Last weekend I was invited to demonstrate botanical art and sell my paintings, prints and cards at "my" nursery
De Kleine Plantage in Eenrum. For some years now they are selling my cards in their shop and every year I'm invited for the Liefhebbersdagen. It's in the second weekend of September and many other nurseries, bulb sellers, specialised shops, bookstores, etc. are invited to show and sell their goods at
De Kleine Plantage. It's always quite a big event garden and plant lovers in the Northern part of The Netherlands. I took some photos again this year. It's so nice to look at the plants that are flowering now, finding new introductions of plants and of course to meet up with friends who share the same passion.
Down below you'll find the tiny painting I made last weekend. It's Clematis 'Jan Fopma'.
The beautiful border of pots and containers at the entrance of the nursery:
The plants for sale, ordered by colour. It's nice to see plants of the same colour all together, easy to combine and it looks wonderful too.
This is at the greenhouse where I was painting. Part of the greenhouse was made into a tearoom, the other part was for a jewellery maker, a book store selling old and antique gardening books and me. On Sunday also
Gert Tabak and
Ton ter Linden joined us with their cards and books.
There were quite a few bulb sellers. The biggest of all was
Hein Meeuwissen. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get some bulbs myself but I will order some. The displays of all the sellers was so mouthwatering....
Some of the plants that caught my eye at the nursery....
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| Allium tuberosum |
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| Aster 'Vasterival' |
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| Clematis 'Dark Eyes' |
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| Clematis 'Princess Kate' |
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| Clematis viticella 'Maria Cornelia' |
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| Echinacea 'Maui Sunshine' |
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| Kosteletzkya virginica |
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| Purple Kale |
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And here he is: Clematis 'Jan Fopma'
