Workshops
2024 Workshop Dates & Locations
Friday, 19th January
The Gardening Drawing Club - Women Gardeners
RHS Lindley Library, London, UK
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Saturday, 3rd February
Natural Dyes
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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Saturday, 10th March
Tea in Transition - Natural Dyeing
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
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Saturday, 23rd March
The Gardening Drawing Club - Planning a Garden on Paper
Artsadmin, London, UK
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Sunday, 24th March
Natural Dyeing
TOAST Marlow, Marlow, UK
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Tuesday, 9th April
Creative Nature: A Restoration Toolkit for Artists & Activists
Old Fire Station, Oxford, UK
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Wednesday, 10th April
The Gardening Drawing Club - On A Flower Farm VOL. 2
Babylon Flowers, rural Oxfordshire, UK
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Sunday, 14th April
Open Sundays: Zine Making Workshop
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK
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Saturday, 4th May
The Gardening Drawing Club - (Almost) Ikebana
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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Saturday, 8th June
The Gardening Drawing Club - The Basics of Planting
Henley Public Library, Henley-on-Thames, UK
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Thursday, 13th June
The Gardening Drawing Club - On A Flower Farm VOL.3
Babylon Flowers, rural Oxfordshire, UK
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Sunday, 16th June
Open Sundays: Drawing
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK
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Saturday 6th July
Growing Together - Design your Dream Garden on Paper
the DESIGN MUSEUM, London, UK
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Sunday, 14th July
The Gardening Drawing Club - The Basics of Planting
Southbank Centre, Roof Garden - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
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Sunday, 25th August
Open Sundays
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK
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Wednesday, 2nd October
The Gardening Drawing Club - The Basics of Planting
Burgh House, London, UK
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Saturday, 19th October
The Gardening Drawing Club - Introduction to Seed Saving
Henley Public Library, Henley-on-Thames, UK
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Thursday, 14th November
Gardens in Artist Publishing Practices
Garden Museum, London, UK
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Past
Click here to view the list of 2023 workshops.
Click here to view the list of 2022 workshops.
Creative workshops - including natural dyes, drawing, painting, gardening, textile explorations and self-publishing - have taken place on invitation or been initiated since 2017 in various cultural institutions and independent spaces internationally and nationally including Bow Arts, Camden Art Centre, Garden Museum, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Horniman Museum & Garden, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Royal Museums Greenwich, Southbank Centre, Southwark Park Galleries, The Hepworth Wakefield and the Whitechapel Gallery.
Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck's approach to ideating and facilitating engaging workshops frequently includes a multisensorial aspect infused with enthusiasm, often beginning the session with a hot cup of organic herbal tea and a walk/breathing exercise. Through her workshops, conceptualised as calming and playful, the artist transmits skills and aims to nurture the participants while also developing their sensibilities.
On the invitation of Camden Art Centre and in collaboration with a local primary school, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck has ideated and developed a 2022/23 year-long learning programme based around the themes of Joy and Togetherness. Throughout the year, every pupil at the school from year one through to six will participate in the project based around interacting with and understanding the natural world.
Johanna founded The Gardening Drawing Club in 2021. Between Spring 2022 and October 2024, 1585 adults and children participated in the workshops she planned and facilitated via The Gardening Drawing Club. This positive community engagement project is ongoing.
Please use the contact page to discuss a workshop in relation to your space and / or cultural agenda. These shared ateliers, a time with a practicing artist, can be directed towards audiences of all age groups, including adults and children, and can facilitated in languages including English, French and German.
The photographs below are outtakes of past workshops in England, France, Japan and Korea (2017 - 2023).
