Details of current and future art exhibitions of botanical art in the USA and Canada 
PLUS links to the Hunt International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration 
and an Archive of the more important exhibitions held in recent years

Botanical Art Exhibitions in 2017-18

Below you can find listings for
  • Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA in 2017 and 2018 - by leading organisations and other exhibitions organised alphabetically by state name
  • Botanical Art Exhibitions in Canada. (towards the bottom of the page)
This page may also include:
  • videos of exhibitions associated with the American Society of Botanical Artists
  • listings for related events​​
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Calls for Entries 2018-19

Current Calls for Entries for Botanical Art Exhibitions exhibitions in North America are on a separate page 

Exhibition Listing

Get an exhibition included in the listing! Please use the form at bottom of this page.

Archives: Past Botanical Art Exhibitions in USA & Canada

There are three pages that archive records of past exhibitions in North America
  1. Hunt International Exhibitions of Botanical Art & Illustration lists all the artists - by country - who have exhibited at past Hunt Annual International Exhibitions ​
  2. ARCHIVE: Past Exhibitions of the American Society of Botanical Artists
  3. ARCHIVE: Past Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA
  4. ARCHIVE: Past Botanical Art Exhibitions in Canada

2018 Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA
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Botanical Art Worldwide - America's Flora
(Part of the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art)
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​Venue: United States Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
Dates: Opening May 2018
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United States Botanic Garden, Washington D.C.

2017 Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA
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There are three regular exhibitions of top quality botanical art in the USA. These are  In addition there is a Triennial exhibition at the New York Botanic Garden.
Periodically there are special exhibitions to mark anniversaries or special events.

In addition there are periodic exhibitions by
  • Museums
  • Florilegium groups,
  • Botanical art/illustration societies
  • galleries and dealers specialising in botanical art,

Leading Organisations
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American Society of Botanical Artists ​
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Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial
Venue: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10458
Dates: November 18, 2017 - April 22, 2018
​Selected Artists - list of artists with works in the exhibition

ASBA Goals for the exhibition include:
  • recording notable trees in public collections for the historical record
  • developing relationships between artists and these institutions and organizations, and encouraging artists to learn about and depict trees
  • educating the public about the contemporary practice of botanical art, the value of trees worldwide, and the important tree resources that botanical gardens and arboreta provide
Also see my blog posts:
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©Ingrid Finnan, Snake Branch Spruce, oil on paper, 13-1/2" x 10-1/2", New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
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Tulip Tree Allée leading to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, New York City.
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©Olga Ryabtsova, Roxburgh Fig, watercolor on paper, 18" x 26", San Diego Botanical Garden, CA
Other venues for the "Out of the Woods" Exhibition in the USA in 2018 and 2019 are:
  • Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, Summer, 2018
  • Foundry Art Centre St. Charles, MO October 5 - December 28, 2018
  • Tucson Botanical Gardens Tucson, AZ January 25 – April 13, 2019
  • Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Chaska, MN ​May 9 – August 13, 2019

Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation
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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Title: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Central American Medicinal Flora
Venue: 5th floor of the Hunt Library building at Carnegie Mellon University
Dates: 2 April - 29 June 2018
Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m. (call or email before your visit to confirm)
Admission: Free of charge

Read more about Charles Dorat and the exhibition in the Fall 2017 Bulletin of the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation

​This exhibition includes 42 watercolors by the European physician and naturalist Charles Dorat (?1806–ca.1870) of medicinal plants that he found in the vicinity of the municipality of Cedros, Honduras. While not scientific illustrations, the watercolors by Charles Dorat are assured and informative and include details of flowers, seeds and roots and handwritten notes on their medicinal uses and their local names. The exhibition also provides a biographical sketch of his work and circle.
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No. 11, Rhubarb, Ruibarbo blanco, Cedros [Jatropha podagrica Hooker, Euphorbiaceae], watercolor on paper by Charles Dorat (?1806–ca.1870), 30 × 23.5 cm, HI Art accession no. 5683.11.
Title: Alphabetus Botanicus
Venue: Hunt Institute 
​Dates: opens September 2018
This will feature the illuminated letters of Kandis Vermeer Phillips alongside artwork of plants from A to Z.  

Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA 2017-2018
​organised by state
in Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, Universities & major gardens; 
​by Florilegium groups & state/local botanical art societies

California
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Descanso Gardens

California Natives
Venue: Descanso Gardens, ​1418 Descanso Drive La Cañada Flintridge, 91011
Dates: May 2017 - May 2018
Hours - open daily except for December 25 (9am to 5pm)
Anexhibition by the The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC)
(Note: The California Natives Garden at Descanso was designed by legendary nurseryman and native plant advocate Theodore Payne)

Filoli

​Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, CA 94062 (about 30 miles south of San Francisco) |
​Map Online Map (gif)
20th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition: A Palette of Flowers 
Dates: February 23 – May 20, 2018
Meet the Artist Hour: Opening Day, Friday, February 23, 4:00-5:00 pm
This is one of the one of the West Coast’s most prominent botanical art exhibitions.  Visitors to Filoli also have the opportunity to talk with the botanical artists whose paintings are hung in the exhibition, one-on-one on the opening day. 

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California 91108 

Colorado
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Invisible Links: Botanical Art & Illustration
Venue: York Street – Gates Court Gallery
Dates: 15 August - 12 October 2018
Reception:  19 August 2018 (1–3 p.m.)
The annual juried exhibition by the  students of the Denver Botanic Gardens’ School of Botanical Art & Illustration. The aim is to highlight students’ best achievements in a variety of media.
Invisible Links explores the complex and often hidden symbiotic relationships between plants and other organisms. Experience the surprising diversity of creatures—including predators, pollinators, parasites and many others—whose lives are intimately connected with plants.
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Detail of Bee Line by Randy Raak, ink and watercolour on scratchboard

Florida
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Exhibitions by Tropical Botanical Artists

Tropical Madness
Venue: The Wirtz Gallery, First National Bank of South Miami, 5750 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33143
Dates: 1 - 30th March 2018
Tamiami Trail: In the Beginning
Venue: The Gato Building, 1100 Simonton Street, Kew West FL 33040
Dates: 9 March - 15 June 2018

Illinois
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Massachusetts
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Exhibitions at the Arnold Arboretum

Impressions of Woody Plants: Disjunction, Two Artists and the Arnold Arboretum
Copper Etchings by Bobbi Angell
and Watercolor Paintings by Beverly Duncan
Venue: Hunnewell Building, Arbold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA (directions)
Dates: May 11–July 22, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 1:00–3:00pm
Artists' workshop: Saturday, June 9, 1:00–3:00pm

‘Disjunction’ describes related species that are widely separated from one another geographically. The 'disjunct' approaches of the artists in this combined exhibition unite through the wonder of woody plants. 
  • Angell's interest in unusual, cultivated specimens comes to life in etchings of Asian plants, representing the remarkable history of plant collecting by the Arboretum and other botanical institutions.
  • Duncan translates the common and recognizable native plants into intimate and detailed watercolors.

Exhibitions by the New England Society of Botanical Artists

Members Show
Venue: Flower Show Savor Spring! Seaport 
Dates: 14-18 March 2018
A New England Society of Botanical Artists members’ exhibit at the Boston Flower & Garden Show is open to any NESBA member in good standing 
Members Show
Venue: Newport Flower Show. New Port Mansions (how to get there)
Dates: 22-24 June 2018

Minnesota
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Pennsylvania

Exhibitions by the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI)

PSBI Orchid Illustration Exhibition and Sale
Venue: Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society’s​ 2018 Orchid Show
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue • Oaks, PA
Dates: April 6–8, 2018

Washington DC
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Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
Venue: the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Dates: October 20, 2017 — July 14, 2019
a partnership between the National Postal Museum and Smithsonian Gardens.

This exhibition focuses on those sets of stamps published by the US Postal Service which highlight plants and flowers which educate about the nation's botanical heritage. Not all the set are 'strictly botanical' but some are.

Image: Yellow Poplar approved stamp art 
Illustrator: John Dawson
This flowering tree, commonly called the tulip tree, is native to North America and is found in the eastern half of the United States. The tree is used as a shade tree. In June and July, it bears large greenish-white flowers displaying an orange band near the base.
​Courtesy United States Postal Service, Postmaster General's Collection​
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Yellow Poplar approved stamp art

Botanical Art Exhibitions by Commercial Galleries
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to be notified

Exhibitions in CANADA in 2017 and 2018
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ART of the Plant - Native Plants of Canada (2018)

Venue: Canadian Museum of Nature – Stone Wall Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Dates: Opening:  May 2018

​This is part of the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art in May 2018

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  2. Where it is being held (name of the place plus address PLUS State/Region and Country
  3. Start and finish dates
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