A landscape artist will be leading Cumbria Wildlife Trust's 60th anniversary celebration with their Arts in Nature festival.

Artist-in-residence, Julia Garner, will be marking the milestone by leading natural world workshops, to celebrate the county's wildlife and scenery.

Julia will run a series of art workshops for all levels, many of them held at Cumbria Wildlife Trust nature reserves throughout Cumbria with all being invited to get involved.

The celebration kicks off on Friday, February 18, with a felting day workshop at Mungrisdale near Penrith with many follow-up events including lino print workshop at Gosling Sike, Houghton; coastal collagraphs workshop at Maryport; spring woodlands print-making workshop at Barkbooth Lot Nature Reserve and creative drop-in at Drumburgh Moss Nature Reserve on the Solway.

Naturalist Julia, who is also a trained primary school teacher, puts her loving inspiration of nature down to both parents working within the nature conservation and living within Cumbria's beautiful landscape for over 30 years.

"Up to the age of five, I lived in Cornwall and I was always drawing rockpools and crabs.

"When I moved to Cumbria, I became interested in drawing the landscape and botany. Then I started experimenting more widely in landscapes, where I like working with oils and a pallet knife. I also starting experimenting with printing and in sketching out in the field, with pen and watercolours, as well as textiles. I most enjoy creating big landscapes in oils, in particular of the wonderful northern fells like Carrock Fell.

"I love working in nature reserves too. My favourite is Latterbarrow, near Witherslack. It’s a sheer riot of colour in the summer, when the columbine and rock roses are out," she said.

As part of the celebration, an exhibition of Julia's work will be displayed at the Derwent Pencil Museum in Keswick, and if you happen to attend one of her workshops, your artwork may end up alongside Julia's.

If you're interested, go to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust to book your spot on what's sure to be an exclusive and stimulating event.