Botanical Art - Resources for Artists

National Botanical Art Societies

The Society of Botanical Artists

The Society of Botanical Artists was founded in 1985 by the president Suzanne Lucas. This UK Society celebrated its 21st birthday in 2006 and has an annual exhibition in London. It also offers a distance learning course in botanical art.

American Society of Botanical Artists

The American Society of Botanical Artists, Inc. (ASBA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art and to encouraging the development of this continuing artistic tradition.

ASBA Newsletters (downloadable pdf)

Newsletter of the ASBA - downloadable pdf

Botanical Artists of Canada

Formed on 2001, this not-for-profit organization supports members through workshops, courses and critiquing sessions. Their quarterly newsletter informs members of upcoming opportunities to exhibit their work or to take courses offered through BAC or by others. They also promote public awareness and appreciation of botanical art through juried exhibitions.

Botanical Art Society of Australia

The Botanical Art Society of Australia (BASA) has been formed as a non-profit organisation to foster and promote the development of botanical art nationwide and to bring together people who have a love of plants and of the botanical art form.

Botanical Artists' Society of Southern Africa

This is the website of a group of South African botanical artists who share their experiences, techniques and information

Society of Dutch Botanical Artists

There soon will be an English version of this site available soon. More information is available from info@botanischkunstenaarsnederland.nl

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is an organization of people employed or interested in natural science illustration.

The Botanical Art Society of New Zealand Inc

The Botanical Art Society of New Zealand Inc

Regional Botanical Art Societies

Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California

The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California is dedicated to encouraging the development of botanical art and the promotion of public awareness of this artistic tradition.

Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR)

The Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR) is an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public interest in botanical art.

The Botanical Artists’ Society of Queensland

The Botanical Artists' Society of Queensland is a voluntary, non profit organisation formed to foster a greater knowledge, love and understanding of Botanical Art.

Botanical Art Society of the Sunshine Coast

The Botanical Art Society of the Sunshine Coast is a not-for-profit organization established to cultivate and promote the creation of botanical art in the region of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It aims to bring together people and artists who share a love of plants and of the botanical form of art.

New England Society of Botanical Artists

Working to promote public appreciation of the art and science of botanical art and illustration in New England.

Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators

... to bring Botanical Illustration to the attention of many audiences,
to educate, to celebrate the artistic development of our members, to provide an opportunity to exhibit together.

Northern Society Of Botanical Art

The NSBA supports local Artists of all abilities, in the development and enjoyment of Botanical Art.

Northern Society of Botanical Art

NORTHERN SOCIETY FOR BOTANICAL ART
Members of the society share a common interest in plants and flowers. Membership open to anyone interested in botanical illustration and able to show a reasonable degree of competence in their work. Holds exhibitions and monthly meetings, with occasional speakers.
(Based in Sheffield, UK)

Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists

The Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists was formed in 1999 . The aim of the Society is to continue the skill of botanical drawing and painting and to encourage members to develop and grow by providing a monthly programme of talks, workshops and practical sessions at the permanent base at Winterbourne Botanic Garden, which includes a drop-in studio space and BSBA reference library.

Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR)

The Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR) is an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public interest in botanical art.
Mission: To promote an appreciation of botanical art by offering programming that showcases this art form, by supporting educational activities that promote the knowledge of botany and the preservation of native plant species, and by providing opportunities for interactions that inspire the artistic creativity and support the growth and development of our members.

South West Society of Botanical Artists [SWSBA] - News and Events

News and Events from the South West Society of Botanical Artists. The Society welcomes anyone with an interest in botanical illustration - students, artists, teachers, collectors, enthusiasts, friends and family.

Florilegium and Other Botanical Art Societies

The Florilegium Society

The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society was formed in 1995, with the primary aim of recording in paintings and drawings, the plants growing in the Physic Garden.

The Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society

The Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society - was founded by a group of botanical artists
who gained the Diploma in Botanical Illustration (English Gardening School) at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London. Members have botanical paintings in both private and public collections in the USA, Europe and the UK.

The Society aims to establish an Archive of botanically correct paintings and drawings of the plants growing in the gardens and glasshouses at Hampton Court Palace.

Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens

The Florilegium Society was established to produce an archive of botanical illustrations of the plants of Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Botanical illustration is the marrying of art and science where the structures of plants are displayed in clear, scientifically accurate detail. The archive will provide a useful source of reference and a scientific and historical record of the regeneration of Sheffield Botanical Gardens.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society, a group of the country's most accomplished botanical artists. Established in 2000, the Florilegium is a multiyear project to document Brooklyn Botanic Garden's living collections through botanical art and preserve the same plants in our 250,000-specimen herbarium.

Amicus Botanicus | botanical painters

Former students of the English Gardening School's Botanical painting course at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London, have established themselves as a group named Amicus Botanicus. The eleven botanical painters, from as far afield as Singapore, USA and Japan, were inspired to mount a showcase exhibiti

Making A Mark - on Botanical Art

posts about botanical art from Katherine Tyrrell's blog

Making a Mark: The Society of Botanical Artists is 21!

(March 2006) The Society of Botanical Artists is 21 and has its annual exhibition at Westminster........Over 700 pictures are going to exhibited and the link to the exhibition (above) provides images of some of these. A number of these push the boundaries of what many people might think a conventional botanical flower drawing or painting should look like. I'm personally very pleased to see that there's room for all manner of interpretations.

Making a Mark: NEW: The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter

(November 2007) Getting the colour right is one of the main challenges for a botanical artist. Consequently it can also be one of the aspects of which causes the most worry to aspiring botanical artists.

Last month a new instruction book was published which focuses solely on the subject of how to achieve the right colour in botanical art. It provides a very authoritative and helpful guide to this topic - and will doubtless be welcomed by all those seeking to develop and improve the quality of their botanical art.

Making a Mark: Treasures of Botanical Art - a recommended read

(April 2008) Treasures of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix has been published by Kew Publishing to mark the inaugural exhibition of the The Shirley Sherwood Gallery in Kew Gardens, the first gallery in the world to be dedicated to year round exhibitions of botanical art.

The book is extensively illustrated and features some 200 illustrations of paintings and drawings from both the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections.

Making a Mark: Volume 1 of The Highgrove Florilegium is published

This week the first volume of the Highgrove Florilegium was published by Alecto Publications. In this post I'm looking at
* the definition of a Florilegium,
* the publication of the first volume of the Highgrove Florilegium
* Historical Florilegia
* Contemporary Florilegia in the making

Making a Mark: A visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden

About a visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden which lies in between the River Thames and the Chelsea Embankment and Royal Hospital Road. It's a real haven of peace as well as being a wonderful garden for artists interested in botanical art.

Making a Mark: Book Review - 1001 Plant and floral illustrations from early herbals

There's very little text and an awful lot of engravings and illustrations used in early herbals. Very helpful to those interested in early botanical art.

Making a Mark: Book Review: Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants

This is a book which is heavy on images and light on text. This A4 sized book contains 73 full-colour plates - one per page - from the Hortus Eystettensis 1613.

Making a Mark: The Art of the Garden

Linked to a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show, this post introduces two leading contemporary botanical artists
- Ann Swan SBA, who works in coloured pencil
- Bryan Poole RE, who produces aquatint etchings

Making a Mark: Gardens and Botanical Art

Do you draw inspiration from natural forms? Do you like observing everything about plants? If you do you probably like gardens and you may have become interested in botanical art.

What I want to do is share what I know about good gardens to visit and I'm very much hoping people with share with me which are the good gardens that they've visited.

Making a Mark: I'm improving my botanical knowledge

As many of you know I love gardens and drawing flowers and plants. This week I found out about and instantly signed up to receive the Botany Photo of the Day missive from the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research located in Vancouver, Canada. I could do with improving my botanical knowledge - I have been known to post a drawing and then ask what it is!

Making a Mark: Botanical artist - Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Pierre-Joseph Redouté was the man who painted the beautiful roses and lillies. I've now learned that in total he produced over 2100 published plates depicting over 1800 different species, many of which had never been rendered before.

Making a Mark: Botanical artists - Franz and Ferdinand Bauer

When you begin to learn about botanical art you begin to hear about the Bauer Brothers. Then you see some of their work and you begin to realise why they are so very highly regarded in the field of botanical illustration.

Making a Mark: A Making A Mark Interview with Margaret Stevens

It was my very great pleasure last Friday to meet up with and interview Margaret Stevens PSBA, FSBA and to discuss with her the SBA's Distance Learning Diploma Course in botanical painting. Margaret has a number of very important roles. She's
* current President of the Society of Botanical Artists,
* the Course Director for the Distance Learning Diploma Course and
* the author who wrote and co-ordinated the production of the two books produced by the SBA - The Art of Botanical Painting and The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter

Making a Mark: You cannot copyright nature

Did you know that you can't copyright nature? I've recently come across a couple of blog posts which highlight some potential copyright pitfalls for artists who draw and paint nature in terms of:
* natural history subjects,
* animals and wildlife,
* flowers and plants and
* natural landscapes.

Making a Mark: Genres and the results of "What's your favourite subject matter?"

Drawing or painting flowers or producing botanical art attracted 12% of the poll - which is 50% more than the number who voted for still life as being their favourite subject (8%)

Making a Mark: Exhibition review: The Art of Plant Evolution

Exhibition Review - The Art of Plant Evolution at Kew Gardens. It manages to neatly combine art and science by displaying botanical paintings in the latest evolutionary sequence revealed by recent DNA analysis.

Botanical Art Instruction - Diplomas and Certificates (UK)

The Society of Botanical Artists - Distance learning diploma course botanical art.

The Society's aim is to develop those skills and help to create a good, well-rounded botanical painter. The Course is open to students anywhere in the world and there are already students from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, The Netherlands, Italy, the USA, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, Greece, Sweden and France. The Course lasts for 27 months and the fee includes a student subscription to the Society for the duration of the Course.
The Course is not for beginners in watercolour painting but rather for those with some knowledge of the subject and a wish to learn more about botanical art and its associated skills.

University of Sheffield - Programmes: Botanical Illustration

# One of the leading part-time courses in Botanical Illustration in the country
# Experienced and enthusiastic tutors
# Friendly classes where newcomers to the subject are as welcome as more experienced artists and botanists
# Small class sizes to allow for individual support and tuition
# Teaching concentrated into day-long blocks for flexibility of study
# Certificate in Botanical Illustration Programme Code: ACE U104
# Diploma in Botanical Illustration Programme Code: ACE U105

Diploma Course Botanical Painting - The English Gardening School

One Year Diploma Course (one day per week) at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London. Our Botanical Painting Diploma course is regarded as partially responsible for the resurgence of interest in this ancient method of depicting plants. The School prides itself on the high level of achievement of its students who have gained places in the collection of the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh and the Shirley Sherwood Collection. Students have been awarded medals by the Royal Horticultural Society, have held exhibitions and one-man shows in London, the provinces and in the USA.

The training aims to teach the accurate illustration of plant material in watercolour by developing the necessary observational and drawing skills within a historical context. An understanding and appreciation of botany, as taught on the course, is deemed vital to realistic plant depiction.

