ROBYN KILTY

Colour in the Garden

Robyn studied painting at the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury. From the early 1960's she has developed gardens wherever she has lived and has gained enormous knowledge from hands-on to garden design. She has designed the Beverley Park Heritage Rose Garden in conjunction with the Christchurch City Council and local community and is currently a columnist for the garden pages of The Press.

Colours in the Garden has been influenced by her extensive botanical journey to the Sub-Antarctic Islands, Chile, Argentina and the Andes and gardens worldwide.

Robyn's workshop will take place in two parts, the first being a presentation lecture and discussion with the second being a hands on workshop.

Learn the theory of colour pertaining to the Colour Wheel, primary, secondary and tertiary colours and their complementaries. Use your intuitive nature on the use of colours always remembering to break the rules! Robyn will talk about the colour theory as well as colour intuition to the garden, through the use of plants, house colour, garden structures and furniture and ornaments.

Then for the hand-on workshop, experimenting with the colour and texture of the plant material, and any objects or images which you may contribute to the workshop.

Remember to bring your own plant material where at all possible. e.g. foliage, grasses, flowers, buds, seedheads, etc. also any objects you might like to use in your garden or favourite image pertaining to colour in the gardens. This will be used to practice

Have fun and experiment.