In 2018 after a lengthy career as a medical professional, Harriet attended a colour pencil workshop at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG), hosted by Wendy Hollender. This experience offered her a new way of exploring her lifelong love of pattern, colour and plants and during the pandemic made her feel more connected to the world around her. She has been drawing ever since and has exhibited with the Queensland Botanical Art Society and the Botanical At Society of Australia. She began participating in the NTBG Florilegium in 2023.