The OSGF Botanical Art Residency Award
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This program supports exemplary botanical artists working nationally and internationally who can create beautiful and scientifically accurate depictions of plant species.  Residents selected for this award will reside at Oak Spring when spring is underway and the gardens and landscape are in bloom.  This residency provides botanical artists time and space to work on their own projects, utilizing materials from our formal garden or the broader 700-acre landscape, and to visit our rare book library that includes many exquisite examples of historical botanical art. 
from the "More" button after you click the "apply now" 

The Oak Spring Foundation website

Criteria for applications
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Our residents are selected through a competitive process by relevant specialists. We recognize that individuals may be at different stages in their lives when they arrive at a point where a dedicated period of focused activity may be helpful for their work. Our goal is to support individuals who pursue excellence and who can become preeminent in their chosen field. Through our residencies, we are building a network of individuals who know the importance of humankind's relationship to the natural world and appreciate the need for responsible earth stewardship.

Introduction to the Distance Learning Page

Distance Learning is method of studying without the student needing to attend a school or college.
Lessons are normally conducted via correspondence. 
Dialogue with the student is normally written communication in terms of guidelines/assignments provided
Artwork is normally submitted by post or email with feedback via post or email
​Face to face contact is typically either limited or non-existent.
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From the new website page about Distance Learning Courses for Botanical art - by post and email

I last saw Lara Call Gastinger with her Gold Medal winning exhibit of plants across the months at the RHS Botanical Art Show in 2018

Pay attention, be astonished and tell about it.
a quotation which has influenced Lara

to recall the people's best memories about this city by inviting national and international botanical artists to paint lovely endemic plants in Wuhan

Participating Artists

"Chimonanthus praecox (Linn.) Link" by He Yijun

Camellia azalea Liriodendron X sinoamericanum by Zeng Xiaolian

This is Rosa 'Comte de Champagne' by Janie Pirie which was selected as the featured artwork for Plantae 2020.

Art is for sale
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Drawn from Nature celebrates three centuries of Irish botanical art. The exhibition includes drawings, watercolours, prints, and illustrated publications dating from the 1700s to the modern day. ....

While some of these artists ventured far across the world, others barely travelled beyond their townlands. Many were celebrated during their lifetimes; others (mainly women) worked diligently, anonymously, and with little recognition. In their work, art and science become one.

The Botanical Portraitist

The artworks depict a wide variety of plants - common and rare; native to Ireland and exotic; growing wild and carefully cultivated. Included are Botanical Portraits, Illustrated Flora, and the work of Botanical Illustrators. The exhibition also features work by ten contemporary artists who follow in this rich artistic tradition and forge the way ahead.