Various formal and informal organisations and groups 
are involved with botanical art and illustration:
- institutions, art societies, florilegium societies, art groups and forums
- in different continents and countries around the world

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Some groups and societies have been established for many years while others were formed more recently.

Botanical artists, painters and illustrators may be involved in one or more societies.

This section also includes a Botanical Art Prize which is only awarded to groups and organisations supporting and promoting botanical art.
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National and Regional Botanical Art Societies
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The National and Regional Botanical Art Societies PAGE provides Information about 

• NATIONAL botanical art societies across the world which specialise in botanical art and illustration 
• REGIONAL botanical art societies
• plus links to their websites and blogs. 

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Florilegium Societies and other groups of botanical artists
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The Florilegium Societies & Other Groups PAGE covers:

• Various Florilegium Societies - this includes links to their websites and only represents those that have a presence on the Internet
• Internet-based Botanical Art Groups and Forums focused on botanical art and illustration. Members are typically active and may be professionals, semi-professional or amateurs
• Other botanical art groups involved in regular exhibitions of botanical art
• a form to tell me about any other group with a record of exhibitions suitable for this page

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Finnis Scott Foundation: Botanical Art Prize
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The Finnis Scott Foundation Botanical Art Prize PAGE is 

The biennial £10,000 Botanical Art Prize is

• dedicated to the practice and promotion of botanical art
• through projects with established botanical art groups in the UK and Ireland 

​It aims

• to support and promote collaborative botanical art projects in the UK and Ireland; and 
• through established botanical art groups which go beyond their day-to-day activities and recognises those which have already helped to raise the profile of botanical art.​

​The judges are looking to reward fresh ideas, original projects and new ways of working.

Plate from Banks' Florilegium Source: Wikimedia Commons (Florilegium)

Botanical Art Groups on Facebook
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Botanical Art Groups on Facebook PAGE covers:

• all botanical art societies and groups with a Facebook Page - organised by continent and country (if geographically related)
• a form to tell me about a new FB Page for a group

Botanical Art Institutions  (coming soon)

• See also Museums and Permanent Art Collections