PAST - RHS Botanical Art Shows 2007-2023
Lists of Artists, Awards, Medals & Reviews
This is an overview of the RHS Botanical Art Shows in recent years (2007-2023).
It lists Best Painting and Best Exhibit winners and all RHS Gold Medal winners + exhibits
It includes images of the shows and the botanical art and illustration which won prestigious awards.
It lists Best Painting and Best Exhibit winners and all RHS Gold Medal winners + exhibits
It includes images of the shows and the botanical art and illustration which won prestigious awards.
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Past RHS Botanical Art Shows
Below you can find a list of the awards and exhibitors at most of the past botanical art shows in London and Malvern back to 2007.
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How to Enter
VIEW the main RHS Botanical Art Exhibitions page for:
READ Tips from RHS Gold Medal Winners in the Education section |
Banner Image: RHS Botanical Art Show in 2014 - the sunflower exhibit won an RHS Gold Medal for Sharon Tingey.
2023 - RHS Botanical Art Show (London)
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RHS London Botanical Art & Photography Show 2023
Venue: Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea Dates: 16th June - 9th July 2023 23 medals were awarded (2022: 23; 2021: 14). These comprise:
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Entrance to the Saatchi Gallery during the
RHS Botanical Art Show 2023
DOWNLOAD the Lists of:
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ARTICLES about the RHS Botanical Art Show 2023
More detailed posts about the medal winners to follow very soon
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Best Botanical Artwork: Eunike Nugroho Hoya latifolia G.Don / Bold under (Sun) Stress ( top left below )
RHS Gold Medal winning exhibit by Eunike Nugroho (Indonesia) who also won Best Botanical Artwork for the painting top left
Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Nina Mayes Macrophytes in the Emergent Zone of Britain's Fresh Waters
Judges Special Award Hiroko Kita Japanese Cultivated Evergreen Azalea and Their Parental Species
NOTE: I've stopped featuring the RHS Photography Show as, overall, it is clearly now a long way from being as botanical as the Art Show is. You can see the Award winners here.
2022 - RHS Art and Photography Show (London)
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RHS London Botanical Art & Photography Show 2022
Venue: Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea Dates: Saturday 9th April - Friday 29th April 2022. 23 medals were awarded compared to 14 in 2021. These comprise:
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ARTICLES about the RHS Botanical Art Show 2022
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Judges Special Award 2022 (and Gold Medal): Tsunami Plants by Mitsuko Kurashina (Japan)
2021 - RHS Art and Photography Show (London)
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The RHS London Botanical Art and Photography Show
Venue: Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea Dates: 18th September - 3rd October 2021. Two weeks rather than two days for the first time. This show has also moved from the RHS Lindley hall to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea - alongside the RHS Chelsea Show being held for the first time in September. See more about this show in my blog posts
Download the Botanical Art Awards 2021 list (138kb pdf) Download the Portfolio Photography Awards list (155kb pdf) |
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Best Botanical Art Exhibit 2021
Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Kimiko Miyahara's exhibit Endemic Plants of Japan's Ogasawara Islands, A Unesco World Heritage Site (ABOVE) was simply stunning and very worthy of a Gold Medal and Best Exhibit award.
Best Botanical Artwork 2021
Best Botanical Artwork: Pauleen Trim - Fraxinus excelsior (Ash tree)
Judges' Special Award
Judges’ Special Award: Yasue Sakai - Wild Plants with Berries in my favourite colour
2020 - RHS Art and Photography Show (London)
Cancelled due to Pandemic Constraints on public events indoors.
2019 - RHS Art and Photography Show (London)
View of the show from the Cafe Balcony
The 2019 Show was held during a stultifying Heatwave in London and the blinds had to be closed across the glass roof and huge industrial fans imported into the Lindley Hall to keep everybody cool. The show also combined the Botanical Art and the Portfolio Photography under one roof - which eliminated space for all the educational and trade stands related to botanical art which have been much enjoyed by visitors in the past.
