{"id":1766,"date":"2023-10-31T22:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2023-10-31T22:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:40:07","slug":"sharing-the-joy-of-flowers-my-artist-residency-with-the-city-of-abbotsford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/sharing-the-joy-of-flowers-my-artist-residency-with-the-city-of-abbotsford\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the Joy of Flowers: Reflections on my Artist Residency with the City of Abbotsford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far in my chosen work, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sharing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the joy of flowers has got to be one of my most rewarding experiences. This past summer I had the fabulous opportunity to be the Artist in Residence for the city of Abbotsford. As serendipity would have it, their focus for this term was the combined disciplines of horticulture and art. The project could have transpired in a number of ways, but it was an easy decision to have a pop-up studio and demonstration garden at the Kariton Art Gallery. The gallery is a beacon of a cheerful hot pink, a little cottage (no, I didn\u2019t actually live there) in the middle of Mill Lake Park. The timing was perfect to create an 8-bed demonstration cutting garden, accessible to all who visited the park. All I needed to do was wave my magic wand and point to where it should all grow. City staff built the beds and pathways, and volunteers came out to assist with watering and weeding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Cutting-Garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Cutting-Garden.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Cutting-Garden-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Workshops &amp; Installations<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each step of the flower journey became a subject of the weekly workshops, free to participants: planting, arranging, crafts, and collaborative installations. I attempted to design the workshops to be accessible to all ages and abilities and was pleasantly surprised about the enthusiasm that touches all. Like insects to nectar, people flocked to the workshops to: tuck in seeds, smell, photograph, arrange, create, admire, explore, and share the magic of flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-3.jpg\" alt=\"Floral designer and artist-in-residence Alexandra Richards holds two buckets full of flowers while presenting to workshop participants.\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-3.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Demonstration Cutting Garden<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the garden grew (the number of participants increased as well), perfectly timed to provide weary moms <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">something<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to do with kiddos during the summer. As a home based floral artist, with my own cutting garden, I was able to bring in supplemental cut flowers for projects. It was super easy and echoed what was blooming in the demonstration garden. We handed out seed packets, donated by West Coast Seeds, to encourage the timid grower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-2.jpg\" alt=\"Floral designer and artist-in-residence Alexandra Richards teaches a floral workshop.\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-Workshop-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Poetry &amp; Posies<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most popular by far were the basic bouquet making workshops, with abundant buckets of blooms to choose from and a simple, successful recipe to follow. We then added a poetic spin and offered a \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/abbotsfordartscouncil.com\/poetry-posy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Posy and Poetry<\/a>\u2019 workshop where participants created small bouquets (posy) and a matching poem with our curated buckets of blooms and corresponding verses. This was crafted with a nod to the Victorian trend of sending secret messages in a fistful of blooms. It was so neat to see the myriad of bouquets and poems, each one so unique and personal, from the same core selection of 20 varieties of flowers. It has all been documented, lasting long after the flowers have faded, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/abbotsfordartscouncil.com\/poetry-posy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital exhibition<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/abbotsfordartscouncil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abbotsford Arts Council<\/a> website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-workshop-1.jpg\" alt=\"Floral designer and artist-in-residence Alexandra Richards teaches a floral workshop.\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-workshop-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/AIR-workshop-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Truth &amp; Reconciliation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I finished up the season providing a \u2018Lunch &amp; Learn\u2019 at city hall to 30 enthusiastic staff. Not one participant brought their lunch, but all left with gorgeous bouquets! And, as the flower season drew to a close, I participated in the local Truth and Reconciliation civic event, curating an interactive floral tribute. Designed to be barrier-free, and participatory, we built a beautiful &#8216;flower wall\u2019. With each individual adding one bloom at a time (sunflowers, marigolds, and dahlias), we created a gorgeous floral tapestry. It was a vivid way to commemorate the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Truth-Reconciliation-Flower-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"A woman and a child stand in front of a wall of yellow and orange flowers\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Truth-Reconciliation-Flower-Wall.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Truth-Reconciliation-Flower-Wall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twiggageandbloom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Truth-Reconciliation-Flower-Wall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Goal Achieved!<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m thrilled to have reached my goal:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy main objective is to ignite the spark in the residents (of all ages, with a focus on young families\u2026 especially curious children and those who do not have access to land.) of Abbotsford to experience joy, wonder, and knowledge of all things flower related: growing, playing, and sharing. This is best accomplished by hands-on, experiential learning; engaging all the senses. This is not intended as a Master Gardeners\u2019 Club or Nouveau Design Class, but rather a barrier-free, family-friendly, immersive opportunity to discover nature in general, but primarily flowers.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far in my chosen work, sharing the joy of flowers has got to be one of my most rewarding experiences. This past summer I had the fabulous opportunity to be the Artist in Residence for the city of Abbotsford. 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