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Venue & Brackenwood workshops

I teach in North Somerset and other venues during the year, including Transylvania! Listed below are the workshops for 2026.
Please contact the venue link or the booking online button to book.

Student drawing shells - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student colour mixing - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student studying a flower under the microscope - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Jackie Isard demonstrating to students
Jackie Isard demonstrating - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student Carol painting cyclamen - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student painting gourds - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student making a botanical composition - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student Georgie painting Holly leaves - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Student studying the botany of a Buddhas finger fruit - Jackie Isard Botanicals
Onion by student Freda - Jackie Isard Botanicals

​​WORKSHOPS

Please contact the venues below to book the external workshops, or click the booking link for my own workshops.
Workshops at Brackenwood for 2026 are listed below the other venues list.​​​

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WORKSHOPS AT OTHER VENUES 2026

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Missenden Botanical Art Masterclass

Oldham Hall, 71 The Square,
Great Missenden HP16 0BA

Wednesday 18th - Thursday 19th February 2026

Two-day course

Pen, Ink and Watercolour Wash  

To book please contact Susan Castle
susan@castlefamily.eu

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Cookham, Missenden Abbey's new venue! 

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Missenden School of Creative Arts
CIM Business Centre
Cookham, Maidenhead SL6 9QH

Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th April 2026

Two-day course

Natural History Illustration - Feathers, Stones and Bones

Saturday 9.45am - 5.00pm, Sunday 9.30am - 4.00pm

To book please follow this link

https://missendenschoolofcreativearts.co.uk/course.php?id=749

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Missenden School of Creative Arts
CIM Business Centre
Cookham, Maidenhead SL6 9QH

Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th June 2026

Two-day course

Butterflies, Moths and other insects in watercolour

Saturday 9.45am - 5.00pm, Sunday 9.30am - 4.00pm

https://missendenschoolofcreativearts.co.uk/course.php?id=760

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Missenden Botanical Art Masterclass

Oldham Hall, 71 The Square, ​
Great Missenden HP16 0BA

Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th July 2026

Two-day course

Achieving Colour Vibrancy and Contrast

To book please contact Susan Castle
susan@castlefamily.eu
 

Gloucester Society of Botanical Illustrators (GSBI)

Bushey Village Hall, ​
Tewkesbury GL20 6HT

Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th June 2026

Two-day course

Pen, Ink and Watercolour Wash

To book please contact Debbie Devauden (Mike Brown)
jmikebrown.2@gmail.com

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Transylvania School of Botanical Art & Illustration

Copșa Mare 135, Judeţul Sibiu, 557046, Romania

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Tuesday 8th - Monday 14th September 2026

Five full days teaching, beautiful surroundings and great food!

Botanical Composition and Plant Studies

Study a wild plant in the CopÅŸa Mare meadows, make botanically
correct illustrations and compose them into a painting.
Each day 9.30
am - 4.00pm

Download the materials list and course outline

For more information select this link

Contact James de Candole to book: james.decandole@outlook.com

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WORKSHOPS AT BRACKENWOOD 2026

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Jackie Isard Botanicals at Brackenwood

Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre, Pill Road, BS8 3RA
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd February
Two-day course

Painting Beetles - Shine and smoothness
10am - 4pm
Watercolour experienced needed

To book please select this link

 

Jackie Isard Botanicals at Brackenwood

Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre, Pill Road, BS8 3RA
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th April
Two-day course

Pen and watercolour wash - Nature subjects
10am - 4pm
Watercolour experienced needed

To book please select this link

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Jackie Isard Botanicals at Brackenwood

Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre, Pill Road, BS8 3RA
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th July
Two-day course

Botanical Compostion and Layout - Essential learning
10am - 4pm
Watercolour experienced needed

To book please select this link

Jackie Isard Botanicals at Brackenwood

Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre, Pill Road, BS8 3RA
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October
Two-day course

Succulents and Cactus - Texture and spikes
10am - 4pm
Watercolour experienced needed

To book please select this link

Jackie Isard Botanicals at Brackenwood

Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre, Pill Road, BS8 3RA
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November
Two-day course

Painting Gourds - Shape, form and pattern
10am - 4pm
Watercolour experienced needed

To book please select this link

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WORKSHOP BOOKINGS

Should you wish to request a workshop with your group, please contact me

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BOTANICAL ZOOM TALKS FOR BOTANICAL SOCIETIES

Jackie has done many Zoom talks over the last two years. Should you wish to discuss a talk for your society or group, please contact me.
 

Cookham Business Centre (Missenden School of Creatives Arts) new venue
Students at Brackenwood Plant and Garden Centre learning botany
Transylvania meadows above CopÅŸa Mare

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JACKIE ISARD
BOTANICALS

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Based in Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4HG, UK

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