RBGE Diploma In Botanical Illustration At Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The art short courses run for ten week periods and allow you to work from a novice through to an experience level that qualifies you for entry on to the RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration.
* 10-week art classes
* 20-week Foundation to RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration
* Advanced art masterclasses
* Classes at Benmore and Dawyck Botanic Gardens

Denver Botanic Gardens - Botanical Art and Illustration Program

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is ope

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide.

Botanical Art Instruction - Diplomas, Certificates and workshops (USA)

Chicago Botanic Garden - Botanical Arts Certificate of Merit Program

The Botanical Arts program has two tracks of concentration, the Traditional Botanical Arts Certificate and the Expressive Botani- cal Arts Certificate.
- The Traditional track provides training for a student wishing to improve their work in a technically detailed manner. This program of study incorporates traditional methods and materials that will enhance the skills of an artist accurately portraying artistic and scientific images.
- The Expressive track allows a student to explore art outside of the traditional media and techniques. After satisfying core courses, stu- dents in the Expressive track will complete their coursework by a combination of their choosing in oil, pastel or expressive watercolor to expand their artistic pallet.

Joseph Regenstein Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022

Denver Botanic Gardens | botanical illustration

In the Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program, you will learn the skills to render plants in remarkable scientific detail and the artistic techniques needed to create beautiful and lasting plant portraits.

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide.

The Filoli Botanical Art Certificate Program

The Filoli Botanical Art Certificate Program offers a unique, in-depth study of botanical art through challenging, integrated and comprehensive courses. The curriculum includes the systematic study of artistic skills and concepts, basic botany and botanical art history. A certificate will be presented upon successful completion of coursework (180 classroom hours plus homework) and presentation of a portfolio and final project. This program is for the serious student who wishes to develop knowledge and skills in botanical art.

Academy of Botanical Art - Certificate Course in Botanical Art & Illustration

Information outlines a study sequence for a Certificate Course in Botanical Art & Illustration especially designed by O.M. Braida and now available through the Academy of Botanical ArtSM (local and distance learning), the Ringling College of Art and Design-CSSP, and The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. The certificate program is represented by 280 contact hours. There are twelve required courses that comprise 220 contact hours, and various electives to make up the additional 60 hours.

The Minnesota School of Botanical Art

The Minnesota School of Botanical Art at the Bakken Museum is dedicated to furthering the tradition of the art of botanical illustration through teaching courses that combine the scientific and the aesthetic in drawing and painting. Courses are designed for those who want to explore art for pleasure as well as for those who are interested in pursuing the topic in more depth. The School offers three levels of certificates in Botanical Art.

The Morton Arboretum - Master's Studio Certificate Program

A master's studio certificate program is offered for advance students in botanical art and illustration

4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL 60532

NYBG | Adult Education

The New York Botanical Garden offered the first formal botanical art program in the United States and remains at the forefront of the discipline with world-class, award winning instructors, and an approach that is accessible to students regardless of experience level.

ASBA: Workshops & Courses

American Society of Botanical Artists, non-profit organization promoting public awareness of botanical art & illustration.

Botanical Art Instruction - At Botanical Gardens

Cambridge University - Botanical Art & Illustration - Courses and Talks in 2011

The newly-opened, purpose-built classroom has been designed with the botanical illustration courses in mind and provides a beautifully-lit, serene space in which to discover or improve your botanical illustration skills across a number of media including pencil, pastel and watercolour.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden: Adult education courses

Cambridge University Botanic Garden - Adult courses include botanical art and painting. Note courses seem to become fully booked quickly.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Regional Edinburgh Courses Training Lessons Classes List

Advanced Art Masterclasses at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Regional Edinburgh.with named artists.

Botanical Art and Natural Science Illustration at the New York Botanical Garden

Botanical Art and Illustration encompasses a variety of techniques for depicting botanical subjects in fine art, scientific illustration, and decorative design. Our interdisciplinary approach integrates botany and art in both the garden and the classroom settings, and instructors are professional artists with backgrounds in botanical and natural science, design, and illustration.

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program

Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide.

Desert Botanical Garden – - Botanical Illustration

The Botanical Art and Illustration programme at the Desert Botanical Garden is suitable for a variety of interests, whether you are a beginner with no experience or an enthusiast seeking to enroll in the certificate program, all are welcome. Courses are taught by talented, experienced instructors in the field of botanical art. Course sizes are limited to 15 students to ensure a personalized and encouraging atmosphere.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute

ASDM Art Institute - Conservation Through Art Education

Botanic Art & Classes - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

the art of botanical illustration is a highly specialised art form, in which plant portraits combine finely observed detail with artistic expression. classes conducted by talented artists are held regularly throughout the year in the great melbourne telescope building, observatory gate, royal botani

Botanical Art at the Botanics - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation.
SHORT COURSES:
Botanical Art Masterclass: 15 & 16 May
Botanical Art Masterclass: 26 & 27 June
Introduction to Botanical Art: 5 - 9 July
Botanical and Nature Photography: 12 - 16 July

Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens - Botanic Art Classes

Botanic Art classes have been held at the Friends' Meeting room for a number of years, with many of our students returning each year. A number of these students have received recognition at significant Botanic Art exhibitions both locally and internationally.

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - classes

This is a NOT a website which is friendly to those wanting to try and find out details about classes and comes a long way behind the calibre of information found on other botanical gardens websites.

What's On - Kew School of Botanical Illustration

This 10-day course provides an exciting opportunity to learn about the working practice of a botanical illustrator at Kew and for students to discover the methods and materials required.

Montgomery Parks: Brookside Gardens - School of Botanical Art and Illustration

McCrillis Gardens is located in Bethesda, Maryland, and is operated by Brookside Gardens.
6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20817
301-962-1455

School of Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate Program
Developed in collaboration with Margaret Saul, the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration offers botanical art class that serve all levels, from beginner to advanced.

South West Society of Botanical Artists [SWSBA] - News and Events

News and Events from the South West Society of Botanical Artists. Includes courses run by botanical tutora at various locations including botanical gardens

Botanical Art Instruction - Individual Tutors

The Society of Botanical Artists - Courses by Members

Botanical Illustration and/or Botanical Painting Courses Run by Members of The Society of Botanical Artists.

Ann Swan botanical art coloured pencil workshops and courses

Botanical art coloured pencil workshops by Ann Swan, one of the best contemporary botanical artists in the UK.

Botanical Art School of Melbourne

The 'Botanical Art School of Melbourne (BASM)' was established in 1992 with the aim of teaching the skills necessary to enable artists to draw and paint with a thorough understanding of the importance of line, form, colour, perspective and composition, in a very friendly and stimulating environment.

Leonie Norton - Botanical Artist, Tutor & Author

Leonie Norton is an Australian botanical artist and is Sydney's most prominent botanical art educator. Her paintings can be found in private and public collections, in Australia and overseas.

Katie Lee - Botanical Painter, Zoological Painter

Katie Lee is a respected botanical and wildlife artist and instructor. A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden Botanical Illustration program, she has been an instructor at that institution for the past 15 years. Ms. Lee teaches drawing, watercolor, gouache and composition courses at various locations worldwide

Botanical Art Courses, Workshops and Painting Classes by Hazel West-Sherring

Hazel West-Sherring, award-winning botanical watercolour artist, provides botanical art courses

Julia Trickey - botanical art classes

Julia Trickey has three RHS Gold Medals and runs botanical illustration courses for the University of Bath , with private courses and workshops at Corston Village Hall.

Workshops & Courses by Janie Pirie - Botantical Artist

Janie Pirie specialises in floral and botanical art using coloured pencils. Limited Edition Prints and Originals for sale.
Workshops are held in Janie's garden studio and at various outside venues. The garden studio is situated in an acre of landscaped gardens and has stunning views over the surrounding countryside. More often than not flowers, berries and leaves are chosen from the garden to use as subjects to draw.

Botanical Art Instruction - Workshops and Courses

The Society of Botanical Artists - Courses in botanical art by institution

The Society of Botanical Artists lists all the courses of which it has knowledge but cannot recommend one venue over another. However, the Society obviously recommends those venues which feature SBA members as tutors. SBA members are highlighted in the listing.

Cornell University - Introduction to botanical illustration (online course)

Introduction to Botanical Illustration - Drawing Plant Forms in Pencil & Ink
This six-week online course for beginners (seven including the introductory week) teaches you how to use plants as the subject of art with easy approaches and many visual examples. Because you take the course online, you can access it whenever you want and complete the lessons at your own pace.

The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators - workshops

The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is an organization of people employed or interested in natural science illustration.

Montgomery Parks: Brookside Gardens - School of Botanical Art and Illustration

Developed in collaboration with world-renowned botanical artist, Margaret Saul, the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration offers botanical art class that serve all levels, from beginner to advanced.

Botanical Artists of Canada. Botanical art painting and drawing courses, events, exhibitions and workshops.

Botanical Artists of Canada. Botanical art painting and drawing courses, events, exhibitions and workshops. Flower and plant paintings and drawings

Making a Mark reviews - Botanical Art Books

a consumer's guide to quality and value in art books, art supplies and services to artists

Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: The Art of Botanical Painting

Summary: An essential book for all artists contemplating the SBA's Diploma Course. An excellent introduction to botanical art for all experienced artists interested in developing their knowledge of and skills in botanical art

Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Botanical Illustration

Book review of Valerie Oxley's book on Botanical Illustration
Summary: An excellent manual for anybody who wants to learn more about botanical illustration - very detailed and very helpful. Very well illustrated in terms of both the range and the quality of reproduction

Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Botany for the Artist

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I value the fact this book is written by an artist, writer and lecturer who is an expert in drawing and communicating rather than a botanical artist. It means she brings a fresh and expert eye to the challenge of how to draw plants from a botanical perspective and an excellent approach to communicating the key messages. The quality of the text and illustrations is first class and the whole book provides a fresh perspective on botany for the artist while losing none of the fundamental and enduring truths of what's required of botanical illustration.

Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Botanical Sketchbook

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED This book provides a masterclass for all aspiring botanical artists and is highly recommended. It will become an essential buy for all students of the Society of Botanical Artist's Diploma in Botanical illustration. It's also a recommended buy for all other aspiring botanical art students and artists and many of their tutors. It provides an excellent benchmark for the standard of botanical illustration and painting which can be achieved by an exceptional student. It also tells the story of how such excellence can be developed - through much practice and intelligent use of the botanical sketchbook.

Read an interview with the author of Botanical Sketchbook - A Making A Mark Interview with Mary Ann Scott

Making a Mark reviews......: Book review: Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for coloured pencil artists. This is the first ever book written by an RHS gold medal winning artist to deal in depth with the execution of botanical art in coloured pencils to exhibition standard. It's an invaluable guide to those wanting to develop their skills in using coloured pencils for botanical art. It's also an extremely useful resource for all coloured pencil artists wanting to achieve the very high standards of execution achieved by both Ann Swan and her students.

Botanical Art - Tips and Techniques

ArtPlantae Today - Today's Botanical Artists Answer Your Questions

Thirteen questions were submitted by readers and these questions were distributed among members of the panel. A heartfelt Thank You to members of the panel for sharing their thoughts, knowledge, and experience with us. And thank you to the hungry minds who submitted questions. Great job!

Click on the topics to begin your review of this "Ask The Artist" session.

