Originally A Zoom performance / talk, Tuesday 14th December 2021 (postponed from 7th December because of Storm Barra), now available as a recorded webinar, price €6 for the online shop HERE How did their friendship grow? An opportunity to live through a moment in time and a slice of two lives, through their letters. In…
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The two films and other new materials here on the early 1800s page of this website are the culmination of a strand of work by Team Ellen over the past two years or more. The Team set out to understand practical details of the period in which Ellen was botanizing and letter writing. What clothes…
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If you read my blog back in February, Ellen and the Bryophytes, you will know that mosses were a source of delight to Ellen Hutchins. Mosses are back as the focus for Team Ellen as we have just launched Join our Moss Hunt, designed for 6 to 12 year olds, and suitable for use anywhere…
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The Festival starts in a week’s time, on Saturday 14th and this year contains a mix of self guided or DIY events, two online art workshops and in-person outdoor events in special places from Bantry through Ballylickey, Coomhola and Glengarriff to Adrigole and up to Kealkil and Gougane Barra. With three ways of taking part,…
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The Ellen Hutchins Festival team is delighted with its latest publication — a beautiful book on lichens, by Paul Whelan, with stunning colour photographs and clear descriptions of 40 of the most common species that you can find in Glengarriff Woodlands and Harbour in West Cork. The lack of any good book on lichens is…
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Today, Saturday 12th June is Cruinniú na nÓg — the free day of creativity for children and young people — and the Ellen Hutchins Festival has contributed to the creativity with a nature art journey, Creative Adventures with Leaves and Paint. This is by talented Co Cork nature artist, Sue van Coppenhagen, and the Adventures…
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Saturday 16th May is National Drawing Day, promoted by many Irish galleries including The National Gallery of Ireland. Why not take the opportunity, with lockdown still in place, to try your hand at botanical art. Shevaun Doherty, the ‘resident’ botanical artist at the Ellen Hutchins Festival says “Botanical art takes time and practice but it…
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