Picnic and "Pick and Paint" in Warrenton VA!

Let's get out into the Virginia countryside to enjoy a simple bring-your-own picnic together, pick a bouquet of lovely flowers to take home, and then paint a picture of our own arrangement or another still life of our choice!

It's a bit out of town (about 50 minutes), but the benefits include time in nature, picking our own flowers, engaging in the creative and meditative activity of painting (no matter how it turns out), and best of all, spending time with other great FFF>50 women!

You are welcome to come and go as you please (for instance you could enjoy the picnic and flower picking but skip the painting, or skip the picnic and arrive for the flowers and painting).

Owner Florence Jones runs this flower farm as a haven for families with kids on the spectrum as well as anyone who loves nature and flowers. See more details here: https://www.flos-blossom-herbs.com/about.html

Planned schedule:
- Carpools or individuals leave the DC area about 11 am (I'll reach out to facilitate carpooling, including pickups at Metro).
- We'll picnic on the grounds around noon.
- Around 12:30 we can start picking our own flowers ($20 to fill a recycled glass jar)
- And around 1 pm we'll do the painting activity. Florence provides all materials. The cost for the painting is $35 with $10 being a non-refundable deposit. (I'll reach out to those who RSVP with more instructions).
- Then we'll carpool or drive individually home with our lovely flowers and our new masterpiece :)

What to bring: Your own picnic/water, sunscreen, your own cutting shears if desired, farm-friendly footwear (they have chickens and goats). Dogs are allowed if leashed at all times.

Please include your cell number so I can reach out about the deposit, carpooling etc. Thank you and hope you can join!

Note: we have a few more people joining from Finding Female Friends>50 on Mighty Networks, a nice "walled garden" for our group, please join us over there too if you haven't already, here's the join link! https://community.fff50.org/share/dbWb9iJu5XwSN2TR