Botanical Art and Artists

I have migrated to Bluesky. You can find me at bsky.app/profile/botani… My handle is @botanicalart.bsky.social

Over 1,000 people attended the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art @KewGardens yesterday - botanicalartandartists.com/news/over-1000… for more about the day and more pics #botanicalart #WorldwideBotanicalArtDay #KewGardens

for those interested in finding out more read the post on my Making a Mark blog today makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/11/making…

I've registered Botanical Art and Artists with a very popular and new platform and * found out it doesn't like long names! * was able to get 'botanicalart' as my handle instead so you can now find me at (look next to the rising sun below) #botanicalart #botanicalartandartists

RHS Botanical Art Show 2024: For people who want to learn more about the exhibits and people who won the Awards and medals - this post is for you! It took two days to write! botanicalartandartists.com/news/rhs-botan… Next post is about why and how people win "gold"! #botanicalart #botanicalartists

A wonderful line drawing

Nellie Roberts (1872 – 1959), English botanical and scientific illustrator who was the first and longest serving Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) orchid artist #WomensArt

It's the last 10 days of 3 #botanicalart / #botanicalillustration exhibitions at Shirley Sherwood Gallery @kewgardens All 3 close on 17th Sept. EVENTS RE. "PLANTS OF THE QUR'AN" two book signings this weekend: with Sue Wickison (both days) and Dr Shahina Ghazanfar (Sunday only)

Botanical artists! Submit your work to the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show judging panel by Tuesday 5 September 📅 If approved you'll be eligible to apply to exhibit at future shows rhs.org.uk/education-lear…

@jackieisard Well done Jackie! Will you be going over for the exhibition?

Thrilled to pieces last week! My painting 'Vessels of Life ' will be exhibited at The Hunt in USA next year. Thank you for selecting me!😁❤️

@RHSLibraries @RHSWisley We each had our own small #garden! Every lunch after I'd eaten my apple I used to take the seeds and plant them in my garden - and ended up with an apple tree! Plus I used to spend hours carefully popping the pansy seed pods and sprinkling the seeds in the pansy bed (see below)

What is your earliest memory of being in a garden? We've been asking visitors to our 'Growing Up in the Garden' exhibition at @RHSWisley this question. Did you spend your childhood outside? If so, what has stuck with you as the years have passed? 🌱

Paeonia Tenuifolia, 1778, by #MaryDelany (English, 1700-1788), who was born #otd, May 14. Held at @BritishMuseum, britishmuseum.org/collection/obj… #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

The library at Kew is always worth a visit - and usually has a small exhibition of botanical art inside the library (on the right as you walk in)

@artblogbot I'm watching you. Guess what happens next if you keep stealing my photos....

@natalia_chirps @KewScience @LatinOrchidBot @palmsmithy @Plantmessiah @alexmonro Amazing effort by you all. Well done!!

The discovery of Victoria boliviana resulted from a collaborative, cross-disciplinary partnership between researchers in Bolivia and @KewScience. I was thrilled to be invited with @LatinOrchidBot to the core team of @palmsmithy @Plantmessiah @alexmonro to conduct genetic work 1/n

@palmsmithy Amazing effort by you all. Well done!!

@DeborahLambkin @palmsmithy Absolutely totally agree! It's provided a great profile for #botanicalillustration - and the skill of one @palmsmithy in particular! :)

A great television summary report of all the work involved in discovering a new plant - the largest giant water lily in the world with leaves which can grow to 3+ metres / 10 feet across! #botanical #botanicalillustration

@botanico_las There us no prize. It was a metaphor

Lucy T Smith has achieved the botanical illustration equivalent of winning an Oscar. botanicalartandartists.com/news/a-new-gia… A scientific paper about a NEW GIANT WATER LILY Victoria boliviana is the result of team effort - but Lucy proved it was a new plant through observation & illustration!