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ARCHIVE
​Past Botanical Art Group
Exhibitions ​in England

This is an ARCHIVED LIST of past botanical art exhibitions in England
by organisations, galleries and professional botanical artists
​(excluding past exhibitions at specialist locations, national and regional museums
and the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art)

PAST Exhibitions are listed below. 
They are grouped according to:
  • National Horticultural Societies
  • ​Botanical and Florilegium Societies
  • Other Botanical At Groups
  • Commercial Galleries
  • Professional Artist Solo Exhibitions (organised by the artist)
In general exhibitions within each category are listed alphabetically and according to date with most recent first
Dates are provided for the exhibition where these are known.
'Curcubita ficifolia' by Kimiko Kambe-Gang
The feature image for 'London's Secret Garden' - the last exhibition of the Chelsea Physic Florilegium Society. 'Curcubita ficifolia' by Kimiko Kambe-Gang
OTHER ARCHIVED EXHIBITIONS
See ARCHIVE: Past Botanical Art Exhibitions and Major Galleries and Museums in England

See Past Exhibitions at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art (2008-2017) - the only dedicated gallery of both contemporary and historical botanical art in the world


INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
See RHS Botanical Art Exhibitions​
More exhibitions are listed on these dedicated pages
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 
Botanical Art Exhibitions in England and
Botanical Art Exhibitions in Scotland
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
UK Permanent Collections of Botanical Art

Botanic Gardens & Horticultural Societies
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Kew Botanic Gardens
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See ARCHIVE: The Shirley Sherwood Gallery (2008-2018) at Kew Gardens

University of Oxford Botanic Garden
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'Nature Morte' by Patrice Moor 
Venue: University of Oxford Botanic Garden 
Dates: 7 March - 4 May 2015) - featuring new works created by Patrice during her residency at the Garden. The underlying subjects of Moor's work are life, death and decay.

Royal Horticultural Society - Lindley Library and Gardens
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The botanical art exhibitions at the Lindley Library, London ​(and at selected RHS Gardens)
2018 Lindley Library Exhibitions

Worth a Thousand Words 
5 July 2018 - 7 August 2018
This exhibition featured a selection of recent acquisitions and some of the finest botanical artworks in the RHS Lindley Collections and highlighted how contemporary artists push the boundaries of botanical illustration. 

​
READ my review and see images of the exhibition in 
Worth a Thousand Words - exhibition at the RHS
​Slideshow: Botanical Art Worldwide
Venue: Lindley Library
Date: During the RHS Botanical Art Show 10-12 July 2018
Botanical Art Worldwide saw botanical artists and organisations from 25 different countries submit their best pieces of botanical artwork depicting Native Flora. ​The RHS Lindley Library is presenting a slideshow of 1,000 images from Botanical Art Worldwide, including the 40 images from In Ruskin’s Footsteps (the UK contribution). ​
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(partial view) Dahlia 'Arabian Night' by Carolyn Jenkins, 2011 (c) Carolyn Jenkins
2017 Lindley Library Exhibitions
  • Pigments and Petals (11 January - 10 March 10am - 5pm) - Caroline Maria Applebee produced over 300 artworks featuring a variety of different flowering plant species in the 19th century. Her works are now reproduced by the RHS as botanical art prints​​
  • Codlings, Costards and Biffins ( 7th September – Friday 10th November )
2016 Lindley Library Exhibitions
  • Exporting Beauty – the art of Japanese nurseries: Monday 7 March - Friday 15 April 2016
  • The Rose - a small display at the RHS Lindley Library. The RHS London Rose Show, in the Horticultural Halls, Vincent Square, will feature a display centred on a rare first edition of Redouté’s Les Roses, published in 1819.​
  • The City Gardener - Inspired by Fairchild's The City Gardener - the first practical guide to urban gardening - this exhibition explores the delights and challenges of urban gardening through the ages.
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‘The Blenheim Orange Pippin’ watercolour by William Hooker, dated 1821 © RHS Library Collections

BOTANICAL ART SOCIETIES & GROUPS
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Society of Botanical Artists (SBA)
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The Annual Exhibition of the The Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) is
  • open to non-members. 
  • held at the Mall Galleries (when possible)
  • was online ONLY in 2020 - and had 16,000 visitors
​You can find information about exhibitions on the SBA website. ​

