The
Highgrove Florilegium
12th May - 8th September 2009
The summer exhibition at the Garden Museum is
The Highgrove Florilegium: watercolours by over
70 of the leading botanical artists from around
the world who have painted plants and trees grown
in the garden of His Royal Highness The Prince
of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. This first
royal Florilegium in the UK is being published
in a limited edition raising money for The Prince’s
Charities Foundation.
The Garden Museum is the first venue for the
exhibition of these works, which are loaned, with
the kind permission of HRH The Prince of Wales.
The exhibition will show contemporary botanical
art at its finest.
Distinguished botanists worked with the Head
Gardener at Highgrove, to ensure that this great
garden is represented in all its aspects by an
appropriate selection of material, including plants
that are useful or commonplace, rare and in decline,
or just extravagantly beautiful. Work was submitted
for selection to a rigorous panel of experts led
by Anne-Marie Evans MA FLS, who developed the
Diploma Course in Botanical Painting at the Chelsea
Physic Garden. Botanical illustration can be traced
back to herbals in the 6th century AD. Recently,
the growing popularity of gardening, and awareness
of plant forms and habitat, have led to a renewal
of interest in botanical painting and a new ‘Golden
Age’ of botanical art.
Museum admission charges apply.
Contemporary
Botanical Art by Kate Nessler
2nd June – 30th June 2009
In association with Jonathan Cooper
Park Walk Gallery, London
The first in a series of shows to appear in the
new MAGAZINE SPACE, dedicated to displaying the
work of contemporary botanical artists and plant
photographers, this exhibition showcases the work
of American-born botanical artist Kate Nessler.
Kate’s work, created in her rural studio
in Arkansas, has been exhibited widely and has
won numerous awards, including three Gold Medals
from the Royal Horticultural Society, and an Award
of Excellence from the American Society of Botanical
Artists.
Her work is included in permanent collections
including the Royal Horticultural Society, The
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, The
Morton Arboretum, the Shirley Sherwood Collection
and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium. Her
work also appears in the current Garden Museum
exhibition The Highgrove Florilegium.
Works are for sale and a handlist with prices
is available.
The Garden Museum is independent and receives
no funding from central or local government. Any
proceeds from this exhibition will support our
work.
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