Nature is the source of inspiration for many artists, but Flora Forager is taking her love for Mother Earth to another level. Flowers and plants are used as both the muse and the material in her botanical art, and she’s putting them together to create something truly extraordinary.
Flora Forager is the alter ego of the Seattle-based botanical artist Bridget Beth Collins, who attracted almost 200,000 followers to her Instagram page so far. She specializes in carefully arranging petals and leaves to craft images and scenes that are giving them a brand-new life.
Before discovering her love for botanical art, Collins earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Seattle Pacific University, but her love for nature took her on a different artistic path.
Collins now resides in an “urban cottage” in a Seattle neighborhood Ravenna with her husband and children. Most of the flowers and plants in her art come from a small garden in her home, her mother’s garden in the sea town of Edmonds, or from her immediate surroundings.
“I love to adventure into the wildflower woodlands, mossy waterfalls, and grey sand starry expanses of the Pacific Northwest. I forage almost all of my creations from foliage and flowers plucked from our sidewalks, meadows, and woods in our neighborhood,” explains Collins on her official website.