2020 INFORMATION
Pre-selection by digital submission - for EVERYBODY. All relevant details are available on the SBA website including:
  • Info, Guidelines and Terms & Conditions (pdf)
  • Creating quality images of your work
  • ​Long distance exhibitors​​​
You can get an idea of requirements for the next exhibition from some of my blog posts 
  • Call for Entries: Society of Botanical Artists' Annual Exhibition 2020
  • SBA Annual Exhibition to go online - from 3rd June
  • SBA's VIRTUAL Online Annual Exhibition opens
  • Plantae 2020: Selected Artists
  • Annual exhibition - SBA Feedback on Selection (2017) which provides an insight into how the selection panel select artwork for the exhibition.
  • plus read my reviews of Society of Botanical Art: Exhibitions 2006-2016 - with images of the artwork in past exhibitions - in my blog posts on this page on my blog Making A Mark: Botanical Art
The new website of the Society of Botanical Artists only goes back to 2012 in terms of content on the site. My records only go back as far as my visits!
​2020 - Plantae 2020
2019 - Plantae (at the new venue of the Mall Galleries)
​2018 - no exhibition
2017 - Changing Seasons 2016 - Shape, Pattern, Structure
2015 - In Pursuit of Plants
2014 - The Botanical Garden
2013 - The Language of Flowers
2012 - Botanical Celebration
2011 - The World of Plants
2010 - The Silver Jubilee
2009 - Flowers and Gardens
2008 - the Botanical Palette
2007 - Flowers and Gardens
​2006 - Annual Exhibition
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There was no annual exhibition in 2018. Instead the SBA members exhibited in Europe at:
  • Tulipa Tulipae - 20 March - 20 May Madrid Botanical Gardens, Spain - this is a collaboration between the SBA, the Real (Royal) Botanical Gardens in Madrid and the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas. 
  • ​The Seasonal Garden - 26 October - 25 November Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany.  This is a biennial exhibition (since 2010) ​- see Botanical Art Exhibitions in Europe

Association of British Botanical Artists
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The Association of British Botanical Artists (ABBA) was originally set up to organise the UK contribution to the ASBA initiative to have a Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art with activities in a number of different countries around the world. 
  • Facebook Page: ABBA | ​​Twitter: ABBA
Past exhibitions include: 
  • ​The Autumn 2020 Exhibition (for Members) is Purely Botanical which can now be seen online
  • Their 2019 Exhibition was Winter Warmer ​
  • The Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition for England & Wales - In Ruskin's Footsteps - ​a juried exhibition of artworks of plants native to the UK. (Sponsored by the RHS Dawn Jolliffe Botanical Art Bursary Fund). This exhibition comprised contributions from those living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.(Scottish contribution is on Botanical Art Exhibitions in Scotland)
    • Venue:  Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YH (Part of the Great Hall Complex)
    • Dates: Friday 18 May and Saturday 9 June 2018
      Theme: Native flora of the UK (see UK Native Plants page)
    • ​​READ Selected artworks: see Selected UK artists for 'In Ruskin's Footsteps' (Botanical Art Worldwide #4)
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Florilegium Societies and Exhibitions at Gardens
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Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
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The Art and Healing Power of Plants
Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden and Royal Brompton Hospital
Dates: until 30th August 2019
An exhibition that intertwines botanical art, medicine and plants as a result of a collaboration between the Chelsea Physic Garden and the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (RB&H).
  • Wander through the Chelsea Physic Garden and discover these highly-detailed works and their living counterparts for yourself.
  • The display continues at the Royal Brompton Hospital, with 15 works hung for public view in their café area.
London’s Secret Garden - An Exhibition of Plant Portraits 
Dates: 4–26 August 2015 
Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden
This exhibition celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society. see my news item London's Secret Garden - a botanical art exhibition in August
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View of the 25th Anniversary exhibition by the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
Cedric Morris at Gainsborough's House
Venue: Gainsborough's House Museum, Sudbury, Suffolk
Dates:
10 February – 17 June 2018
A retrospective exhibition of works by Cedric Morris which included paintings by members of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society who painted his Irises for the Cedric Morris Collection.   Paintings by Gillian Barlow, Mayumi Hashi, Julia Trickey, Penny Stenning and Chrissie Lightfoot. 
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Iris bentonevora by Mayumi Hashi

