Join Heather Kerley and United States Botanic Garden staff for this engaging workshop as you learn to translate a line drawing based on plants into an embroidered botanical image. Students will learn about the U.S. Botanic Garden’s collection and stitch-draw a few favorite plants. Supplies are included.

Heather Kerley is a Maryland-based mixed media and fiber artist whose practice spans watercolor, collage, embroidery, and other craft traditions. Originally from the Midwest, she studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design before earning a BA and MA focused on gender studies and postcolonial literature. Her work explores themes of entanglement, kinship with the more-than-human world, and the historical healing role of fiber arts. Kerley has taught widely, exhibited both regionally and internationally, and received a 2023 creativity grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, with her most recent solo show held at the Adkins Arboretum in 2025.