Guardian - Van Gogh's Sunflowers have become monsters. But I'd rather have them than 'botanical art'

Germaine Greer: Despite the phenomenal marketability of flower paintings, no one does them any more. What proliferates instead is botanical art

Botanicart is a Botanical Art industry news and information service

Botanical Art industry news and information service for botanical artists.

Botany for Botanical Artists

scientific instruction in botany and botanical illustration for scientists

Institute for Analytical Plant Illustration

IAPI encourages the scientific illustration of flowering and non-flowering plants and communication of the diversity and intricacy of plant structures not necessarily visible to the naked eye.

IAPI's illustration projects seek to clarify identification features, compare and contrast structure and function and record sequences of growth and development.

IAPI Tip Cards

Tip cards available from the IAPI relating to botanical matters, plant families and scientific drawing techniques

Botany Program for Botanical Artists Launched in UK | ArtPlantae Today

The Institute of Analytical Plant Illustration (IAPI) in the UK has been hard at work developing a botany program specifically for botanical artists. This course aims to help those with some experience in botanical illustration to gain a better understanding of plants and to refine botanical illustration techniques.

Plant Identification & Environmental Literacy | ArtPlantae Today

Which plants can you identify upon first glance? Are they plants from the nursery? From the florist? Are they native plants?

How did you come to know these plants?

BSBI - Botanical Society of the British Isles

The Botanical Society of the British Isles is the leading organisation for identification of British and Irish plants.

Home - The Plant List

The Plant List - A working list for all plant species

Botanical Art Exhibitions (UK) 2012

The Society of Botanical Artists | Exhibition 2012 Botanical Celebration

The title for the exhibition is "Botanical Celebration"
Our next receiving day will be 27 February 2012
The exhibition will be held at Westminster Central Hall, London.
Dates: Friday, 20 April to Sunday 29 April 2012
Opening times: Daily from 11am to 5pm including Sundays
Free Admission / All work for Sale

See below for more details in the SBA Exhibitions module

What's On At Kew Gardens - Plants In Peril Exhibition

Plants in Peril exhibition Mon 26 December 2011 - Sun 18 March 2012
This exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art presents illustrations of endangered plants from over thirty countries around the world.

What's On At Kew Gardens - Joseph Hooker - Naturalist, Traveller And More

Joseph Hooker - naturalist, traveller and more
Mon 26 December 2011 - Mon 09 April 2012
This exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art displays paintings, letters, photographs and sketchbooks by Sir Joseph Hooker, from the collections at Kew.

What's on At Kew Gardens - Pressed Plant Exhibition

Exhibition - The Pressed Plant, Rachel Pedder-Smith's Herbarium Specimen Painting Sat 31 March - Mon 07 May 2012
This new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art will display the work of artist Rachel Pedder-Smith, focusing on a painting over five metres long, completed using Herbarium specimens from Kew.

Royal Horticultural Society | Orchid & Botanical Art Show - 16 &17 March 2012

Lindley Hall, Westminster

A new Leaf | The Amicus Botanicus Exhibition, London 2012

'Amicus Botanicus - A New Leaf'
When: Monday 14th May until Sunday 20th May 2012
Where: 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London WIJ 7QX.
The gallery is open from 10am - 8pm (except Monday 14th 1-8pm and Sunday 20th 10-12noon).

Florum Exhibition details and venue

florum "beautiful plants by skilful artists"
When: 8th - 15th SEPTEMBER 10.00 - 5.00 daily
Where: SEVENOAKS WILDLIFE RESERVE, Bradbourne Vale Road Sevenoaks TN13 3DH

BISCOT BOTANICAL IMAGES SCOTIA - JUNE 2012

BISCOT BOTANICAL IMAGES SCOTIA - JUNE 2012 is a competitive exhibition whose aims are to show and encourage excellence in botanical painting and illustration. It's held annually at Gardening Scotland at Ingliston Edinburgh Scotland under the auspices of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Botanical Images Scotia (BISCOT) " Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The 8th Annual Botanical Images Scotia - BISCOT Exhibition
This year there will be works by exceptional artists in a showcase of top contemporary botanical art from home and abroad. An innovative collaboration between RBGE and the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society.

Royal Horticultural Society - Botanical Art Exhibitions

Guidance on exhibiting with the RHS, exhibition listings and reviews of the shows - with images

RHS London Orchid Show and Botanical Art Show | Royal Horticultural Society

New for 2010 is the addition of the Botanical Art Show, where 40 botanical artists will be showcasing their best illustrations and vying for RHS Medals.
Also
20 -21 March 2010 (RHS London Orchid Show, RHS Lindley Hall, Westminster)
6 - 9 May 2010 (Malvern Spring Gardening Show, Three Counties Showground)
16 - 20 June 2010 (BBC Gardeners' World Live at the NEC, Birmingham).

Royal Horticultural Society - Botanical Art Collection

The RHS have have some 30,000 original botanical illustrations, and oil portraits. The earliest drawings date from the early 17th century, with comprehensive examples of work by eminent artists including contemporary RHS Gold medal winners.

Royal Horticultural Society - Exhibiting botanical art at RHS Flower Shows

A very high standard of work is sought and met at the exhibitions of botanical illustration. Emphasis is placed primarily on botanical accuracy with aesthetic appeal. Approximately 20 exhibitors, either individual artists or group exhibitors, are allocated space at each show. Exhibits must comprise of a minimum of eight pieces of art presented on a theme. See Guidelines and Regulations for further information. Each exhibit is judged by the Picture Advisory Committee, and awards are given accordingly. Annual submission date (usually June each year)

Royal Horticultural Society - Gyuidelines for botanical artwork (paintings & drawings)

Guidelines for judging group exhibits of drawings and paintings of plants, flowers and gardens
(as they appear in the Manual 2004, for Judges, p13, No7)

Royal Horticultural Society - Regulations for botanical artwork (paintings & drawings)

Consideration will only be given to works that are primarily of botanical interest, and paintings and drawings should be at least life-size. Miniatures are unsuitable for the Society's RHS shows. To be considered at least eight pieces of work must be displayed.

MAKING A MARK: How to enter the RHS Botanical Art Show

This post is about how enter the Annual Botanical Art Show held by the Royal Horticultural Society in the Horticultural Halls in London.

MAKING A MARK: RHS Gold Medal Botanical Art

The winners of gold medals for botanical art were:
* Yvonne Marie Arnsdorf (UK): Watercolour & colour pencil 'botanical elegance'
* Lara Call Gastinger (USA): Ten walks in Virginia
* Keiko Sasaki: Watercolour rubus

MAKING A MARK: RHS Botanical Art Show & Five Gold Medal Winners

This is a truly international event. The 24 participating artists came from Australia (1), France (1), Italy (3), Japan (4), the UK (13) and USA (2) and the gold medal winners came from Australia, Italy, the USA and the UK (2).

MAKING A MARK: 7 Gold Medal Winners at RHS Botanical Art 2012

On Friday afternoon I met four of the seven gold medal winners at the RHS Botanical Art Show which was held in the Lindley Hall in London on 16-17th March.

Society of Botanical Art: Exhibitions 2006-2012

details from the SBA and posts from my blog Making A Mark

The Society of Botanical Artists.

To become an Associate you must have submitted five works and had ALL five works accepted for two consecutive years: that is 10 out of 10 paintings accepted in total over two successive years. The Selection Committee sits once a year at the Annual Open Exhibition and Associate Membership is automatic for those applicants who fit the criteria above. Full Membership of the Society is ONLY by election and is not automatic.

Making a Mark: Review of the SBA Exhibition (2006)

(April 2006) I visited the Society of Botanical Artists exhibition yesterday and was totally blown away by the very fine quality of most of the artwork shown. There are some very impressive and accomplished artists exhibiting with the SBA - including a number of coloured pencil artists. Most of the artwork is in watercolour with a good showing of coloured pencil and pencil work, although the exhibition also includes work by people painting in oils and pastels. The website while clearly demonstrating the breadth of work fails to reflect so clearly the very high quality of a lot of the work on display due to the small size of the website images.

Making a Mark: Society of Botanical Artists - Flowers and Gardens Exhibition 2007

(April 2007) The annual Flowers and Gardens exhibition by the Society of Botanical Artists at Central Hall Westminster maintained its very high standard this year and reflected the Society's willingness to include a wide variety of approaches and media for the representation of botanical art including fruit, vegetables and fungi as well as flowers and gardens. On display were 728 drawings and paintings, 11 Miniatures, and 26 sculptures. As last year, most of the artwork in the exhibition is executed in watercolour. Other media used included Pencil, Coloured Pencils (including watercolour pencils) Acrylics, Pastels, Ink, Oil, Lino Cut Prints and Gouache on black paper

Making a Mark: Society of Botanical Artists - The Botanical Palette exhibition

(April 2008) I visited the 22nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) yesterday. This year, the Society is celebrating the publication of its second book and its title is reflected in the title of the exhibition "The Botanical Palette".

Making a Mark: Two works juried into SBA Annual Exhibition

I've had news that two of my coloured pencil drawings have been juried into the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists.

Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: Society of Botanical Artists (2009) #1

The standard of work at this year's Annual "Flowers and Gardens" Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists is simply stunning. I urge all artists who have ever wanted to pursue botanical or floral art to go and take a look at the quality of the 700+ works on display.

Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: Society of Botanical Artists (2009) #2

This post focuses on individual artists in this year's Annual "Flowers and Gardens" Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. [Now updated to include all the details of prizewinners]

Making a Mark: The biggest exhibition of coloured pencil artwork in the UK

...the SBA Annual Exhibition is currently providing the largest display of coloured pencil artwork in the UK in the last 12 months (although obviously not an exhibition which is a dedicated display of coloured pencil art.) Artists using coloured pencils for botanical art and flowers depicting flowers and gardens are:...

Exhibition 2010 The Silver Jubilee

THE SILVER JUBILEE EXHIBITION 2010
The Society's Annual Exhibition to celebrate its Silver Jubilee was held at Westminster Central Hall in London from 16 to 25 April 2010 where 746 botanical works including miniatures and three-dimensional work were shown.

Making a Mark: Society of Botanical Artists - Silver Jubilee Exhibition

2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA). Today I'm covering the details of this year's annual Open Exhibition and how to enter your botanical artwork.

MAKING A MARK: EXHIBITION: Society of Botanical Artists 2010 #1

The Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists opens tomorrow at Central Hall, Westminster (in Storey's Gate opposite Westminster Abbey). It continues until 25th April and is open every day 10.00 to 5.00pm

MAKING A MARK: Society of Botanical Artists 2010 Prizewinners

This post highlights the botanical artists winning the various awards at the 2010 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists - which closes tomorrow.

Exhibition 2011 The World Of Plants

The Society's Annual Exhibition to celebrate The World of Plants was held at Westminster Central Hall in London from 8 to 17 April 2011 where 751 botanical works including miniatures and three-dimensional work were shown. We think that it is the largest Exhibition devoted to botanical art in the world

MAKING A MARK: Review: Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition 2011

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Private View of the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. "The World of Plants" exhibition continues until 17th April 2011

MAKING A MARK: Certificates of Botanical Merit at SBA Exhibition 2011

Every year the Society of Botanical Artists. awards a number of Certificates of Botanical Merit to entries in the Annual Exhibition. These works set a very standard of excellence in botanical art. All you get is the Certificate and the entitlement to letters after your name - but they are very prized!

