Winter in Seattle offers a bounty of botanical treasures, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum. Want to learn to capture the beauty of the winter garden and bring it inside? Learn the best techniques in an extraordinary setting with master photographer and storyteller, David Perry. This class begins with short tour of the garden led by the UW Botanic Gardens Tour Coordinator, then a photo shoot, moves indoors for a warm-up and instructional lecture, and then continues back outside for an opportunity to take what you’ve learned and put it into practice. David will inspire you with his fantastic images, and explain how to photograph your own winter garden as well as how to set up simple indoor photo sessions. Bring your camera (point-and-shoots are most welcome), for equipment tips.
This class is a great outing for those in town for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show to see and experience the beautiful Winter Garden.
Cost: $60
Register Online or call 206-685-8033

David Perry is an inspirational, Seattle-based photographer, a willing teacher and a captivating storyteller with a keen knack for observation and a distinct twinkle in his eye. His reverence for gardens, flowers and the gardeners who tend them is apparent in the pictures he makes and his playful, sometimes irreverent manner of speaking about them keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. In the classroom he is a spirited, dynamic teacher who makes his presentation topics memorable and relevant to students through clever graphics, breathtaking imagery, playful humor, and by never, ever talking down to them. He has been photographing assignments for books, magazines, annual reports and national ad campaigns for more than three decades in nearly every corner of the world. David’s work has been featured in Fine Gardening many times, including four cover features in the past few years and this spring he wrote and photographed Fine Gardening's first, ever feature about garden photography. David who was the photographer and co-creator of The 50 Mile Bouquet is also a frequent contributor to Sunset and has been featured in This Old House, American Rose, Better Homes & Gardens, Flower, Leaf, Garden Design, Pacific Horticulture, Northwest Horticulture and Cut Flower Quarterly.