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Local artists Lorna Balmer and Evie Jamieson make a welcome return to the Garden with their new exhibition of inspirational and highly evocative paintings.

> Preview on Saturday 11th, 11am to 4pm, all welcome.

Join Forest Bathing Guide and qualified psychotherapist Rosie McLoughlin for a slow Summer’s morning in the Garden. Rest, restore and recharge with two hours of guided forest bathing and immerse yourself in the beautiful landscape.

Forest Bathing is a nature connection practise that originates in Japan, a direct translation of ‘Shinrin-Yoku’. This is a quiet, gentle and mindful practice where you can escape the busy world and slow down to the pace of nature, appreciating the small moments of wonder that often pass us by. The walk is slow, gentle and will cover less than 1 mile and will finish with a short tea ceremony.

Please see Eventbrite for all details. A £5 donation for the Garden is part of the ticket price and 10% of ticket sales also go to re-wilding charity Trees for Life.

> To book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989254653217?aff=oddtdtcreator

In this exhibition, the work of three local artists - two painters and one ceramicist - engages the viewer with echoes of nature and the senses.

Pat Paige is an Edinburgh based artist. She finds inspiration when working outside in nature and is concerned with expressing a particular moment and place with its associated feelings and memories. Her current work explores the colour, rhythms and patterns of fallen blossom in Starbank Park at Newhaven. Quick colour sketches outdoors are developed into oil paintings in her studio to produce more abstract responses to the subject.

Fiona Morris’ work has emerged from her fascination with the intricate and flowing organic forms in found objects from the seashore and the Borders countryside around her: shells, seaweed, leaves and seed heads. Beginning with close observation drawings, she uses hand building techniques - pinching, coiling and slabbing - and a variety of clays to create decorative and/or functional pieces in 3D and relief. Colour is added with washes of underglaze, with transparent gloss to emphasise the forms and textures she’s particularly interested in.

Kate Gray’s current body of work is a visceral and immediate response to a variety of pieces of music. The ‘flow’ state, where the painting ‘takes over’, means that the use of colour and form are unplanned, leaving each piece open to individual interpretation.

> There will be an opportunity to meet all three artists on Saturday 25th July, from 2pm to 4pm. All welcome!