garden‪”‬ Slow Flowers Podcast

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The tagline for today's episode should be "how to see nature's palette in deeper, more meaningful ways," because that's the lesson Lorene Edwards Forkner wants to share with everyone.







Lorene Edwards Forkner (c) Mary Grace Long







As many of you know, Lorene is a dear friend and inspiration to me in all things horticulture. She is an author, artist, and speaker; you can read her GROW stories every week in the Sunday Seattle Times, and catch her daily on Instagram, at @gardenercook, her popular feed.















Lorene is a past guest of the Slow Flowers Podcast and she was a featured presenter at the 2021 Slow Flowers Summit.







We recently recorded a tour through Lorene's Seattle garden, which led to her studio indoors, where Lorene demonstrated the daily practice of seeing through a watercolor study of a winter pansy. This practice is also the topic of her forthcoming book, Color In and Out of the Garden: Watercolor Practices for painters, gardeners, and nature lovers.







I know you'll enjoy our episode today. Thanks to Abrams for providing two copies of Lorene's beautiful book for our Slow Flowers Podcast giveaway. Listen for details for how you can be entered into a random drawing to win -- I'll share them after the interview. So, let's jump right in to meet Lorene.































Thank you so much for joining us today. To enter the book giveaway, please post a comment in our show notes below and share an observation about color in your garden -- or look for this episode post on our @slowflowerssociety at Instagram. You can comment between today, April 20th and midnight PT on Sunday, April 24th. We will announce the winners the following week.















Speaking of artists and their books, check out @slowflowerssummit on IG this Friday, April 22nd, Earth Day, for a special ticket promotion for this year's Slow Flowers Summit. It involves a special book giveaway for anyone who grabs their ticket registration during Earth Day. I hope you take advantage of this special package!







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