The Royal College of Physicians Florilegium (2018)

The RCP has a Medicinal Garden and a group that supports the development of a Florilegium
The College Herbal
Venue: Royal College of Physicians
Dates: Tuesday 21 August – Friday 24 August, ​Monday 27 August – Thursday 30 August
This two week long exhibition contained treasures from the Herbarium of the Pharmaceutical Society and paintings for a florilegium recording the Garden of Medicinal Plants and published in The illustrated College Herbal. Plants from the Pharmacopea Londonensis of 1618' - to celebrate celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Pharmacopoea Londinensis
The illustrated College Herbal. Plants from the Pharmacopea Londonensis of 1618' 
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A Florilegium celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Pharmacopoea Londinensis
80 artists, 125 paintings and about 70 late medieval woodcuts of the plants used to make the medicines in this pharmacopoeia

Founded in 1518 by a Royal Charter from King Henry VIII, The Royal College of Physicians will celebrated its 500th anniversary in 2018.​ The book and exhibition were part of the celeb
rations.

Hardback, 200 pages, 150gms silk, 210 x 240mm,
Limited edition, £20 + p&p.

Compilers: Jane Knowles, Gillian Barlow, Dr. Henry Oakeley and 80 botanical artists

 "Chemistry in the Gardens: paintings by Nina Krauzewicz"
Venue: Royal College of Physicians, near Regent's Park in London,
Dates:
2nd March to 31st July 2015
The exhibition was the result of a residency at the gardens in 2013 and went on to earn a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Botanical Art Show at Malvern in 2016.
Following completion of further paintings I exhibited them under the title "Soothing, Poisonous, Purgative" at the Royal Horticultural Society spring show in Malvern in 2016, and was awarded a silver gilt medal for the collection. 
​Medicinal Herbs through the Ages  ​

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden
​and Harcourt Arboretum Florilegium

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Inaugural exhibition of The University of Oxford Botanic Garden Florilegium, 
Dates: 10th May - 28th June 2015
Venue: Exhibition Hall, University of Oxford Botanic Garden
​(The Florilegium page has disappeared from the website)
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Salisbury Florilegium Society
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Exhibition by Salisbury Florilegium Society
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Venue: Salisbury Cathedral School, Leaden Hall Campus, 70 The Close, Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 2EP
Dates: May 21st from 1.00pm- 5.00pm
Salisbury Florilegium Society's first exhibition of paintings and drawings of flowers, trees and views from selected gardens in Salisbury's Cathedral Close. 

GARDENS IN THE MIDLANDS
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Venue: The Coach House,  Easton Walled Garden Easton, Grantham, Lincolnshire. NG33 5AP. England
​Normal garden admission applies. Free admission for Friends of Easton Walled Gardens.
LINCOLNSHIRE

A Year in the Garden

This is the first botanical art exhibition at Easton Walled Gardens.
  • ​Participating artists: Norma Gregory, Dawn Wright and Sue Vize
  • Dates: 17th February - 11th March 2018 
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© Norma Gregory
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Plants and Pollinators
​Participating artists: ​Dawn Wright and Val Littlewood
Date: Saturday 16th February - Sunday 17th March 2019, on our usual open days* (i.e. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays)
Hours: 11am to 4pm

GARDENS IN THE SOUTH
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HAMPSHIRE

Plants Portrayed 

Venue: Mottisfant near Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0LP
Dates: Saturday 4 May – Sunday 7 July,
Hours: 11am - 5pm
Admission: Normal property admission applies

Plants Portrayed will take up two rooms of the gallery, side-by-side with another exhibition: For the Time Being.
A selection of 34 contemporary botanical illustrations from artists working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Plants Portrayed
exhibition includes work by Pandora Sellars. Other participating artists from Kew Gardens include: Lucy Smith, Christabel King, Margaret Stones, Andrew Brown, Joanna Langhorne, Rachel Pedder-Smith, Ann Farrer and Masumi Yamanaka

Local Botanical Art Societies
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Bath Society of Botanical Artists
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The Amazing World of Trees
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Dates:  5 - 23 October 2017 (Closed Sundays) 10am - 4pm daily
Venue: The Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN

Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists
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Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition
Venue: The Core, Courtyard Gallery, Solihull B91 3RG
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​Dates: 
18th April – 5th May 2018
After a number of years of being unable to find a suitable place BSBA have found and booked a new venue for an exhibition in 2018. 
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Iceni Botanical Artists
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Iceni Botanical Artists​ were founded with the aim of encouraging and practising a high standard of all forms of botanical art through annual exhibitions by members. 
  • They exhibit on an annual basis around East Anglia. 
  • Local botanical artists have sought to promote the unique plant life of Breckland by producing botanically accurate watercolour paintings of the wild flowers to be found on the Heaths and Grasslands.
  • Paintings on show in exhibitions are all devoted to the plant kingdom ranging from scientifically accurate plant portraits to freer interpretations, mostly in watercolour.
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Green spaces, gardens and gardening have been a salvation for many during the turmoil of the pandemic – a place of safety, peace and beauty with time to sit and admire the natural living world all around, plus a possible escape from the traumas that have confronted us all. Many of the paintings on view at our exhibition will have been painted during these difficult times and we hope they give as much pleasure to view as has given us to create.
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Past exhibitions:
  • 2021: Floral Art - Reawakening at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1PR (16th - 22nd October 2021).  One of the benefits of recent times has been the amount of time available for art. Many of the artworks in this exhibition will have been drawn and painted under conditions of social isolation over the last 18 months. 
  • Spring Into Summer (Annual Exhibition 2019) at The Corn Hall, St Nicholas Street, Diss, IP22 4LB (4th May - 29th June 2019)
  • ​2018: Iceni Botanical Artists's Annual Exhibition of flower paintings at Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire (8 to 28 May 2018) and Apex, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk (13 August to 10 September 2018)
  • 2017: 4th-30th April 2017 - IBA's exhibition of 45 paintings of "Breckland Wild Flowers" at The Apex Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds (see https://www.theapex.co.uk/art-gallery for times)​ ​
  • 2016: Iceni Botanical Artists exhibit at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2016
  • 2015: Breckland Wild Flowers at Clare Hall (8th May - 24th June, 2015) and 6th Annual Exhibition at Becket's Chapel, Wymondham (21st - 27th Sept. 2015)
  • ​More information: Iceni Botanical Artists - Exhibitions

In 2014 the group worked on a three year “Breaking New Ground” Heritage Lottery Grant Funded Project teaching the painting of the beautiful and rare flora and fauna of ‘Breckland’ in locally held workshops. Later inspired by this IBA members produced of 45 plant portraits of the rare and endangered wild flowers of the Breckland area which were then exhibited at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Societies Botanical Art Exhibition in London in 2016 together with a local tour. 
Iceni Botanical Artists exhibit - Brecklands Wild Flowers - Heaths and Grassland - at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2016
Iceni Botanical Artists exhibit - Brecklands Wild Flowers - Heaths and Grassland - at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2016

​Leicestershire Society of Botanical Illustrators
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Medieval Cornucopia
Venue: Great Hall, Burghley House in Lincolnshire
Dates: 1st - 16th October
More information: http://www.lsbi.org.uk​

Northamptonshire Society of Botanical Artists
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​Botanical Treasures
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Venue: 78 Derngate, Northampton, UK, NN1 1UH
Dates: 6th May - 15th July 2017
An exhibition of original watercolour paintings. This is the fourth exhibition that the group have held at 78 Derngate.

South West Society of Botanical Artists
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Exhibition by South West Society of Botanical Artists
Venue: First-View Gallery, Spread Eagle Courtyard, Stourton, Warminster BA12 6QE
Dates: 21st April - 5th May 2017
Exhibition and sale of work by Group members. All botanical, No specific theme.

Botanical Art Groups
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Artists form groups, they develop, the change and sometimes they become less active - and then become reinvigorated! Exhibitions by botanical art groups tend to be less regular but are still worth seeing!