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2019 - RHS London Botanical Art Show
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Best Botanical Painting 2019: Mariko Ikeda GM (2017-2019): P.Tectorius ‘En Khelen’ - Mariko is developing an excellent track record. She won Best Exhibit in her first exhibit and Best Painting this time.
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Best Botanical Art Exhibit 2019: Naomi Gumma GM (2019): The Lifecycle of the Shimonita Welsh Onion Naomi's art extends well beyond her botanical painting - see the video below (in the Gold Medal section) of her dance associated with her exhibit.
Judges’ Special Award 2019: Betsy Rogers-Knox: Exploring the Seasons at Beckley Bog - This was awarded because of the significant educational value about plants growing in a specific environment of Betsy's images.
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2018 - RHS Botanical Art Show (London)
View of part of the RHS Botanical Art Show 2018
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2018 - RHS London Botanical Art Show
Application for approval to exhibit deadline was June 2017 with the selection meeting in July 2017 - followed by the application to exhibit |
ARTICLES about the RHS Botanical Art Show 2018
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RHS London Plant and Art Fair 2018 Awards (101kB pdf) - COMPLETE LISTING
- Best Botanical Painting 2018: Laura Silburn, Fern ‘No 6’
- Best Botanical Art Exhibit 2018: Michie Yamada ‘Wild Roses in Japan’
- Judges’ Special Award 2018: Hye-Woo Shin ‘Plants in Dokdo Island’
Laura Silburn with her Best Botanical Painting (acquired by the RHS Lindley Library)
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Hye Woo Shin (Republic of Korea) with her Special Judges Award - the very first!
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Best Botanical Art Exhibit 2018: Michie Yamada ‘Wild Roses in Japan’
2018 Gold Medals:
- Lara Call Gastinger GM (2007) - Seeing Plants; a year in Virginia
- Bridget Gillespie GM (2017)- A year in the Yorkshire Hedgerow
- Christina Hart-Davies - Common British Corticolous Lichens
- Hideo Horikoshi GM (2015 - Best Painting in Show 2015) - The Classical Chrysanthemums in Japan
- Sarah Jane Humphrey - Medicinal Fruits and their symbiosis with Pollinators
- Angela Lober - Native Food Plants of Australia
- Yuko Inujima - Acorn bearing Trees in Japan
- Mayumi Ishii GM (2017) - Roses
- Yoshikazu Ohkawara - Pandanaceae
- Angela Petrini - Rice of Italy - Cultivars Old and New
- Hiroe Sasaki - Trees from the Atlantic Rain Forest
- Laura Silburn GM (2013, 2014) - AGM Dryopteris: species and cultivars of Dryopteris ferns with an Award of Garden Merit
- Hye-Woo Shin GM (2013 / Best Exhibit; 2014 / Best Exhibit) - Plants in Dokdo Island
- Simon Williams - Nepenthes
- Esmee Winkel GM (2014, 2016) - Bee Orchids
- Michie Yamada - Wild Roses in Japan (Awarded Best Exhibit)
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2018 - RHS Botanical Art Show (Malvern)
2018 RHS Malvern Spring Festival
- Venue: Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NW
- Dates: Thursday 11 - Sunday 14 May 2017
- RHS Botanical Art Awards download (66kB pdf)
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DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN JUNE 2019
Botanical Illustration from the Royal Horticultural Society: The Gold Medal Winners
Botanical Illustration from the Royal Horticultural Society: The Gold Medal Winners
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Contents include:
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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: ACC Art Books Publication date: 26 Jun. 2019 PRE-ORDER THIS BOOK |
from Amazon.com2017 - RHS Botanical Art Show (London)
Venue: RHS Lindley Hall
Dates: 24-25 February 2017
Dates: 24-25 February 2017
RHS London Botanical Art Show 2017
Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Pandanus by Mariko Ikeda
Best Botanical Painting: Beetroot - Beta vulgaris (part of Root Vegetables: Lifecycle) by Bridget Gillespie
Best Botanical Painting: Beetroot - Beta vulgaris (part of Root Vegetables: Lifecycle) by Bridget Gillespie
Best Exhibit in Show 2017 - Pandanus by Mariko Ikeda
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Gold Medal Winners
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Best Painting in LONDON Show 2017 - Beetroot Beta vulgaris by Bridget Gillespie
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2017 REVIEWS: RHS Botanical Art Show 2017 (in chronological order)
- RHS Botanical Art Show - The Frustrated Gardener
- Who's exhibiting at RHS Botanical Art (London) 2017? (about the trade stands)
- Artists' Exhibits in the RHS Botanical Art Show 2017
- RHS Botanical Art 2017 - Selected Artists
- Best Exhibit and Best Painting in RHS Botanical Art 2017
- RHS London Botanical Art Show 2017 - Medal Winners
- Video and review of RHS London Botanical Art Show 2017 (see below for video)
- Interviews with RHS Botanical Art Gold Medallists 2017 - from Asia and Australia
Bridget Gillespie is the artist who won "Best Botanical Painting" in the 2017 Botanical Art Show and the still for the video features her next to her painting of beetroot which won the award.
