On at Kew gardens until 6 September 2019 is a fascinating display on the connections between colour, plants and people. Open 10am – 4pm weekdays only Click www.kew.org for more info
Category: Exhibitions
The Art and Healing Power of Plants
Chelsea Physic Garden and the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (RB&H) have joined together to present The Art & Healing Power of Plants, a new exhibition that intertwines botanical art, medicine and plants. The exhibition runs until 30th August at both Chelsea Physic Garden and the Royal Brompton Hospital. Click here for more info
RHS news
The RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show is finally on! Yesterday was the preview of the show, and we were blown away by the quality of the work! Congratulations to SBA Members Karen Bailey (awarded Silver-Gilt for her Gentiana paintings), Caroline Jackson-Houston (awarded Silver-Gilt for her paintings of Mycorrhizal fungi of the Thames Valley Area), Nina Marks (awarded Silver-Gilt for her Gin- flavoured Botanicals) and Janet Pope (awarded Silver for her Solanum tuberosum paintings). A Gold medal went to the Russian Botanical Artists Group Exhibit. We were delighted to see some of our Plantae exhibitors amongst the group, and look forward to welcoming a few to the SBA as Fellow Members in the near future. A sincere and heartfelt congratulations to ALL the artists whose… Read more
The Botanists Library
Thinking 3D: the botanist’s library is part of the international Thinking 3D network which includes a major 10-month exhibition at The Bodleian Library, and partner exhibitions at The Ashmolean, Christ Church and The Natural History Museum, as well as further afield. This exhibition is paired with an exhibition at the Oxford Botanic Garden, Thinking 3D: Flower to Frame opening on 1 June. The exhibition will run from 1 June-31 August 2019, in the Old Library at Magdalen College. It will be open each Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm), or by prior appointment (please email [email protected]). For more info click here: http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/libraries-and-archives/news/new-exhibition-thinking-3d-the-botanists-library/
Plantae 2019
The exhibition has now closed but has been a great success with many visitors and sales. For all the latest info on the show, please do visit our Facebook page
Plantae 2019
Exhibition week is here at last and the set up of Plantae has begun. Here are some of the photos of the big hang on Facebook- scroll to the left to see the pictures.