Below the PAST EXHIBITIONS are organised by geographical area.
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EAST ANGLIA
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Iceni Botanical Artists

see above

LONDON AND THE SOUTH

Amicus Botanicus

A group of graduates of the Diploma Course run at the Chelsea Physic Garden. They've held two exhibitions but have not exhibited since 2012. 
​It's now become an alumni society under the umbrella of The Chelsea School of Botanical Art and more exhibitions are being planned
​​More information: Amicus Botanicus 
Joseph Dalton Hooker: A Legacy of Beauty
- From Halesworth to the Himalayas. Paintings by Amicus Botanicus with the Chelsea School of Botanical Art (CSBA)
Venue: The Halesworth Gallery, Steeple End, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8LL
Dates: 1st - 19th July 2017,
The birthplace of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker celebrated Hooker’s anniversary by commissioning members of Amicus Botanicus (Alumni of CSBA) to exhibit botanical paintings of plant species relating to Hooker.  
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Sarcococca hookerania var digyna 'Purple Stem' by Sally Pond will feature in the Amicus Botanicus exhibition "Joseph Dalton Hooker- a Legacy of Beauty from Halesworth to the Himalayas" in July

Florum

​Annual Exhibitions of Florum celebrated artwork about plant life in a variety of media. Florum was about "beautiful plants interpreted by skilful artists".  This was an exhibition of invited artists, most of whom live in the south/south east of England. 

​
The organisation closed in 2018.
Florum Exhibitions 
Reference:
  • Review Florum 2015
  • Slideshow review - Florum 2015
  • Video and review: Florum 2014 Exhibition
  • Florum 10th Anniversary Exhibition - review
  • Review: Florum 2012
  • Exhibition Review: Florum 2011 - in Sevenoaks

Ventnor Botanical Artists

A number of small exhibitions on the Isle of Wight each year.
  • 9 -14th April at Quarr Abbey (10-5pm)
  • 17-30th June at Brading Roman Villa (10-5pm)
  • 22nd - 29th March 2017 at Quarr Abbey (10.30-4.30pm)
  • ​15 - 28th June 2017 at Brading Roman Villa
More information: Ventnor Botanical Artists

Botanical Beauty

Venue: Riverside Gallery, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1TP
Dates: 25 February - 1 April 2017
Hours: 
Monday:  9.30 - 7.00pm | Tuesday: 9.30 - 6.00pm | Wednesday: 10.00 - 7.00pm | Thursday, Friday: 9.30 - 6.00pm | Saturday: 9.30 - 4.00pm | Sunday: closed

The aim of the exhibition is to showcase contemporary British botanical illustration in a variety of styles and media
  • Admission to the exhibition is free. 
  • All artwork will be available for sale with prices ranging from £60 to £3,950.
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The Leaves of the Tree
Venue: Winchester Cathedral
Dates: 12 April - 18 May, 2018

A diverse exhibition of calligraphy work and botanical paintings by Winchester Cathedral Scribes and invited artists highlighting 
  • many of the beloved plants growing around the Cathedral,
  • botanical imagery inspired by the Bible,
  • plus a special display on the culinary and medicinal relevance of plants in a monastic garden.
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Commercial Galleries
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Abbott and Holder Gallery.
​

Venue: 
30 Museum Street -opposite the British Museum- London, WC1A 1LH
​Hours: 
Hours: 9.30am - 6pm Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 7pm Thursday

"Leafscape by Jess Shepherd"  16th Feb 2017 - 26th Feb 2017
These watercolours were painted from leaves gathered over the last few years by JR (Jess) Shepherd. The date, time and location that each leaf was found form the titles of the works. A sound recording of the environment at each location was made. For the artist they comprise an intense and personal visual diary of her move from London to Spain. A book has also been produced.

Read an interview with Jess - ​The ARTS Interview: Botanical Artist, Jess Shepherd in The Ecologist 

Leafscape from Outhouse Filmworks on Vimeo.

Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery
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20 Park Walk, London SW10 0AQ
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Exhibition: Tulipa - a solo exhibition by Fiona Strickland
Dates: 4th - 26th September 2020

Fiona Strickland will be holding her second solo show with Jonathan Cooper, Chelsea.
​This exhibition features 18 paintings and is dedicated to the vibrant and fragile beauty of the tulip, portrayed in the challenging medium of watercolour on vellum.
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English Florist Tulip Group Portrait by Fiona Strickland - Tulipa ‘Lord Stanley’ Tulipa ‘Talisman’ Tulipa ‘Joseph Paxton Flame’, watercolour on Kelmscott vellum, 16 .14 x 24.8ins (41 x 63cm)
Exhibition: (ONLINE): Spring
Hours: Monday - Friday 
10am - 6.30pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
​Gallery Artists: Beverley Allen; Rosie Sanders; Fiona Strickland; Jane Wormell
READ my blog post: NEW Online Botanical Art Exhibition by Jonathan Cooper
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Fiona Strickland - The Vital Moment
20 October - 12 November 2016
​First solo show by Fiona Strickland at the Gallery
​Catalogue on Issuu
An exhibition of botanically accurate paintings depicting flowers from an unusual viewpoint or at turning points in their life cycle.