Exhibition 2012 Botanical Celebration

Celebrations abound in 2012 in the city of London and the Society of Botanical Artists is ready at the starting line ahead of the Olympics and the Royal Diamond Jubilee with its own celebrations in April for the Annual Open exhibition: Botanical Celebration.
Exhibition details:
Public viewing: 20 - 29 April 2012 (Free admission)
Venue: Westminister Central Hall, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NH
Opening times: Daily from 11am to 5pm including Sundays

MAKING A MARK: Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition 2012: Call for Entries

The purpose of this post is to remind me - and others - that the deadline for entries to the 2012 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists is 27 February 2012

Society of Botanical Artists Submission Day - and a botanical egg

Today was the day to submit work to the 2012 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists - at Central Hall in Westminster. This is a "show and tell" for all those people who submitted work - which eventually ended up in the Aldersgate Room along with mine.

MAKING A MARK: 27th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists

review of the 27th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists

MAKING A MARK: Certificates of Botanical Merit at SBA 2012

names and images of the artists and artwork which were awarded Certificates of Botanical Merit at the SBA Exhibition 2012

MAKING A MARK: 2012 Prizewinners at Society of Botanical Art's Annual Exhibition

The winners of the various Awards are listed below next to an image of the artwork which won the prize. Where their website could be identified this has been linked to their name - click the name to visit the website.

MAKING A MARK: A 'Making A Mark' Profile of Fiona Strickland

I was delighted last week to meet up with and interview an artist I've very much admired for the last four years and five SBA exhibitions - Fiona Strickland DA SBA GM CBM '09, CBM, 11 and CBM 12.

Other Botanical Art Exhibitions (UK) 2011

Florum Exhibition details and venue

celebrating plantlife in a variety of media 10 - 17 September 2011
Open daily 10 - 5 SEVENOAKS WILDLIFE RESERVE
Bradbourne Vale Road Sevenoaks TN13 3DH The Reserve

MAKING A MARK: Exhibition Review: Florum 2011 - in Sevenoaks

Florum is about "beautiful plants interpreted by skilful artists".
I went to the Private View of their Annual exhibition yesterday held appropriately at the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent. Some 62 invited artists are displaying their work inspired by plant life. All works are for sale and the exhibition raises a goodly sum towards the work of the Reserve.

The Society of Floral Painters - Exhibitions

1) Sherborne St. John nr. Basingstoke, Hampshire
28th May to 16th June 2011
2) STOURTON MEMORIAL HALL on the National Trust Stourhead Estate
24th September to 9th October 2011

Hampton Court Palace florilegium - Exhibition 2012

Botanical paintings from the Hampton Court Palace Archives will be on display

Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew

exhibition pages plus reviews of past exhibitions

Making a Mark: Kew opens the world's first dedicated botanical art gallery

On Saturday 19th April, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery opened at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It will exhibit precious works of botanical art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood.

This is a record of my visit to the exhibition and focuses on some of the artists in history whose botanical art is included in the exhibition

Royal Botanic Gardens Press Release: New Gallery of Botanical Art Opens at Kew Gardens, Spring 2008

Press Release: New Gallery of Botanical Art Opens at Kew Gardens, Spring 2008
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, opening in spring 2008, will be the first gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art and open to the public all year round. The gallery, designed by award-winning architects Walters and Cohen, will exhibit precious works of art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood, many of which have never been on public display before.

The Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew Gardens reveals the beauty of botany - Times Online

Until this month, the world's premier collection of botanical art, consisting of some 200,000 drawings, watercolours, oil paintings and prints, had been kept filed away in drawers and boxes in the Library at Kew Gardens.

Daily Telegraph - Kew's £3m gallery to showcase botanic art

It is one of the great secret art collections of Britain - and finally it has a home where the public can enjoy it. Costing £3 million, it will allow the public to see for the first time the gems in the Royal Botanic Gardens's vast holding of more than 200,000 prints, drawings and paintings dating back to 1700.

Digging up treasures: Kew shows off plant pictures in new gallery | Arts | The Guardian

Garden's display space, with low light and humidity control, is the world's first gallery dedicated entirely to botanical art - opens at Kew Gardens in London.

BBC NEWS | UK | Kew opens botanical art gallery

The world's first gallery dedicated to botanical art opens to the public. Includes a news video which shows shots of the gallery and close-ups of works on display.

Kew opens the world's first gallery for botanical art - News, Art & Architecture - The Independent

The Shirley Sherwood Gallery is the world's first purpose-built space for botanical drawings - many of which are extremely delicate watercolours on paper and vellum. Walters and Cohen, the architects, were given a brief to create a space that would protect the art works with dim light levels, a constant temperature of 21C and 55 per cent humidity.

Making a Mark: Treasures of Botanical Art - a recommended read

Treasures of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix has been published by Kew Publishing to mark the inaugural exhibition of the The Shirley Sherwood Gallery in Kew Gardens, the first gallery in the world to be dedicated to year round exhibitions of botanical art. The book is extensively illustrated and features some 200 illustrations of paintings and drawings from both the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections.

Making a Mark: Exhibition review: "The Power of Plants" at Kew Gardens

What The Power of Plants exhibition does is display a selection of botanical drawings, paintings and illustrations of plants which have either an economic value or have some component which is essential to human well-being - for examples in relation to physical well-being, food and textiles.

Making a Mark: Exhibition Review - In Search of Gingers

In Search of Gingers is an exhibition of works by Sandy Ross Sykes at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery (Galleries 3 and 4) at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew which continues until 26 July 2009.

Making a Mark: Exhibition review: Contemporary Australasian Botanical Artists

Down Under: Contemporary Botanical Artists from Australia and New Zealand is an exhibition of contemporary botanical art by exceptional Australian and New Zealand artists. The works on display now form part of Dr Shirley Sherwood's Collection.

Making a Mark: Exhibition review: The Art of Plant Evolution

Exhibition Review - The Art of Plant Evolution at Kew Gardens. It manages to neatly combine art and science by displaying botanical paintings in the latest evolutionary sequence revealed by recent DNA analysis.

South American Botanical Art comes to Kew Gardens | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art 8 May - 8 August 2010
'Old and New South American Botanical Art' is a vibrant exhibition, bringing the Latin continent's exotic and lush plants to life at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It comprises 62 paintings from the Real Jardín Botánico:, Madrid'sMutis Collection (1783 - 1816) - none of which has ever been on display before - and 68 contemporary works from the Shirley Sherwood Collection.

Bulbmania - Flowers From The Kew Collection | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

28 August 2010 - 03 January 2011This exhibition celebrates the wide-ranging beauty of bulbs and is on display at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Comprising more than 70 paintings, artists featured include Georg Dionysius Ehret, who was the most highly regarded botanical artist of the 18th century, the prolific botanical artist Lillian Snelling and the contemporary, award-winning, Pandora Sellars.
| Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

Plants In Peril Exhibition | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

Plants in Peril exhibition Mon 26 December 2011 - Sun 18 March 2012
This exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art presents illustrations of endangered plants from over thirty countries around the world.

Joseph Hooker - Naturalist, Traveller And More | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

Joseph Hooker - naturalist, traveller and more
Mon 26 December 2011 - Mon 09 April 2012
This exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art displays paintings, letters, photographs and sketchbooks by Sir Joseph Hooker, from the collections at Kew.

The Secret Garden, The Botanical Brush, From Eye to Hand and Hidden Treasure | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

The Secret Garden, The Botanical Brush, From Eye to Hand and Hidden Treasure
Sat 05 February - Wed 01 June 2011
These exhibitions feature a wide range of contemporary botanical art produced by artists and will be the first time that original artwork has been offered for sale at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art.

Pressed Plant Exhibition | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

Exhibition - The Pressed Plant, Rachel Pedder-Smith's Herbarium Specimen Painting
Sat 31 March - Mon 07 May 2012
This new exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art will display the work of artist Rachel Pedder-Smith, focusing on a painting over five metres long, completed using Herbarium specimens from Kew.

Portraits Of Leaves & Fungi Exhibition | Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens

Exhibition - Portraits of leaves and fungi, paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection
Sat 05 May 2012 - Tue 30 April 2013
Explore these two linked exhibitions featuring paintings of leaves from a variety of artists including Margaret Mee, Paul Jones and Brigid Edwards; together with paintings of fungi, predominantly painted by Alexander Viazmensky.

Other (past) Botanical Art Exhibitions in the UK

past exhibitions at various venues

The Ashmolean - Museum of Art & Archaeology

Ashmolean Museum:
A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art
2nd May 2005 to 11th September 2005
One thousand years of botanical art was displayed in the Ashmolean's lead exhibition of 2005, providing a unique opportunity to compare illustrations by contemporary artists with the remarkable botanical art of the past.

1000 Years Of Botanical Art At Oxford's Ashmolean Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage

The Eldon and McAlpine Galleries at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford are, until September 11 2005, home to a stunning collection that spans over 1,000 years of botanical art from all over the world.

Times Higher Education - Timothy walker is drawn to the budding artists of biology

The verisimilitude of Vicky Cox's White Onion and Skin makes you reach for the knife and the chopping board'
a new flowering - 1,000 years of botanical art
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to September 11

Maria Sibylla Merian - at the Getty Museum, Buckingham Palace and Kew Gardens

Maria Sibylla Merian was both a Naturalist and a Botanical Illustrator. She's rated as being one of the greatest ever artists of botanical and entomological subjects. Her profile has never been higher - and she currently features significantly in three major exhibitions in the USA and London.

Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: The Highgrove Florilegium at the Garden Museum

I recently visited the Garden Museum where there is an exhibition this summer of some of the original botanical art paintings which make up the Highgrove Florilegium. The exhibition continues until 31st August 2009.

Forests and Gardens of South India - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Sat 15 May - Sun 4 July 2010

Continuing the series of exhibitions of botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish East India Company surgeons, this exhibition features watercolours commissioned by the forest conservator Hugh Cleghorn (1820-95) and related plant specimens.

Plants from the Woods and Forests of Chile - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Sat 15 May - Sun 18 July 2010

A selection of water-colour paintings of remarkable Chilean plants is being shown for the first time. These botanical plates have been specially commissioned for a book on woodland plants due to be published in spring 2013. The exquisitely detailed paintings are being prepared by three Turkish artists: Gülnur Ek%u015Fi, I%u015Fik Güner and Hülya Korkmaz.

Botanical Art Exhibitions 2012 (USA)

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation: Exhibitions

exhibitions of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk - 2 March-29 June 2012

MAKING A MARK: 14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration - Intent to submit

The 14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pennsylvania takes place in the Autumn / Fall of 2013. However in order to submit work you need to submit an "Intent to submit" form by 31st January 2012.