2017 RHS Botanical Art Show (Malvern Spring Festival)
Venue: Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NW
Dates: Thursday 11 - Sunday 14 May 2017
Best Botanical Art Exhibit - Bernard F Carter: Seed Heads
Gold Medals
Dates: Thursday 11 - Sunday 14 May 2017
Best Botanical Art Exhibit - Bernard F Carter: Seed Heads
Gold Medals
- Bernard F Carter (UK) - Seed Heads
- Lesley Randall (USA) - Native Hawaiian Flora
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Silver Medal - Heritage Irish Plants - Plandai Oidhreachta exhibit by the Irish Society of Botanical Artists
2016 - RHS London Botanical Art Show
Venue: Lindley Hall
Dates: 25-27 February 2016
Dates: 25-27 February 2016
- Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Tillandsia – Mariko Aikawa
- Best Botanical Painting: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers., Grass Three with Antechinus Stuartii, Brown Antechinus – Julie Nettleton
RHS 2016: Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Tillandsia – Mariko Aikawa
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Gold Medals
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RHS 2016: Best Botanical Painting: Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers., Grass Three with Antechinus Stuartii, Brown Antechinus – Julie Nettleton
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2016 REVIEWS:
- RHS Botanical Art 2016 - Selected Artists - includes brief biographies, images and links to the websites of the 35 selected artists
- Interviews from the 2016 RHS London Botanical Art Show #1 - covering covers four artists from Asia - three from Japan and one from Thailand.
- Interviews with RHS Botanical Art Gold Medallists 2016 - from Australia and South Africa
- Interviews with RHS Botanical Art Gold Medallists - UK and Europe
2016 - RHS Botanical Art Show (Malvern Spring Festival)
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2015 - RHS Botanical Art Show (London)
Venue: Lindley Hall
Dates: 27-28 February 2015
This was the year that the RHS introduced a show totally dedicated to Botanical Art.
Dates: 27-28 February 2015
This was the year that the RHS introduced a show totally dedicated to Botanical Art.
- Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Climbing Plants - Kumiko Takano
- Best Botanical Painting: Apiaceae Daucus carota ‘Kintokininjin’ – Hideo Horikoshi
Traditional root and tuber crops in Japan by Hideo Horikoshi
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Gold Medal Winners
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Best Botanical Painting: Hideo Hirokoshi with his carrot
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2015 RELATED NOTES AND REVIEWS
- RHS Botanical Art Show 2015 - Selected Artists - provides background and links to websites of artists selected for the 2015 Show
- 2015: (an overdue) Review of RHS Botanical Art 2015 - highlighting Gold Medal Winners, observations and tips
- The Telegraph - a slideshow - Incredible drawings from the RHS London Botanical Art Show (27–28 February 2015 at Lindley Hall, London)
- Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Today - RHS London botanical art show
RHS Botanical Art Show (Malvern Spring Festival) 2015
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Venue: RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Dates: Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Halina Steele - Australian Eucalyptus Mallees Gold Medals
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Visitors admired stunning new artworks in the RHS Botanical Art Exhibition in the Linden Suite of the Three Counties Centre. Featuring new work created by botanical artists from across the world, the show included exhibits from both previous medal-winners and first-time exhibitors. Subjects ranged from wild plants to greenhouse specimens, all depicted in watercolour, graphite and colour pencil. | ||
2014 - RHS London Botanical Art Shows
2014 - The RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show (APRIL)
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11th - 12th April 2014 | RH Lindley Hall
Gold Medal winners
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REVIEWS & Articles:
2014 - RHS Botanical Art Show (OCTOBER)
The botanical artists exhibiting at the RHS Botanical Art Show in October 2014
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2014 - RHS London Shades of Autumn Show
21st - 22nd October 2014
Gold Medals
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Best Botanical Art Exhibit: Aristolochias of British Botanic Gardens - Laura Silburn
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2014 - RELATED NOTES AND REVIEWS
- 2014: Reflections on the RHS Botanical Art Show Autumn 2014 - covering both botanical photography and botanical art
- 2014: Three RHS Gold Medals for Botanical Art and a video interview (26 October 2014) - you can see the video interview here
2014 - RHS Botanical Art Show (Malvern Spring Festival)
Gold Medals (4)
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2013 - The RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show (London)
2013 RHS Botanical Art Show: 12–13 April
- Best Exhibit in Show - Lauraceae in Korea by Hye Woo Shin
- RHS Botanical Art Exhibition: Best Painting in Show - Erica Bodkinii by Margaret de Villiers
RHS Botanical Art Exhibition 2013: Best Exhibit in Show - Lauraceae in Korea by Hye Woo Shin
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RHS Gold Medals - Botanical Illustration (8)
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RHS Botanical Art Exhibition: Best Painting in Show - Erica Bodkinii by Margaret de Villiers
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2012 - The RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show (London)
Native Ferns of the Peak District by Louise Lane
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2012 - RHS Botanical Art Show 16-17th March 2012
Gold Medals (7)
See my blog post - 7 Gold Medal Winners at RHS Botanical Art 2012 - for a list of exhibiting artists by country |
Astrophytum by Annie Hughes
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2011 - The RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show (London)
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At this show, artists needed to present a minimum of nine paintings
Total participating Artists: 24 Best Exhibit: The Anatomy of Flowers by Carolyn Jenkins Best Botanical Painting - Jean Emmons Gold Medals (5)
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Best botanical Painting - Jean Emmons
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My sketch of the RHS Botanical Art Show in the Lindley Hall in 2011
2010 - The RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show (London)
2010 - RHS Botanical Art Show
Gold Medals (10)
- Best Exhibit in the RHS Botanical Art Show 2010 - Trees of Pinaceae in watercolour by Kimiyo Maruyama
- Best Botanical Painting in the RHS Botanical Art Show 2010 - Araucaria araucana - Isik Guner
Gold Medals (10)
- Brigitte Daniel (Oxfordshire) - Medicinal plants
- Celia Crampton (Oxfordshire) - Magnolia fruits
- Clare McGhee (Edinburgh) - Vegetables
- Gulnur Eksi (Turkey) - Plants from the woods & forests of Chile
- Işık Güner (Istanbul, Turkey) - Chilean plants
- Kay Rees-Davies (Conwy, Wales) - The Foliage of Cultivars of Begonia Rex
- Kimiyo Maruyama (Japan) - Trees of Pinaceae in watercolour
- Margaret Walty (Dumfriesshire) - Scotland Fritillaries
- Masumi Yamanaka (Surrey) Aesculus indica 'Sydney Pearce'
- Sheila Mannes-Abbott (Somerset) - Orchids
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2007 The RHS Botanical Art Show (London)
Venue: Lawrence Hall
The RHS London Flower Show - including the RHS Botanical Art Show
(February 2007)
The RHS London Flower Show - including the RHS Botanical Art Show
(February 2007)
part of "Ten walks in Virginia" - the Gold Medal winning exhibit by Lara Call Gastinger
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