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Work from Botanical Artists in the Collection of Dr Shirley Sherwood OBE
23 April - 30 May 2015
Catalogue on Issuu
This exhibition celebrates the 25th anniversary of her collection and presents new work (for sale) from 18 artists with paintings in the collection.
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Pictured: ​Jonathan Cooper, Shirley Sherwood and Phansakdi Chakkaphak
Solo Exhibitions by Rosie Sanders
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Rosie Sanders - By Any Other Name
26 September - 12 October 2019
an exhibition of over twenty new paintings featuring many of the works included in the publication Rosie Sanders’ Roses: A celebration in botanical art (Batsford September 2019).

​Rosie Sanders - Secret Letters 
​21 September - 4 October 2017
​new works by renowned botanical artist Rosie Sanders, See also her book Rosie Sander's Flowers: A Celebration of Botanical Art.

​Rosie Sanders: Blow
8 - 31 OCTOBER 2015
​Catalogue on Issuu
New paintings by award-winning botanical artist Rosie Sanders that reflect upon the transience of beauty and passage of time, while celebrating growth and renewal in the life cycle of plants. 
‘Above all in these paintings I am focusing on a sense of fragility and the winds of change.’  – Rosie Sanders
Rosie Sanders: Dandelions and other Flower Paintings of Wild Flowers
12 June - 5 July 2014 View e-catalogue

Rosie Sanders: Against the Light
8 - 23 June 012 See my Review Rosie Sanders; Against the Light

Rosie Sanders: Flowering
9 - 26 June 2010
Solo Exhibitions by Kate Nessler

Kate Nessler: At the Edge
24 April - 11 May 2013

Kate Nessler: Of Two Minds
12 November 2008 - 29 November 2009



Lyndsay Ingram
Venue: 20 Bourdon Street, London W1K 3PL
Date: 26 September - 2nd November 2018
Hours: 10 am – 6 pm Monday – Friday

Sarah Graham 
The exhibition will comprise coloured ink drawings and black and white graphites on the theme of the medinilla flower, the subject of Graham’s focus over the past year. Graham works across several sheets of handmade paper to construct these larger-than-life organic forms. The gallery will produce an exhibition catalogue with a scholarly essay to accompany the show. 

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Medinilla magnifica by Sarah Graham (ink on paper 72.4 x 53.1 inches / 184 x 135 cm)

Thomas Gibson Fine Art

New Works on Vellum by Brigid Edwards
22 November - 16 December 2016
Artist: Brigid Edwards
See my blog posts New works on vellum by Brigid Edwards andmy review in: Brigid Edward's Exhibition of New Paintings on Vellum
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The Bloomsbury Gallery Flower Event
Venue: The Bloomsbury Gallery, 34 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QJ
​(nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road)
Dates: 28th May - 4th June 2017 (10am - 5pm daily)

A range of top botanical artists are exhibiting work - and three are delivering workshops 
(Billy Showell's workshop was today) and talks. The artists are: Amber Halsall, Angeline De Meester, Billy Showell, Caroline Deane, Gael Sellwood, Janie Pirie, Julia Trickey, Rosie Sanders, Sandra Wall Armitage, Shirley Slocock, Susan Christopher-Coulson, Zhou Qingsu​
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Professional Botanical Artists UK - Solo Exhibitions
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Typically these are exhibitions organised by the artist rather than a gallery or the venue where they are being held.

