The need for exactness differentiates botanical illustration from more general flower painting. In the hands of a talented botanical artist, however, the illustration goes beyond its scientific ...

Reproductions of botanical drawings made in the 1840s and 1850s, by several different Indian artists for the East India Company surgeon, and pioneering Forest Conservator, Hugh Cleghorn (1820-1895).

The late Rachel “Bunny” Mellon was half of one of the nation’s most renowned philanthropic art-collecting couples. She and her husband, banking scion Paul Mellon, were major benefactors behind museums ...

The art of documenting plants and flowers is having a resurgence, with more and more people wanting to draw what they see rather than take photos. Illustrations of native Australian plants and flowers ...

Art imitates nature and vice versa at the Tropical Conservatory Gallery in Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens. Nothing appears as it should in “The Nature of Things” exhibit, where a bouquet of flowers is ...

At the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London, a massive outdoor exhibition reveals a lifelong dialogue in the sculptor’s work between nature and human creations.

Flourishing: Chinese Chrysanthemum cultivar, from 'The Golden Age of Botanical Art' One of the perks of being a writer who gardens is the books that drop through my letterbox to review. I’m rarely ...

Macoto Murayama can spend months on one of his botanical illustrations, and when he's done, the plant looks like something that blossomed in outer space. First, he dissects his subject with a scalpel, ...

Belo Horizonte – Inhotim occupies a distinctive place among cultural destinations in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This expansive ...

A series of hand painted botanical colour drawings have been discovered in a rare 18th century book hidden in an old trunk. A series of hand painted botanical colour drawings have been discovered in a ...