American Society of Botanical Artists: Calls for Entries

American Society of Botanical Artists, September to November, 2012
Fifteenth Annual ASBA/HSNY International Juried Exhibition
The Horticultural Society of New York, 148 W. 37th Street, New York, NY 10018

14th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit at Filoli | Art Exhibits | Filoli

14th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit at Filoli is the West Coast's most prominent botanical art exhibition.
Tuesday, March 27 through Sunday, June 24
Part of our commitment is to sponsor an annual nation-wide juried exhibition to showcase the best of botanical art. Artworks selected this year will be displayed in the Visitor and Education Center while select pieces from our three major florilegia collections: the Filoli, the Banks' and the Highgrove, will be displayed in the historic House.

Reeves-Reed Arboretum | Exhibits - The Magnified Eye: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture

The Magnified Eye: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture
April 3, 2012 - June 15, 2012
Location: Wisner House

(Past) Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA

The New York Botanical Garden | Green Currency: Plants in the Economy An Exhibition of Botanical Art

Green Currency: Plants in the Economy
An Exhibition of Botanical Art
Hosted by The New York Botanical Garden and the American Society of Botanical Artists
On View April 20-July 31, 2011; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

American Society of Botanical Artists : Losing Paradise (traveling exhibition)

Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World, a traveling exhibition developed by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), explores the conservation efforts of scientists and illustrators around the globe.

Details of where you can see this exhibition and the exhibition catalogue

Losing Paradise at the National Museum of Natural History

The exhibition was at the National Museum of Natural History from August 14 - December 12, 2010. Visitors saw 44 botanical illustrations, live plants, and specimens of rare and endangered plants from the Museum's collection.

The American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York's Fourteenth Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition: Calls for Entries

September - November 2011
The American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York's Fourteenth Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition
The Horticultural Society of New York,,148 W. 37th St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018

Art of Science | Academy of Natural Sciences

Art of Science features changing displays of works of art that explore the interplay between science and art. The current exhibit, Flora Fantastica: The Whimsical Botanical Art of MF Cardamone runs January 15 April 17, 2011 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

The University of Delaware: The Art of Botanical Illustration (2001)

On-line exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration
Feb 8 - June 8 2001

Hunt Institute - Online and other Botanical Art Exhibitions

Hunt Institute: Past Exhibitions

Past exhibitions at the Hunt Institute.

Botanists' Art Exhibition

Botanists' Art Selections from the Archives of the Hunt Institute
Curator: Angela Todd
This selection of "unclaimed" art, what Jones and Galison define, in Picturing Science Producing Art (New York, Routledge, 1998), as "images that remain 'unclaimed' by the institutions of art but are readable as constructions of visual knowledge," resides in the Hunt Institute's botanical archives in the Hunt Library building.

Exhibit Home

Fragments From the Botanical Frontier: Cultural History from Archives
These vignettes also show the importance of archives for retrieving botanical history. Original documents have the power to shed new light on the relationships between botany and culture. Themes that run through the exhibit include the relationships between individuals and institutions, the impacts of transportation and technology on botany, and the connections between botanical projects and economics.

Order From Chaos - Exhibition Disclaimer

Terms and conditions of use
Like the other features on this Web site, the use of Order from Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes is governed by our Terms and Conditions statement. The majority of the images, texts and data (Materials) are copyrighted to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Botanical Art Competitions - Margaret Flockton Award

The Margaret Flockton Award

Previous year's winning entries and Judge's comments
The exhibitionis at the Red Box Gallery, National Herbarium of NSW, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney

Margaret Flockton Award 2012

The Margaret Flockton Award commemorates the contribution Margaret Flockton made to Australian scientific botanical illustration.

The Margaret Flockton Award exhibition 2012

Details of The Margaret Flockton Award exhibition

Margaret Flockton Award 2010 - a set on Flickr

Winning entries from the 7th annual international Margaret Flockton Award and Exhibition for scientific botanical illustration, hosted by the Botanic Gardens Trust. Weekdays 10am -- 4pm, 9 April -- 9 July 2010 Red Box Gallery, National Herbarium of NSW, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney

Botanical Art Exhibitions 2012 - Australia

BOTANICA 2012 - The Masters and Moore | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

BOTANICA 2012 - THE MASTERS & MOORE
31 MARCH - 22 APRIL 2012
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
OPEN DAILY 10am- 4pm. Free Entry
An extraordinary exhibition of works by Australia's finest botanical artists. This spectacular collection of works will be exhibited over three weeks and feature works from over 70 of Australia's premier botanical artists. These include: Beverly Allen, Deirdre Bean, Annie Hughes, Elaine Musgrave, David Mackay, Susannah Blaxill, Jenny Phillips, John PastorizaPiñol, Fiona McKinnon and Mali Moir.

Botanic art exhibitions - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

The Art of Botanical Illustration 2012
This exhibition will be held in Domain House Gallery from 10 to 25 November 2012.

Botanical Art Exhibitions 2011 (Australasia)

The Botanical Art Society of Australia Inc.

Botanical Art Exhibitions - Calendar 2011

Margaret Flockton Award 2011 - Botanic Gardens Trust - Sydney, Australia

Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia
The Margaret Flockton Award commemorates the contribution Margaret Flockton made to Australian scientific botanical illustration. Entries for the 2011 Award close on 4th February. You can see prizewinners and highly commended if you click the link.

Exhibition: Weekdays 10 am - 4 pm, Friday 9 April until 9 July, special weekend viewings 17/18 April and 24/25 April 10 am until 4 pm
Where: Red Box Gallery, National Herbarium of NSW, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney

The Eternal Order in Nature: The Science of Botanical Illustration

The Eternal Order in Nature: The Science of Botanical Illustration will be held at Domain House Gallery, Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra, (opposite the National Herbarium). From 18 July to 7 August 2011 daily from 10am to 5pm, till 8pm Wednesdays.

The Kirstenbosch Biennale

Botanical Art Exhibition in South Africa

Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa: Kirstenbosch Biennale 2013

This page will be updated with all relevant Kirstenbosch Biennale 2013 news and requirements, as and when supplied.

Gauteng Branch of the Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa: Kirstenbosch Biennale 2012: Theme announcement!

The focus of the next exhibition will be "Medicinal and traditional use plants indigenous to southern Africa". Artists planning to participate in the Biennale will need to submit, as in the past, 4 works. Only one of these works will have to depict a medicinal or traditional use plant. Artists will be free to submit 3 works of their own choice.

Gauteng Branch of the Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa: Newsflash: Kirstenbosch Biennale moved to 2013!

the next Kirstenbosch Biennale, which was scheduled to take place in September 2012, will be moved to 2013. Kirstenbosch is celebrating its centenary in 2013, and the Biennale will become an important event on the calendar of centenary celebrations.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

published for the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew by Blackwell Publishing

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Data and Publications: curtis's botanical magazine

Curtis's Botanical Magazine provides an international forum of particular interest to botanists and horticulturists, plant ecologists and those with a special interest in botanical illustration.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine has been published continuously since 1787.
Currently published for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Blackwell Publishing
Print ISSN: 1355-4905
Online ISSN: 1467-8748
Frequency: Quarterly (February, May, August and November)

Blackwell Publishing - Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Published on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
List of issues back to 1999

Examples of Botanical Art

Society of Botanical Artists (UK) - Members Gallery

See the work produced by the members of the Society of Botanical Artists

American Society of Botanical Artists - Members Gallery

Click on the members names to see their websites

Botanical Art Society of Australia - Members Gallery

Click an image for a larger view and a members profile

Botanical Artists of Canada - Members' Gallery

To visit a member's gallery, click on a name and to find a biography, images of drawings or paintings, and contact information for the artist.

Botanical Artists of Souther Africa - Members Gallery

This gallery contains examples of botanical art produced by the members of BAASA and short biographies of the artists represented

Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution

The Department of Botany of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History has created a database of the more than 3000 botanical illustrations curated by the department's scientific illustrator, Alice Tangerini.

Curtis Botanical Magazine

William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist living in London, whose greater interest was the study of flora and insects. He maintained a large garden where he grew beautiful exotic plants, and began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. This digital presentation represents one thousand fifty records, one thousand forty-eight plates, (two of the original plates are missing, plates 797 & 860),
and there are one thousand four hundred fifty-six related pages of text from the first 26 volumes.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation promotes the history of botany through its collections, research, exhibitions, publications, and services.

Botanical Art and Images, Botany Department, Smithsonian Institution

Botanical art at the Smithsonian.

Victoria & Albert Print Room - Botanical Illustration

Images and information about the art of botanical drawing from the 15th century to the present day.

The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations at the Natural History Museum

The voyage of HMS Endeavour (1768-1771) was the first devoted exclusively to scientific discovery. This site presents most of the botanical drawings and engravings prepared by artist Sydney Parkinson before his untimely death at sea, and by other artists back in England working from Parkinson's initial sketches

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Library & Archives

The Library has more than 200,000 prints and drawings, including original works of art in various media. These range in date from the great masters of botanical illustration of the 18th century, such as G.D. Ehret, P.J. Redouté and the Bauer brothers, through to Thomas Duncanson, George Bond and Walter Hood Fitch in the 19th century. The holdings include a high proportion of the early originals prepared for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, together with the work of 20th century contributors

Cincinnati Historical Society - Hauck Collection Highlights

From Seed to Flower: Selected Books from the Cornelius J. Hauck Botanical Collection at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library

An overview of the botanical paintings of Christine Brodie

(Extarct from Microscopy-UK Micscape Microscopy and Microscopes Magazine: Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy)
Christine Brodie recently completed work on an instruction book about botanical painting, titled Drawing And Painting Plants, to be published by A & C Black in October 2006. The book takes a novel approach in that not only painting and drawing methods, but techniques such as dissection, collection of plants, environmental studies, microscopic work and botanical nomenclature are all covered. Students not only learn how to study and paint flowering plants, but the whole plant kingdom, including coniferous trees, fungi, ferns, mosses, seaweeds and lichens.

The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations at the Natural History Museum

Search the "The Endeavour" Botanical Illustrations online

WOMEN AND NATURE: Illustrators & Colorists

WOMEN & NATURE exhibition 2001
Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

handprint : botanical illustration

Botanical Illustration is one of the oldest watercolor genres, associated throughout its history with the importance of plants to human health, recreation, and appreciation of beauty.

Botanical Art Sketchbooks - online

My Botanical Sketchbooks

Jacqueline Allwood
This little book, hand bound with blue pages, is one in which I have recorded some of my snowdrop sketches. I have used some of these on the Small Snowdrop Vases

BOTANICAL ART BOOKS, Herbals and Florilegium

Links to sites which tell you more about great botanical art books

Hortus Sanitatis

The Hortus Sanitatis or the Ortus Sanitatis (the origin of health), as it is also known, is in the tradition of the medieval herbals. It is partly based on Der Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), which is sometimes attributed to Johann von Cube, and was originally printed by Peter Schoeffer at Mainz in 1485.

Most of the 1,066 chapters of the first edition are headed by a woodcut and there were also several full page woodcuts

Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Hortus Eystettensis

In 1611, the Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Germany determined to record for posterity the spectacular garden he'd created at his palace in Bavaria with plants from around the world. Hundreds of his favourite flowers where carefully drawn and engraved as they bloomed through the four seasons. Published in 1613, the finished catalogue was the largest and most magnificent florilegium ever made.

Florilegium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Florilegium (plural Florilegia) is a Latin word for a collection of 'flowers' (excellent excerpts), from the corpus of a considerably larger oeuvre. ...