Solo Exhibitions in the UK 2019
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Botanical Artist: Elizabeth Dowle
Exhibition: Pears and Apples: the Botanical Illustration of Elizabeth Dowle
Venue: Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4AT
Dates: 25th May - 3rd November 2019
Admission: Free (and free parking)

The exhibition will showcase Elisabeth’s beautiful illustrations from the Pear & Apple collection. These life size plates were painted from fruits from the National Collection Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent, and were used to illustrate "The Book of Pears" by Joan Morgan (2015) and "The Book of Apples”/ "The New Book of Apples" ( 1993, 2002)  by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards; published by Ebury Press.
Red Beurré Hardy by Elizabeth Dowle
Red Beurré Hardy by Elizabeth Dowle

Solo Exhibitions in the UK 2018
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HAMPSHIRE

Botanical Artist: Christina Hart-Davies
Exhibition: Treesome
Venue: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens , Jermyns Lane,Ampfield, Romsey, Hants, SO51 0QA
Dates: 28 September-7 October, daily 10-5.
Admission: Free (and free parking)

An exhibition by three artists:
  • Christina Hart-Davies, botanical artist (FSBA, 5 RHS gold medals, most recently 2018)
  • printmaker Sally Winter and
  • textile artist Jo Elswood 
Treesome was inspired by the 800th anniversary of the Forest Charter (1217AD). All three artists have produced works in celebration of trees and woods. Plus ​the launch of Christina's latest book The Greenwood Trees which focuses on the  focus is the uses, history and folklore of Britain’s trees. All the illustrations in the book will be on view in the exhibition
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BIRMINGHAM

Botanical Artist: Jane Edwards
Exhibition: Botanical Art by Jane Edwards 
Venue: Coach House Gallery, Winterbourne House and Garden, University of Birmingham, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2RT
Dates: 31st August - 16th October 2018
Hours: 10.30am - 5.30pm
The latest exhibitor in the Coach House Gallery is botanical artist Jane Edwards. Jane creates fine, accurate drawings of plants and trees resulting from her experience as a botanical illustrator and founder member of the Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists.

CAMBRIDGE

Botanical Artist: Gael Sellwood GM VPSBA 
Exhibition: Tiffany Scull, Gael Sellwood and Margaret Gardiner 
The Measure of the Year
Venue: Cambridge Contemporary Art, 6 Trinity Street | Cambridge CB2 1SU
Dates: 6th to 28th October 2018
Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am - 5:30pm; Sundays & bank holidays: 11am - 5pm

Gael's exhibition includes some of the 150 paintings included her new book 'The Measure of the Year - Seasons in an Artist's Garden' - which will be launched at the exhibition.

The book is organised by season and takes us through Gael's year in her garden and as a botanical artist.
Hardback, 144 pages and limited to just 1,500 copies.

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Solo Exhibitions in the UK 2017
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Old Year, New Year - The Colours of the Winter Garden
Sue J. Williams GM exhibited her botanical watercolours of what can be found in a winter garden
Venue: Ripley Arts Centre, 24 Sundridge Avenue, Bromely BR1 2PX
Dates: 14th February - 27th March

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The Fall
Venue: 
The Fitzrovia Gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 5EN 
​(nearest tube: Warren Street)
Dates: 10-31 May 2017, Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-6:00pm​

An exhibition that includes 
botanical photography by award-winning US photographer and author Anna Laurent

Anna recently published her first book The Botanical Wallchart: Art from the golden age of scientific discovery (Octopus / University of Chicago Press)
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Dispersal Project - Photographs by Anna Laurent - Common milkweed, dog rose, Johann's pine, Japanese anemone.
The Art of Helen Haywood
Venue: Studio 54 Gallery, Kington. Herefordshire. HR5 3DJ
Dates: 4-30th June 2017

Helen Haywood exhibited paintings in A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Helen’s work has not been shown publicly for more than 15 years. This exhibition draws on her portfolio of botanical paintings (original art works and limited edition fine art prints)
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Tulips. Watercolour on paper. © Helen Haywood 2015

Solo Exhibitions in the UK 2016
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A Wild Plant Year - solo exhibition by Christina Hart-Davies
​Venue:  Sir Harold Hiller Gardens Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, Hampshire SO51 0QA (This is the page of information for visitors to the gardens)
Dates: Friday 23rd September - Sunday 2nd October 2016

See my blog post - "A Wild Plant Year" exhibition and book by Christina Hart-Davies - which includes a review of her book and information about Christina 
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