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“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.”

— Linda Hogan

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”

— Hal Borland

“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.”

— Cicero

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.”

— Georgia O’Keeffe

“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.”

— Edvard Munch

“Great art picks up where nature ends.”

— Marc Chagall

“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.”

— Paul Cezanne

“The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.”

— Rumi

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

— Rachel Carson

“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.”

— John Muir

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

— Albert Einstein

One Touch Of Nature Makes The Whole World Kin

The PN Farm Arts Initiative is a place-based, nonprofit collaborative endeavor based at Plas Newydd Farm in Ridgefield, Washington. Together, we create a space where the local arts community and the general public can come together for creativity, conversation and exploration. Through a combination of workshops, artist residencies and exhibitions, we delve into the stories of this place together.

We offer several opportunities each month for folks to gather and create together. Workshops include writing, visual arts and crafts, and more. We also offer more free-form gatherings with the monthly Canopy Time farm excursions, and Soup & Words writing circles, and seasonal Open Table creative drop-in events.