Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon is the Artist, Educator and Author at TheMintGardener. Finding inspiration in the ever-blooming variety of textures and colors in her Seattle-based urban farm, Sarah creates and teaches lush Watercolors inspired by the diverse variety of herbs, flowers, and trees grown in her garden. With a continually blooming following of botanical and art lovers alike, her teaching has received worldwide attention with her online and in-person painting courses and art retreats, and her monthly live zoom teaching sessions with the Flower Painting Club.

Sarah's work has been featured in many publications and blogs worldwide, and has been celebrated in the form of commercial product design, stationery, and textiles as well as wholesale and private commissions. Just a few of her clients include: Nordstrom, Country Living, Facebook, The University of Washington, Expedia, Sakura of America, Blick Artist Materials, Winsor and Newton, Target, Jo Malone London, JenniKayne, Estée Lauder, Sur La Table and The Magnolia Network. Her books Modern Watercolor Botanicals and The Plant Lady Coloring Book were released in November 2019, and are international best sellers. Her third book Watercolor Workbook was released April 2021 and continues to hold the #1 international top best seller in Watercolor Books on Amazon. Sarah’s exceptional new book, Watercolor Workbook: Flowers, Feathers, and Animal Friends, recently released in May 2023. She has been teaching people to Watercolor since 2014 and is a thorough, engaging and knowledgeable teacher. Day to day, you can find Sarah painting and sharing creativity on her Instagram, @themintgardener as well as hosting exciting events for an online community of painting-lovers worldwide.

Sarah is currently working on book number five, and enjoys gardening with her husband Colin and their two little girls on their urban farm. She loves to seek out quiet moments for sketching and painting, making small bouquets of flowers and herbs, or reading. She loves Jesus, exploring new places, and enjoys anything that includes the sea, friends and food!