Mary L. Harden Designs

Exhibitions

Surprises abound about the treats we eat in a new exhibition called Edible Expeditions.

It¹s a chance to see food in the wild as visitors take a discovery journey of edible plants from around the world. Arranged in lush demonstration gardens, Edible Expeditions highlights the many delicious products that we enjoy from tropical countries like chocolate, vanilla, coffee, rice and spices galore. Interactive demonstrations help visitors understand how their food goes from vine to dine. And families will enjoy the many hands on Edibilicious activities that allow children to explore tropical roots, fruits, leaves and seeds with their senses.

The exhibit also features a number of pen and ink illustrations that were created by artists studying under Mary L. Harden in the botanical illustration program at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Original works available for purchase at the gift shop to benefit the educational programs of the Conservatory of Flowers.

Read more about Edible Expeditions

read Steve Rubenstein's humorous account here

Rock Hill Gallery

Mary L. Harden, Nancy J. Ballard, and Linda Cavanaugh show original botanical watercolors at the Rock Hill Gallery at the Community Congregational Church of Tiburon.

Community Congregational Church (CCC) is located at the top of a beautiful hill in Tiburon, California. Our wonderful views of the San Francisco Bay and surrounding countryside reflect the expression of oneness and expansion found in our active and caring congregation.

Celebrating the Spirit in all People, in all things

The Rock Hill Gallery show is the third exhibit from the Black Tie Botanicals artists.

www.blacktiebotanicals.org

Past Exhibits

"Marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, botanical illustrator Mary Harden and the artists in her master class at the San Francisco Botanical Garden are showing detailed watercolors of ferns, magnolias, horsetails, araucarias, and other flora in the arboretum's Ancient Plant Garden."

- Jesse Hamlin, Chronicle staff writer

Echoes of Darwin received "Top Pick" from Janos Gereben in the Examiner's Art section and was reviewed in San Francisco Arts Monthly, January 2009.

www.SFArts.org