BLUEBELLS PLEIN AIR at MERTENSIA PARK

 

Saturday, May 12, 2018; 10 AM – Noon

PLEIN AIR BLUEBELLS and SPRING WILDFLOWERS
Mertensia Park, Farmington

We’re scheduling this year’s PLEIN AIR BLUEBELLS event at Mertensia Park the Saturday prior to Mother’s Day.  We will provide the paper, paints, pallets, and brushes to capture your artistic view of the mertansia (bluebells) and other spring wildflowers along Mud Creek.  Create your own gift for Mom!   *** Please bring along an easel if you have one. ***

Directions: Drive north on Route 332 and take a left onto County Road 41 (NOFA).  Drive west on CR 41 about 1 mile and take a right turn on Mertensia Road.  Turn left down into Mertensia Park.  The bluebells are behind the tennis courts.

Other plants often seen among the bluebells: jack-in-the-pulpit, false solomon's seal, colts foot, trout lily/adder's tongue (both yellow and white), violets, bloodroot, meadow rue, morels, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, Equisetales (horsetails), myrtle, garlic mustard, may apples, and mullein.

Canandaigua Botanical events are open to everyone of all ages free of charge.  Invite a friend or two and enjoy the natural outdoors!


Ready, set, go...
Plein Air Artists of Mertensia

checking out the paints
lily of the valley

Jack in the Pulpit
Blood Root (past bloom)

another Plein Air pair
 
wild geraniums
meadow rue
may apples


Mertensia in alternate shades

Mertensia along Mudd Creek





 
Mertensia/ Blue Bell blossoms





finished projects
poison ivy and white berries
Yellow Jack in the Pulpit
violet
 

 





commissioned artists


colt's foot