Botanical Art Worldwide 2025
New Zealand
'Our Plants - Past, Present and Future - O Tātou Tipu o Mua - o Ināianei me te Āpōpō'
About the exhibition
New Zealand’s exhibition will be held at the following venues:
Auckland Botanic Gardens - 29th March, 2025 - 29th June, 2025
Wellington Botanic Gardens - 1st August, 2025 - 30th September, 2025
Ashburton Art Gallery - 19th October, 2025 – 04 December, 2025
Information can be found at https://www.botanicalartnz.org/baww25-new-zealand
We are calling for expressions of interest at this stage https://www.botanicalartnz.org/expressions-of-interest
For more information contact us baww25nz@gmail.com
organizers
exhibition opening Venue
crop diversity
Heritage Apple - 'Monty's Surprise'
Botanical Art Worldwide 2018
Ngāi Tipu Taketake – Indigenous Flora
About this Exhibition
Organized by the Botanical Art Society of New Zealand and Auckland Botanic Gardens and supported by Friends of Auckland Botanic Gardens, New Zealand’s exhibition will take place from March 30 – July 1, 2018 at Auckland Botanical Garden. The exhibition will then travel around the country; including: Wellington Botanic Gardens (August 1 - September 9), Millennium Gallery, Blenheim (November 3 - December 9) and then to Christchurch, dates will be announced soon. Entries have been juried by a team consisting of Sri Benham, Dr. Ross Ferguson, and Rebecca Stanley. A total of 56 artworks will hang at Auckland Botanic Gardens from 42 artists, including 3 students from secondary schools in Auckland, have been accepted from a field of 98 entries. Please see more info here: http://www.friendsabg.co.nz/en/botanical-art.html
artwork
New Zealand flax is a very tough and fibrous plant, with spiky flower stalks. Birds and insects love the brilliant flowers filled with nectar, and its seedpods are long, twisted, and coppery in color. It has become a popular, dramatic flower in cultivation.
Three of the forty artworks selected for inclusion
Knightia excelsa, colored pencil on paper, ©Jenny Haslimeier
New Zealand Flax, Phormium tenax korari II, watercolor on paper ©Suzy Abbott
Agathis australis, watercolor on vellum, ©Lesley Alexander Smith
Photo courtesy Sandra Morris
Artist Sandra Morris sketching in the field.
Organizers
Friends of Auckland Botanical Gardens and Botanical Art Society of New Zealand, Inc.
Steering Committee
Lesley Smith Alexander
Sandra Morris Liz Powell
exhibition Venue
Auckland Botanic Gardens
Courtesy Auckland Botanic Gardens Gallery
Location
Auckland Botanic Gardens, 102 Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland, 2105