World Wide Words: Florilegium

However, florilegium first appeared in the English language in 1711 in a sense nearer the literal one: describing a collection of flower illustrations. ...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium

The earliest florilegia-anthologies of illustrations describing living collections of flowering plants-first appeared 400 years ago. ...

The Prince of Wales - The Highgrove Florilegium is published

The Highgrove Florilegium is published 21st April 2008

Two of The Prince's passions, horticulture and painting, have been combined in a new book, The Highgrove Florilegium.

The Highgrove Florilegium is a collection of more than 120 original prints from watercolour paintings celebrating the gardens at Highgrove, and represents the culmination of over six years work. All proceeds from the book will go to charity.

Highgrove: the florilegium returns

Combining craftsmanship and royal patronage, the Highgrove Florilegium (which has taken a mere seven years to produce) records the plants growing at the Prince of Wales' home in Gloucestershire.

A Modern British Florilegium | The New York Sun

The plant studies of Leonardo and Dürer move us not just as remarkable works of art, but also by the faith they show in the accord between artistic and scientific inquiry. Expectations of art and science have changed since the Renaissance, but the practice of botanical art continued to flourish, most notably in the 17th through 19th centuries, in the form of florilegia - collections of images of plants from a particular garden. A handsome exhibition at the New York School of Interior Design focuses on this traditional genre, with 74 contemporary watercolors loaned by permission of one of today's better known traditionalists: HRH the Prince of Wales.
(Includes slideshow)

Alecto Publications: Highgrove Florilegium

The Highgrove Florilegium

Making a Mark: Book Review: Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants

This is a book which is heavy on images and light on text. This A4 sized book contains 73 full-colour plates - one per page - from the Hortus Eystettensis 1613.

Making a Mark: Book Review - 1001 Plant and floral illustrations from early herbals

There's very little text and an awful lot of engravings and illustrations used in early herbals. Very helpful to those interested in early botanical art.

Making a Mark: Book Review: Merian's Antique Botanical Prints

Last week I posted about the exhibitions involving Maria Sibylla Merian in Maria Sibylla Merian - at the Getty Museum, Buckingham Palace and Kew Gardens. I said I'd also post my review of a book of Merian's Antique Botanical Prints CD-ROM and Book (Pictorial Archives) by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Dover Publications - nut neglected to do so - so here it is. I'm not going to repeat the detail about who she is - save to say she is one of the most respected and remarkable women who ever drew and painted botanical and natural history subjects - and that she died in her 70th year in 1717.

Making a Mark: Find out about the history of botanical art

I've always been really interested in the historical aspects of botanical art but I've been finding out more and more about it ever since I visited the new Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew in April and saw, for the very first time, botanical art which had been drawn or painted by the acknowledged experts in this field.

Outstanding Botanical Artists - in Art History

Basilius Besler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basilius Besler From Wikipedia,
Basilius Besler (1561 - 1629), was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis.

The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt). The emphasis in botanicals of previous centuries had been on medicinal and culinary herbs, and these had usually been depicted in a crude manner. The images were often inadequate for identification, and had little claim to being aesthetic. The Hortus Eystettensis changed botanical art overnight. The plates were of garden flowers, herbs and vegetables, exotic plants such as castor-oil and arum lilies. These were depicted near life-size, producing rich detail. The layout was artistically pleasing and quite modern in concept, with the hand-colouring adding greatly to the final effect. The work was first published in 1613 and consisted of 367 copper engravings, with an average of three plants per page, so that a total of 1084 species were depicted.

Maria Sibylla Merian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maria Sibylla Merian From Wikipedia

Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt - died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them.

WOMEN AND NATURE: Maria Sibylla Merian

WOMEN & NATURE exhibition 2001
Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Maria Sibylla Merian. Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Hamburg: Hoffman und Campe Verlag, 1964.

Rhagor | Early Herbals - The German fathers of botany

Amgueddfa Cymru has a number of pre-1701 books in the Museum's Library, including a number of 16th- and 17th-century 'herbals' featuring examples of the works of three men who have been described as the 'German fathers of botany'

Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707[1] -1758), was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author. She achieved fame as a botanical illustrator, and was both artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book illustrated many odd-looking and unknown plants from the New World, and was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants for the use of physicians and apothecaries.

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Ehret lived at a time of scientific discovery and enlightenment in Europe, a 'golden age of botanical art'. Ehret became recognised as an outstanding botanical artist. His unique style and clarity of plant illustration was immediately useful and sought out by specialists.

Botanical art by Georg Dionysius Ehret,

The Fitzwilliam Museum's Cambridge collection of 54 plates of botanical art created by Georg Dionysius Ehret, German Painter and Illustrator, 1710-1770

Sydney Parkinson (1745? - 1771)

Sydney Parkinson, age 22, was a member of one of the greatest scientific expeditions of all time, Captain Cook's voyage of discovery to the South Pacific (1768-1771). During two years of the voyage, Parkinson produced hundreds of drawings and sketches of the animals and plants that were discovered.

Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826)

Ferdinand Bauer is internationally regarded as an outstanding botanical artist. His depictions of the Australian flora and fauna, which he made during the voyage of HMS Investigator (1801-1803) under the command of Captain Flinders, represents one of the greatest achievements in the annals of natural history art.

Franz (Francis) Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)

Born in Feldsburg, Austria, Franz was the older brother of Ferdinand Bauer, the famous botanical artist. After arriving in England in 1788, Sir Joseph Banks employed Franz as a botanical artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
For the next 40 years, Bauer illustrated the newly discovered plants from around the world that were introduced to England via Kew, where they were grown and studied for the first time in a scientific manner.

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph (1802) Les Liliacées [Tome 1]

The Lilies. Universities of Strasbourg - digitalised old books (SICD - Patrimoine numérisé - H790-1. This is a digital copy of an old book with colour plates of Redouté's paintings of lilies.

ATLAS de la FLORE MAGIQUE ET ASTROLOGIQUE DE L'ANTIQUITÉ

A French Herbal
Notre choix s'est finalement porté sur les reproductions de végétaux qui accompagnent les Commentaires de Pierre André Matthioli sur le De Materia Medica de Dioscoride, traduits en français par Jean des Moulins, Docteur en médecine et publiés à Lyon en 1572

Herbals

Herbals and the evolution of plant field guides

Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'

Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal contains beautiful illustrations of medicinal plants.

Outstanding Botanical Artists - Contemporary

The University of Delaware: The Art of Botanical Illustration. Women Illustrators

On-line exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration

ANN SWAN contemporary botanical art, coloured pencil artist

Ann Swan contemporary botanical art, one of the UK’s leading botanical artists specialising in pencil and coloured pencil drawings.

Botanical Art of Flowers, Plants; Botanical Prints of Colored Pencil Drawings

Botanical Art; Limited Edition of Botanical Art Prints from Raphine Virginia. Colored Pencil Drawings,Botanical Prints,wildflowers,wildflower prints,drawings of Live Flower & Plants by Sharon Morris Kincheloe

Botanical art by Georita Harriott

Fine limited edition botanical art prints by Cambridge based botanical illustrator Georita Harriott, one of the UK's finest botanical artists.

Celia Rosser

Early in her artistic career Celia Rosser began painting the uniquely Australian wildflowers with which she was intimately acquainted. In 1965 her first exhibition at Leveson Gallery in Melbourne included three watercolours of banksias. In 1967
she published her first book Wildflowers of Victoria.

Lorna Minton: botanical artist, watercolour paintings

Lorna Minton Botanical Artist - R.H.S. Gold Medal

Hunt Institute: Margaret Mee

Botanical artist Margaret Mee interview broadcast in November 1988

Hunt Institute: Frederick Andrews Walpole Collection

Botanical artist Frederick Andrews Walpole Collection at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.

Hunt Institute: Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden Collection

Botanical artist Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden Collection at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.

Catherine Nicholson

Catharine Nicholson specialises in very fine pen-and-ink botanical drawing and has work in the Shirley Sherwood Collection; The Lindley Library; The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and several private collections. She is a drawing member of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society

Peta Stockton - Botanical Artist

Peta Stockton is a botanical artist focusing primarily on South African flora. Peta's botanical art debut was on the 2004 Kirstenbosch Biennale, where she received a Gold Medal and in 2006 she received a Gold Medal at the RHS show in London for her paintings of proteas. Peta has works in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, The Lindley Library, The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and The Issac Sutton Collectio

Susannah Blaxill - Botanical Artist

Susannah Blaxill botanical art, internationally recognised as a leading artist specialising in watercolour, pencil and charcoal drawings.

Lara Call Gastinger

Lara Call Gastinger, Botanical Art & Illustration. RHS Gold Medal winner for a series on Plants of Virginia

Reinhild Raistrick

Reinhild Raistrick has won RHS four gold medals and provides tuition on botanical painting at Cambrige University Botanical Garden. Reinhild has also published a book "African Violets: In Search of the Wild Violets"

Sherry Mitchell SFCA

Sherry is a watercolour botanical artist, specializing in the native flora of British Columbia, Canada. Her work is included in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Arbutus - Arbutus menziesii, received 'Best of Show' in the Botanical Artists of Canada fall exhibition 2007.

floraleyes.co.uk - Susan Christopher Coulson, botanical artist

Susan Christopher-Coulson. British botanical artist working in coloured pencils. RHS Gold Medalist.

Coral Guest - Flower Painter

Coral Guest trained in fine art (painting) at Chelsea College of Art, working with abstraction and colour theory, receiving the Drawing Prize in the first year and the Travel Scholarship in the final year. She studied drawing with Norman Blamey and Ken Howard, and, painting with Sean Scully and Ken Kiff. Her work as a flower painter began in 1979 during a succession of field trips to Europe and Japan. The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded her 2 gold medals for her paintings of bulbous plants, in which she specialises.

Peta Stockton - Botanical Artist

Peta's botanical art debut was on the 2004 Kirstenbosch Biennale, where she received a Gold Medal and in 2006 she received a Gold Medal at the RHS show in London for her paintings of proteas.

Peta has works in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, The Lindley Library, The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and The Issac Sutton Collection.

Bridget Gillespie

In 2002, Bridget Gillespie was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for a series of plum paintings, two of which now reside at the RHS Lindley Library in London.
This is a link to her suite of watercolour paintings of apples Pomona Sequence - Apples of Distinction, created for The Northern Pomona: Apples for Cool Climates.

Kate Nessler - Botanical Art

Kate Nessler has won numerous awards, including three Gold Medals (1990, 1991, 1993) from the Royal Horticultural Society, England. In 1997 she was awarded the Award of Excellence from the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the RHS, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh PA, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, The Shirley Sherwood Collection, England, as well as in numerous public and private collections. She is a contributing member of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Florilegium, NY, and her work has been selected for inclusion in the Highgrove Florilegium.

Jenny Phillips - Botanical Art School of Melbourne

Jenny Phillips,, a Gold Medallist from The Australian National Print Awards 1998, and The Royal Horticultural Society, London 1993, has focused her drawing, watercolour skills, and love of gardening on botanical art since 1971.

Hemlata Pradhan - Botanicalart.in

Hemlata Pradhan is a gifted Botanical Illustrator, who paints Orchids and other plants and immortalizes them on paper. She is the winner of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold Medal as well as the 18th world Orchid Conference Gold Medal for her paintings of Indian Jewel Orchids and the Indian Wild Orchids in habitat. Most of her works are housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.

