Garden Variety Art by Holley Wlodarczyk
Invite a bit of nature inside with art and patterns inspired by the beauty and diversity of everyday nature—the vibrant interactivity of native plants and the wildlife they attract and support.
I’m an artist and surface pattern designer in Bloomington, Minnesota, and grow many of the native plant species featured in my artwork. A variety of birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife that depend on them visit or live in my suburban yard through the seasons. Even more species of flora and fauna can be found in nearby natural areas, once part of the continuous natural tapestry of life in the Upper Midwest. Through my art and habitat gardening I try to enhance my own connection to this landscape, and share the joy and wonder I find in it.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Minnehaha Falls Art Fair
Friday, July 17th, 3-8 pm,
Saturday, July 18th, 10 am-7 pm
Sunday, July 19th, 10 am-5 pm
At Minnehaha Falls Park, Minneapolis, MN
Art In the Garden
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska MN
Friday, August 14th | 4 pm-8pm
Saturday, August 15th | 10 am-4 pm
Sunday, August 16th | 10 am-4 pm
Minneapolis Monarch Festival – Festival de la Monarca
Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 10 am – 4 pm
At Lake Nokomis | Just east of the Lake Nokomis Community Center in the area bounded by E. Minnehaha Parkway, Woodlawn Boulevard, and E. Nokomis Parkway
RECENT Events
Thanks to everyone who stopped by at an event this Spring!
June 7, 2026 • Sociable Summer Market, Minneapolis MN
June 6, 2026 • Landscape Revival, Lake Elmo, MN
June 5, 2026 • Create a Nature Journal Workshop, Minnetonka MN
May 30 & 31, 2026 • May Markets at the UMN Arboretum, Chaska MN
May 23, 2026 • The Great Big Jamboree, Bloomington MN
May 16 & 17, 2026 • May Markets at the UMN Arboretum, Chaska MN
May 3, 2026 • Sociable Summer Market, Minneapolis MN
April 25, 2026 • Bloomington Home Fair, Bloomington, MN
April 19, 2026 • Old St. Anthony Spring Market, Minneapolis MN
April 11, 2026 • Garden Art Fling at the Flux, Minneapolis MN
March 28-April 25, 2026 • Member Gallery at Vine Arts, Minneapolis MN
December 6, 13 & 20, 2025 • Vine Arts Holiday Market, Minneapolis MN
October 25-November 29, 2025 • Inspiring Conservation of Nature through Art Project Art for Nature (PAN) at Vine Arts, Minneapolis MN
September 6, 2025 • Minneapolis Monarch Festival, Minneapolis MN
August 16, 2025 • Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah, Henderson MN
June 14, 2025 • Wild Ones Twin Cities Wild Roots Market, Bloomington MN
May 20, 2025 • Wild Ones Twin Cities Spring Resource Fair, Richfield MN
April 5th, 2025 • Garden Art Fling at the Flux, Northeast Minneapolis MN
Current PRODUCTS
Hand-sewn Coptic-stitch journals with bookcloth covers made with my original designs.
