Plant Cyanotype

Photo credit: Michel Laverdière

As part of World Photography Day, come create a botanical print reproducing the print of exotic and native plants planted by Elsie Reford in her gardens between 1926 and 1958 using the cyanotype technique.

It will also be an opportunity to experiment with chemistry and discover that Prussian blue isn't the only color that can be obtained using this photographic process developed by John Herschel in 1842.

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Reservation is not required.

This activity is free for the members of Les Amis des Jardins de Métis and for people who have paid their entrance fee to the Jardins de Métis.