Etchart - Bryan Poole - Botanical Etchings

Bryan Poole RE Contemporary Botanical Aquatint Etchings
His work is in the collections of the Ashmoleum Museum in Oxford, Museum of New Zealand, National gallery of wales, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and Kew

Contemporary Botanical Art - modern watercolour paintings by botanic artist Angeline de Meester

Botanical artist Angeline de Meester Angeline was awarded an RHS Gold medal at her first exhibition, at the RHS Exhibition Halls in London in November 2007.

Bobbi Angell Botanical Illustration

Botanical illustration for books, floras and monographs, notecards, prints, and newspapers.
Bobbi Angell contributes technical pen and ink illustrations of tropical and temperate plants for botanical texts. Working closely with scientists from The New York Botanical Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University and other academic institutions, she prepares detailed line drawings of species new to science for botanical journals, and illustrates regional floras and monographs.

The Society of Botanical Artists on Day Jobs « ArtPlantae Today

The Society of Botanical Artists on Day Jobs
November 20, 2008 by ArtPlantae

Few people are able to make their living as a botanical artist. Do you make your living as a full-time botanical artist? If not, what's your day job?

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium: Francesca Anderson

Francesca Anderson is a botanical artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. She has had over 20 solo shows and 60 group shows in the United States and abroad. Her work is represented in many international museums and private collections and in numerous botanical books and journal articles. She has received two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, London. Anderson is a trustee of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, founder and president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society, and a fellow of the Linnean Society.

Anna Knights

Anna is entirely self-taught. She always enjoyed painting as a child and at school, but it was only when Anna discovered botanical painting in her spare time in 2006, that she found her real passion. Less than 18 months later, in June 2007, she was awarded an RHS Gold Medal and Best Botanical Artist In Show for her series of paintings of the apple tree 'James Grieve'. Following that success Anna became a full time artist in 2008.

Her work is now held in the Shirley Sherwood Collection and the RHS's Lindley Library collection. Anna regularly exhibits at the Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace flower shows, and also teaches watercolour courses where she shares her technique.

Hemlata Pradhan - Botanicalart.in

Hemlata Pradhan is a gifted Botanical Illustrator, who paints Orchids and other plants and immortalizes them on paper. She is the winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gold Medal as well as the 18th world Orchid Conference Gold Medal for her paintings of Indian Jewel Orchids. She is based in Darjeeling in West Bengal.

Julia Trickey GM

Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
Associate of the Society of Botanical Artists
Julia Trickey has won three RHS Gold Medals
Award winning botanical artist whose glowing watercolours depict the beauty and detail of nature. Julia is particularly drawn to specimens that are less than perfect, especially leaves.

Heeyoung Kim ASBA GM

Heeyoung Kim is a winner of an RGS Gold Medal and is a member of The American Society of Botanical Artists and The Reed-Turner Botanical Artists Group in Long Grove, Illinois.
She specialises in drawing American Prairie Plants

Outstanding Botanical Printmakers

Etchart - Bryan Poole - Botanical Etchings

Bryan Poole Contemporary Botanical Aquatint Etchings
a New Zealand born botanical and natural history artist who is also a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

The McCune Collection: Henry Evans (1918-1990)

Henry Evans began making his botanical prints - using linoprinting - in 1958 and during his career he drew more than 1400 subjects. In 1964, he decided to close the bookstore and to become solely "Henry Evans -Printmaker." His botanical prints became very popular with the public and with museums and galleries. He has had more that 250 one-man shows and his works are in the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Albertina in Vienna, the Clark Library at UCLA, the Gleeson Library, and the Bancroft Library.

Digital Botanical Illustration

Digital Botanical Illustration by Niki Simpson

An introduction to a new style of composite, digital botanical illustration
Digital botanical illustration allows a fascinating close-up view of the plant world and, while scientifically based, it is also full of beauty for all to enjoy. Developed from the long tradition of botanical art, from the early herbals, through lithographs and engravings, to the meticulously hand-painted watercolours of today, this new digital work aims to combine the best of the old with the demands and technologies of the new.

Botanical Art Prints

reputable collections of reproductions of botanical art

Botanical Art - Kew Botanical Prints

Botanical art prints & canvases from Kew Gardens.

Fine reprints of antique botanical art.

High quality reproductions of the work of the greatest botanical artists of the last four centuries.

Botanical Art Galleries

Galleries showing botanical art

Contemporary Botanical Art - Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper

CONTEMPORARY BOTANICAL ART
SPECIALIZING IN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN BOTANICAL DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
P.O. Box 285 Millburn, NJ 07041
P 973.564.6411 F 973.467.0259

British Contemporary Art Jonathan Cooper, Galley of fine art - including Botanical

British Contemporary Art
Jonathan Cooper,
Galley of fine art,Botanical,Figurative,Photography,Wildlife & Sporting,London Chelsea, works of art from Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonham's, Phillip's and privately

BOTANICAL ART GERMANY

In September 2009 the first Gallery for Botanical Art in Germany was opened by Sylvia Peter (Botanical Artist) and Michael Junginger (Expert in forestry). The first exhibitions expressed the Gallery's ambition to present a variety of international Botanical Artists working in different media. Watercolours, oil- and acrylic paintings, photographs, sculptures, plant objects and also applied arts like fashion or jewellery are presented.

Botanical Gardens and Horticultural Societies in the UK and Europe

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

I'm a Premier Friend of Kew and can highly recommend the gardens at both Kew and Wakehurst Place in Surrey both as places to visit and gardens which are worth supporting.

Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Online - Home Page

I'm a member of the RHS and regularly visit their gardens at Wisley in Surrey. Check their website for details of the Chelsea Flower Show

List of botanical gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of botanical gardens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Chelsea Physic Garden

The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries' Garden, with the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants.

National Botanic Garden of Wales : The National Botanic Garden of Wales - Homepage

The National Botanic Garden of Wales has a centre for botanic science.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation. The Garden offers educational courses and events for adults and children; and also trains specialists. RBGE has four Gardens, together known as the National Botanic

Logan Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

At the south-western tip of Scotland lies Logan, the country's most exotic garden. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, southern hemisphere plants flourish in this plantsman's paradise.

It's an outpost of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)

Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands of Scotland

Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands of Scotland - a unique botanical enterprise growing an amazing range of plants due to the Gulf Stream. I visited when young - and it's simply amazing!

Benmore Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

In a magnificent mountainside setting on the Cowal Peninsula lies Benmore, an enchanting Garden steeped in history and surrounded by dramatic scenery. Benmore's 120 acres boast over 300 species of rhododendron; Bhutanese and Chilean plantings and a spectacular avenue of Giant Redwoods.

Dawyck Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Dawyck is truly one of the world's finest arboreta.Renowned for its seasonal displays, an abundance of exotic and native plants provides a breathtaking backdrop of colour throughout the year.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, in the United Kingdom, are a 15 acre oasis of delight. Designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher, they opened to subscribers in 1832.

oxford botanic garden | garden introduction

Welcome to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Oxford Botanical Garden - Harbourt Arboretum, Oxfordshire

Harcourt arboretum
In addition to a dramatic collection of trees and shrubs the Arboretum is home to a series of themed plants including a fern gully, meadow and a collection of Plants from High Places.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

The Botanic Garden is situated less than a mile to the south of the City centre and only five minutes walk from the railway station. This tranquil 40 acre (16 hectares) garden offers year round interest to visitors. The Garden has a collection of over 10,000 labeled plant species in beautifully landscaped settings, including Rock Garden, Lake, Glasshouses, Winter Garden, Woodland Walk, and nine National Collections.

Sheffield Botanical Gardens Home Page

Sheffield Botanical Gardens cover 19 acres and were first opened in 1836. Originally designed by Robert Marnock in the Gardenesque style, the site now has fifteen different garden areas featuring collections of plants from all over the world, including Mediterranean, Asian, American prairie-style, woodland and rock-and-water plantings. The National Collections of Weigela, Diervilla and Sarcococca are sited here. The Gardens contain several listed buildings including the restored Grade II* listed curvilinear Glass Pavilions, some of the earliest ever built.

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

Founded as a registered charity in 1978 to combine the talents of botanists, horticulturalists and conservationists with the dedication of keen amateur and professional gardeners, the NCCPG's aims are to: encourage the propagation and conservation of endangered garden plants in the British Isles, both species and cultivars; encourage and conduct research into cultivated plants, their origins, their historical and cultural importance and their environments; encourage the education of the public in garden plant conservation.

Making a Mark: Gardens and Botanical Art

Do you draw inspiration from natural forms? Do you like observing everything about plants? If you do you probably like gardens and you may have become interested in botanical art.

.....What I want to do is share what I know about good gardens to visit and I'm very much hoping people with share with me which are the good gardens that they've visited.

BGCI: Botanic Gardens Conservation International

It is estimated that up to 100,000 plants, representing more than one third of all the world's plant species, are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild. BGCI brings together the botanic gardens to work for plant conservation through science, education and horticulture.

Winterbourne House & Garden

Restored to its Edwardian Arts and Craft splendour, Winterbourne House is a unique heritage attraction - set within seven acres of beautiful botanic gardens.

Botanical Gardens in Europe

Parks and Gardens in France

PARKS GARDENS FRANCE, French Gardens, Schools for Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in France, Agricultural schools in France Parks and Gardens of the world, Landscapes-Gardener in France, List of Nurseries-Gardener in France

Palmengarten Frankfurt

The Palmengarten is a trust established by the citizens of Frankfurt in 1868. On 50 acres, the gardens display numerous beautiful and interesting plants throughout the year.

The Palmengarten is known world-wide for its ample collections of tropical plants. With 5000 m2, the Tropicarium is one of the largest complexes of greenhouses. It displays tropical plants including orchids, bromelias, palms, ferns, succulents and many others. These plants are arranged largely according to their natural habitats such as rain forest, mangrove, mountain rain forest, monsoon and trade-wind forest, savannah, thorn forest and different types of vegetation approaching desert.

Botanic Garden - Schönbrunn Palace

The Botanic Garden, a landscape garden laid out in the English style in the 19th century

Botanical Garden, University Vienna

Botanischer Garten der Universität Wien
A-1030 Wien, Rennweg 14
www.botanik.univie.ac.at/hbv/

Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid

The Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid

Botanical Gardens in North America

The New York Botanical Garden

On 250 acres in the Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden features 50 gardens and plant collections, a landmark conservatory, and 50 acres of the original forest that once covered New York City. Seasonal flower shows, a world-renowned scientific research program, innovative children's gardens etc.

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden has 26 spectacular gardens on 385 acres.

San Francisco Botanical Garden

The San Francisco Botanical Garden is free and open 365 days a year. It has an excellent horticulture library, bookstore, and education programs.

Desert Botanical Garden %uFFFD Papago Park %uFFFD Desert Plants

The Desert Botanical Garden is a unique attraction in Phoenix, Arizona, showcasing 139 rare desert plants, endangered desert plants, and threatened desert plants from around the world and specifically the southwest Sonoran desert.

Botanical Gardens and Arboreta in Canada

Canada has many public and botanical gardens, arboreta and related organizations, dedicated to public appreciation of the world of plants, research and conservation.

