RBGE Botanical Illustration Diploma Graduation Show 2018

You've got one more day to visit the botanical art exhibits at the RBGE Graduation Show at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh by the international students who have just completed their RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration this summer.

​(This would have been earlier but for my recent computer woes/hard drive failure - I only got my photoshop software working again this morning!)

Fortunately Elaine Searle was visiting earlier this month for the Graduation ceremony and took photos and sent them to me - so below is a record of the graduates, what they chose to do for their portfolios and pics of their exhibit.

Constanza (Coco) Obach with her exhibit of "Plants of the Coastal Mountain Range (Chile)"

The Diploma show is a showcase of work from the RBGE Diplomas in Botanical Illustration, Herbology and Plantsmanship courses.

Graduate Show - RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration (2017/18)

• Venue: Fletcher Building, Botanic Garden Edinburgh (accessed by the ramp to the right of the Cacti House.)
• Dates: Saturday 22nd September 2018 - Sunday 23rd September 2018
• Hours: Open daily from 10:30 - 16:00
• Admission: Free​

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RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration:
​Graduation Show
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The Diploma in Botanical Illustration at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is ideal for those who want to take botanical illustration to a professional level. Designed for those with a background or some experience in art, design or illustration, this three year RBGE diploma develops skills across a complete range of watercolour, pencil and pen.

The graduating students this summer come from various countries around the world - including:

• Chile
• France
• Japan: Tokyo
• Netherlands
• Switzerland: Geneva
• UK: The Wirral in Cheshire; Melrose in the Scotland Borders
• USA: New Mexico and Southern California 

Click RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration for more details about the three year course using online instruction.

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Wren M Allen - Native Plants of the American Desert South West and their Traditional Uses

Wren lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and discovered botanical illustration while living in Brazil. Her plants are those found near her home.

Jenny Bache-Usher - Five Plants from SSSI Red Rock Marsh, Hoylake

The marsh local to her home is a site of special scientific interest and exhibits different habitats within its boundary. Her plants are the very rare Wirral Horsetail and the Sea Holly, Flag Iris, Salad Burnet and Sea Radish.

A course with headlines and tasks concentrates the mind wonderfully!

Julia Blower - Hosta Cultivars

Julia started to paint after many years of working as a lawyer and then in management roles. She had grown Hostas in her woodland garden for many years and regarded the portfolio assignment as a great excuse to buy and plant more hostas!

Deborah Friedman - Rainforest Cacti

​Deborah got her specimens from passionate collectors and professional growers in Southern California and spent time locating specimens with a healthy bug well ahead of the blooming cycle.

Lynne Haggerty - Begonias

Lynne chose Begonias because she knew she had access to a horticulturalist who grew a big range of them - and they would flower through the winter. However she hadn't  realised there are 1,500 hybrid begonias in existence and hence showing their distinct differences was crucial to demonstrating their differences

Yoko Harada - Five Plants from the Family Fabaceae

Yoko Harada is based in Tokyo. She chose to do plants from the legume/pea/bean family and chose ones which would fit with flowering timings across the time allocated for the Portfolio. She chose the runner bean, Kudzu, Fairy Duster, Sweet Pea and Japanese Wisteria.

Alison Jane Harley - French Native Grapevines

​Alison lives in France and sourced her vines from the Loire Valley, Chablis and Bordeaux.

Sandra Klaassen - Dutch Power Flowers: Bulbous and tuberous plants in the Netherlands

Sandra is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Art and Design in the Netherlands and a published illustrator of children's books. She chose a number of bulbs and tuberous plants for her exhibit: Tulip, crocus, amaryllis, dahlia and iris.

Gabriela Loza Steinbach

Gabriela comes from Geneva in Switzerland. The inspiration for Gabriela's choice of the plant was the 500th anniversary of the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner who has a family of flowering plants named after him. 

Anna Munro - Flowering Plants of British Woodlands

Anna has a degree in Ecological Science and previous studied for the Certificate Course. ​

Constanza (Coco) Obach - Plants of the Coastal Mountain Range (Chile)

Coco Orbach, from Chile, focused on five plants found in the sclerophyllous forest on the slopes of the Cordillera de la Costa and Andes.​ Her plants were the Lobelia, Passionflower, Buddleia, Fuchsia and Alstromeria.

Barbara Runcie - Wandering the Weirhill

Barbara focused on the Larch, Harebell, Columbine, Snowberry and Corn Marigold - all found around the Air Hill overlooking the River Tweed.

These are the blog posts I wrote last year about the same show - 

• RBGE Diploma Graduation Show 2017
• ​UPDATE - RBGE Diploma Graduation Show 2017

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More about Diploma and Certificate Courses
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You can find out more about the alternative options for Diploma and Certificate Courses - and some of the questions you will want to ask before making a choice - on my webpage dedicated to Diploma and Certificate Courses in ​Botanical Art & Illustration

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