Botanical Embroidery

Workshop

Botanical Embroidery

Botany and embroidery have a long and interesting history!

In 2025 the Swedish Linnaeus Society and Uppsala Linnean Gardens orangize three workshops with Botanical Embroidery as theme. During a workshop you will try some motifs from linnean and historical sources- all material you need is included and you can continue at home! A workshop also includes a short presentation on embroidery, textiles and botanical motifs from a historic perspective. The workshop is mainly in Swedish but instructions can also be given in English. The first workshop took place on June 24, the second is on August 31 and a third workshop will be organised on October 6th.

workshop 3: Monday 6th of October, 18-21

venue: Botanical garden, Villavägen 8, "trädgårdsvillan"

(office building close to Café Victoria) 

Price: 350 SEK. Material and coffee/tea included.

Register no later than September 25 via e-mail to annikawindahlponten@gmail.com 

The workshops are lead by Anna Svensson and Annika Windahl Pontén, who both combine historical research and textile practices. Anna has transformed botanical motifs from historical sources to embroidery, using her research on the history of the herbarium and on plant dying as starting point. Annika has worked on clothes and textiles in the Linnaeus household in her research, she has also taught at the department for textile studies at Uppsala University.