The Arboretum of Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is comprised of a 127 acre botanic garden and historic area supported through the cooperative efforts of the public and private sectors. Our mission of education delivers experiences for our visitors and community to discover, learn and appreciate

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of New York's most magnificent and treasured natural spaces. A tour through BBG, no matter what time of year, will be a rewarding experience, complete with an ever-changing natural palette of color, fragrance, beauty, and design.

Bellevue Botanical Garden, Washington

The Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, Washington comprises 53 acres of display gardens, woodlands, meadows and wetlands.

Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver Botanic Gardens also has three satellite gardens; all are a mile high.

Missouri Botanical Garden: Events at MBG

Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark. The year 2009 marks the Garden's sesquicentennial anniversary

The Garden is:
- a center for botanical research and science education
- an oasis in the city of St. Louis
- 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden
- home to one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids.

Arnold Arboretum

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is the oldest public arboretum in North America and one of the world's leading centers for the study of plants. A unique blend of beloved public landscape and respected research institution, we provide and support world-class research, horticulture and education programs that foster the understanding, appreciation and preservation of trees.

The Huntington Library

In 1903 Henry Huntington purchased the San Marino Ranch, a working ranch with citrus groves, nut and fruit orchards, alfalfa crops, a small herd of cows, and poultry. His superintendent, William Hertrich, was instrumental in developing the various plant collections that comprise the foundation of the botanical gardens.

The property-originally nearly 600 acres-today covers 207 acres, of which approximately 120 are landscaped and open to visitors. More than 14,000 different varieties of plants are showcased in more than a dozen principal garden areas. Forty gardeners, a curatorial staff of seven, and more than 100 volunteers maintain the botanical collections, provide interpretive programs for visitors, and propagate plants for special sales.

Botanical Gardens in Australasia and the Pacific Rim

Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens Home Page

A directory of all botanic gardens and arboreta in Australia, contact information etc.

Australian National Botanic Gardens Home Page

All about the Botanic Gardens, Australian plants, and access to databases on living plants, herbarium specimens and photographs.

Botanic Gardens Trust - Sydney, Australia

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney are an oasis of 30 hectares in the heart of the city. Wrapped around Farm Cove at the edge of Sydney Harbour, they occupy one of Sydney's most spectacular positions. Established in 1816, it's the oldest scientific institution in Australia and is home to an outstanding collection of plants from Australia and overseas.

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Australia - conserving Australia's plants for the future.

BGANZ - Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Inc

BGANZ
* represents the interests of botanic gardens in Australia and New Zealand;
* promotes the interests and activities of Australian and New Zealand botanic gardens and botanic gardens generally, and
* enhances the state of botanic gardens for the benefit of the community.

Botanic Gardens of Adelaide

Botanic Gardens of Adelaide (Adelaide, Mount Lofty and Wittunga) - discover the history, features, and services of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide which display a diverse range of plants from different climatic regions and ecosystems.

Welcome to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Established in 1818, The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is Australia's second oldest botanic garden. It's age and origin during the earliest stages of European settlement combine with Tasmania's unique environment and natural flora to offer an extraordinary experience to the visitor.

Australian Garden History Society

Researching, enjoying and preserving Australia's gardening heritage, horticulture landscape design and architecture.

Botanic gardens - Brisbane City Council

The Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha are Queensland's premier subtropical botanic gardens. These 52 hectare gardens are situated seven kilometres from the city centre.

Botanical Gardens in Africa and Asia

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

One of the world s leading botanical gardens. Founded in 1913, Kirstenbosch lies on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. It consists of landscaped gardens of indigenous plants and trees, watered by the Liesbeek River, as well as natural forest that extends up the lower slopes. Kirstenbosch covers an area of 828Ha, 60 ha of which are cultivated; the remainder is a natural flora reserve.

Chandigarh Botanical Gardens - Botanical Gardens In Chandigarh India

Chandigarh Botanical gardens are one of the main tourist attraction places of this beautiful city. There are two botanical gardens in Chandigarh, India, one located in the Punjab University and another between the Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake in Sector 1.

Botanic Garden Networks in Asia

Please explore this page for contacts in botanic gardens and plant conservation throughout Asia.

BGCI contacts in China

China is a key region for BGCI's conservation work and we have a regional office there, based at South China Botanic Garden.

Chinese Academy of Sciences ,South China Botanical Garden

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCBG, CAS), formerly known as the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Sun Yat-Sen University, was founded in 1929

Botanical Societies

These societies are about the botany of flowers and plants

Botanical Society of the British Isles

The Botanical Society of the British Isles is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. The society traces its origins back to 1836, when it was founded as the Botanical Society of London. From its earliest days it has welcomed both professional and amateur members, and it remains the biggest and most active organisation devoted to the study of botany in the British Isles.

Botanical Society of the British Isles - Publications

Watsonia is the scientific journal of the BSBI, published twice a year.
Various handbooks plus BSBI News

The Wildflower Society

The Wild Flower Society is the only national society created specifically for amateur botanists and wild flower lovers in the UK. We are a friendly group who like to meet up throughout the summer months to see and photograph British wild plants in their natural habitats. The Society has been running for over a century and proudly boasts a number of very eminent botanists and academics amongst our ranks with at least fourteen members having plants named after them!

The Wildflower Society - List of all British Plants 2007

List of all British Plants 2007

Botany for botanical artists

ArtPlantae: Home Page

The Home of Practical Botany for Artists

ArtPlantae: Amaryllis Family

The Home of Practical Botany for Artists: Practical introduction to the Amaryllis

Natural History Museum - Botany Library

The Botany Library collection represents the entire modern period of botanical scientific discovery. It contains monographic titles dating from 1475, periodical titles dating from the late 1700s, manuscripts and an outstanding collection of botanical artwork, which is one of the largest in the country.

The literature held gives world subject coverage in floras, plant taxonomy, economic botany, botanical art, history and biography for flowering and non-flowering plants.

Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem

The museum specializes in the display of botanical exhibits and is the only one of its kind in Central Europe. It is complementary to the botanic garden since models are highlighting morphological details that are not easily visible on living objects. Highly magnified algae and other cryptogams as well as the flowers, fruits, and seeds of higher plants are shown.

RogersPlants

Roger's Plants Limited has been established to publish electronically a series of illustrated natural history and garden plant information sites covering all the major plant groups, thus creating the largest existing reference work on plants.

This gigantic project is based on more than 25 years work by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, the authors of more than 30 illustrated guides to the whole plant flora.

Plantfacts

Welcome to PlantFacts  
PlantFacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center.

Plant Dictionary - Photos of Ornamental Plants and Pests

Plant Dictionary is an indexed system of teaching resources for the discipline of Horticulture and Crop Science. It was developed to complement the other electronic resources developed at Ohio State University Select an area to search from the links below.  

Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS

The home page for the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database

Australia's Virtual Herbarium - Plant Names: a basic introduction

One of several Help pages for Australia's Virtual Herbarium
* Scientific Names
- naming the plant
- rules
- type specimens
* Cultivar Names
* Common Names

Fine Gardening - Pronunciation Guide to Botanical Latin

Gardeners often lament that they feel intimidated about pronouncing the Latin names of plants. If you've avoided calling black snakeroot Cimicifuga racemosa because you didn't want to tie your tongue in knots, you're not alone. So Fine Gardening has added an online guide to its website that provides an audio guide to the pronunciation of botanical Latin names - you can listen to the Latin pronunciation of plants as well as read the name

Plant guide — K.U.Leuven Campus Kortrijk

Plant guide composed by Prof. Paul Busselen

Linnean herbarium at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S-LINN)

Linnean herbarium (S-LINN)
Department of Phanerogamic Botany
Swedish Museum of Natural History (S)

Den virtuella floran: Index - presenterade arter | Index - introduced species

Index - presenterade arter svenska namn
Index - introduced species Swedish names

Historiska botaniska samlingar | Historic botanical collections

View this site in Chrome and you can get it translated from Swedish to English

Botanical Art Blogs

Blogs by Botanical Art Societies or Information Sites

BAGSC News

A Blog from the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California

ArtPlantae Today

ArtPlantae Today is the companion site to ArtPlantae.com and ArtPlantae Books. This blog, the educational website and the bookstore were each created by ArtPlantae LLC, a resource provider specializing in botany and botanical art education whose objective is to encourage an interest in plants and nature through botanical illustration.

Coral Guest - the EXHIBITION DIARY and PAINTER'S JOURNAL of life amongst the flowers

Coral Guest is a gold medal winning botanical artist who works to commission and has a fascinating website

Losing Paradise? - the ASBA blog for this project

Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World is a project of The American Society of Botanical Artists. At the convergence of art, science, conservation, and education, the exhibition includes 44 works of botanical art portraying endangered plants in a variety of media.

ASBA Exhibition Blog: 13th Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition 2010

The Thirteenth Annual ASBA/HSNY International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition showcases 41 works of art in traditional and contemporary styles by some of today's finest botanical artists, chosen from nearly 200 submissions for this highly competitive exhibition.

Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa ~ Gauteng Branch

Botanical Artists' Association of Southern Africa ~ Gauteng Branch
An information resource for Gauteng-based members.

Botanical Art Groups and Forums

Flickr: Botanical Art & Naturalist Illustration

Photographs associated with the Yahoo Group

Yahoo Group: Botanical Art and Naturalist Illustration

Dedicated to the realistic portrayal and documentation of plants and flowers (the Botanical Arts) and natural science subjects (Naturalist Arts, Wildlife Arts, Scientific Illustration).

Botanical Artistry | botanical art and artists

BotanicalArtistry.com is a resource for botanical artists and lovers of botanical art. It contains information on all kinds of botanical art - painting, illustration and prints. Members can display their art.

Botanical Art Groups Australia

Botanical Art Groups Australia

Pastels and Pencils - Drawings of Flowers and Plants

Katherine Tyrrell's website

Pastels and Pencils - Fine art drawings & fine art prints of flowers and plants

Fine art drawings and fine art prints of flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell - pictures of flowers in coloured pencil, soft pastel and pen and ink

Pastels and Pencils - Fine art drawings of flowers in colour by Katherine Tyrrell

Original fine art drawings of flowers by Katherine Tyrrell - drawings in colour using soft pastels or coloured pencil

Pastels and Pencils - Small Works: Floral and Botanical Drawings by Katherine Tyrrell

Small Works - original fine art drawings of floral and botanical subjects in coloured pencils flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell

Pastels and Pencils - Flower drawings and botanical drawings in pen and ink or pencil

Flower drawings and botanical drawings in pen and ink or graphite pencil by artist Katherine Tyrrell. These drawings of flowers or botanical subjects were all drawn from life. These drawings do not involve tracing, copying photos or use of grids.

Pastels and Pencils - Drawings of plants and cacti by Katherine Tyrrell

Drawings of plants and cacti by Katherine Tyrrell. This gallery is about what plants - and in particular cacti and succulents - look like in close-up

Pastels and Pencils - Fine Art Prints of original drawings by Katherine Tyrrell ASGFA

Fine art prints of original art by Katherine Tyrrell, this page links directly to specific fine art print galleries of works by Katherine Tyrrell at Imagekind