nature art Archives - Stanley Park Ecology (SPE)

Mar 3, 2026 @ 06:00 pmEvents

Stanley Park’s Past, Our Climate Future: Free Collaborative Artmaking Workshop

Join Founder of Creating Climate Resilience Sabrina Guzman Skotnitsky for an evening zine workshop in the Stanley Park Nature House on Lost Lagoon. Through collaborative artmaking with community members using writing, drawing, collage, pastels, and other art media, you’ll delve into Stanley Park’s past to explore lessons and dreams for its future. All artmaking supplies will be provided, and participants will be able to take home their creation—one of the four page collaborative zines from their group.

hands over table working on collages with magazine cutouts and glue — Photo: Marine Courzac

Jan 31, 2026 @ 10:30 amEvents

Glass Fusion Workshop [FULL]

Try your hand at the art of fused glass! In this beginner-friendly art workshop led by local glass artist Debbie Hungle, participants will get to create a nature-inspired glass design using cut pieces of glass and mosaic techniques. Choose from a wide selection of bases — from birds to insects to plants and more — to create your ornament, coaster, paperweight, or glass display piece.

Glass fusion materials on table with colourful glass and tools and mushroom piece — Photo: Julia Taylor

Dec 9, 2025 @ 06:00 pmEvents

POSTPONED: Festive Leaves and Lights: Holiday Watercolour Workshop [NEW DATE Jan 10]

Are you feeling the festive spirit this time of year? It’s the perfect season for cozy winter workshops and colourful holiday lights as we appreciate the greenery and cold weather. Join us and our instructor, Jenna Leith, for this beginner-friendly watercolour workshop to learn some basic techniques and use them to bring holiday motifs and winter trees to life on paper.
No prior experience needed—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity! All materials are provided, and you’ll leave with a few special pieces to keep or share as holiday greeting cards. Spaces are limited, so reserve yours soon!

watercolour holiday lights and evergreen branch — Art: Jenna Leith; watercolour holiday lights and greenery

Nov 5, 2025 @ 06:30 pmEvents

Felting Nature: Turkey Tail Mushrooms

Do you find yourself admiring the beautiful and ornate mushrooms emerging during the fall season? Join us for a beginner-friendly needle-felting workshop to create colourful turkey tail mushrooms — perfect as a gift, ornament, toy, or decoration! All you need is wool, a needle, and patience to create any object or sculpture you can imagine. Bring a friend, have some tea, and learn a new craft this autumn!

3 felted turkey tail mushrooms with brown, orange, and white stripes posed on a log — Felted Turkey Tail Mushrooms - Art by Anna Bondartchouk

Oct 18, 2025 @ 12:30 pmEvents

Fungi and Fall Leaves: Watercolour Workshop

This time of year, Stanley Park is filled with colourful leaves on the trees, strikingly diverse mushrooms of all shapes and textures, and countless sources of artistic inspiration in nature. Join us and our instructor, Jenna Leith, for this beginner-friendly watercolour workshop to learn some basic techniques and use them to bring fungi, leaves, and autumnal elements to life on paper.

two watercolour paintings of colourful fall leaves and of red mushrooms surrounded by plants — Fungi and Fall Leaves Watercolours - Photo: Jenna Leith

May 10, 2025 @ 10:00 amEvents

Paint in the Park: Feathered Friends

Join us for a bright, beginner-friendly watercolour workshop this spring for the Greater Vancouver Bird Celebration, with themes of feathered friends and bird habitats!

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