Botanical Art Worldwide 2025
Scotland
about the exhibition
Heritage crops, diversity & sustainability
This exhibition will focus on celebrating biodiversity in the crops that have been closely associated with the human species over thousands of years, specifically; Heritage Crops, Crop Wild Relatives and Ancient Crops.
Dates
Exhibition opens May 18, 2025
Jurors
We will have three independent jurors to help with the selection of all submitted art work for this exhibition. Jurors yet to be named.
website
Please visit the Botanica Scotia website here: https://botanicascotia.uk/
guidelines
For guidelines and resources please the Botanica Scotia website here: https://botanicascotia.uk/guidelines/
artwork
Our inspiration gallery includes some illustrations that were included in the Flora Scotia exhibition in 2018 as part of the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art. We hope that they inspire you and wish you success in creating your work for the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art 2025. https://botanicascotia.uk/inspiration/
exhibition Planning Group
Steering Committee: Dr. K Munro (Chairperson), Marianne Hazlewood, Anne Dana, Janis Bain, Anne Carlaw, Lady Jane Parker -Clarke, Valerie Gordon.
Supported by: Max Coleman, Botanist Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), Callum Carson, Botanist RBGE and Ray Moran, DUS Trials Manager, Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA)
venue
Custom House Gallery, Customs House, Leith, Edinburgh
Scotland’s rich history with botanical art
Scotland has a small but vibrant contemporary botanical illustration collective, and a rich history of botanical artists contributing to arts and science.
To name a few; Scottish botanical illustrator, Sydney Parkinson, who travelled with Joseph Banks on his explorations around the South Pacific regions. Lilian Snelling MBE, regarded as one of the greatest botanical artists of her time, worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in her early career. Also more recently working at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was Mary Mendum, a botanist, taxonomist and renowned botanical illustrator.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is one of the premium illustration educators in this field, providing highly regarded certificates and diplomas, with students attending from across the globe virtually and in person.
The Scottish Society of Botanical Artists organizes annual exhibitions, and field trips, and runs classes for their members with visiting artists. They hold classes in the lovely environs of Saughton Park and collaborate with galleries and museums providing accessible exhibition spaces to artists across Scotland.
Colour matching workshop with Jackie Isard, visiting artist at Saughton Park – credit Jackie Isard
Colour matching workshop with Jackie Isard, visiting artist at Saughton Park – credit Jackie Isard
A diploma student painting – credit Alex Hazlewood
A diploma student capturing a subject ‘in the field’ – credit Alex Hazlewood
Fruits and seeds for an autumn workshop with Marianne Hazlewood, visiting artist – credit Marianne Hazlewood
Botanical Art Worldwide 2018
Flora Scotia
About this Exhibition
The Scottish Botanical Art Collective is organizing an exhibition of original botanical artworks of Scottish native plants. This exhibition will be held at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh throughout April and May 2018, with special events over the course of the exhibition in collaboration with artists in other countries, including the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art, May 18th, 2018. SBAC represents the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists, Scottish Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Images Scotia, and independent artists in Scotland. A deadline for receipt of entries has been set for November 27th, 2017. For further information, please visit the SBAC website at: http://sbac.org.uk
artwork
Cirsium vulgare is one of Scotland's iconic native thistles and thrives in a variety of habitats all over Scotland. A large plant, it tends to be cut down by farmers as it can quickly colonise disturbed ground. This image is by Janet Watson who was one of the first graduates of the RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration, and used coloured pencils to suggest the fuzzy effect of the numerous hairs on the leaves.
Common thistle, Cirsium vulgare, colored pencil, ©Janet Watson
©Sarah Roberts
Jacqui Pestell, Botanical Artist at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, works on depicting a large branch of Mahonia.
Loch an Aileen in the Cairngorms, photo ©Kathy Munro
Organizers
Scottish Botanical Art Collective consisting of Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scottish Society of Botanical Artists, Edinburgh Society of Botanical Artists, Botanical Images, Scotia
Steering Committee
Jacqui Pestell
Sarah Roberts
Sharon Tingey
exhibition Venue
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
The exhibition space at the John Hope Gateway, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, with installation of “Flora of Nepal” in 2016. Photo courtesy RBGE.
Location
Royal Botanic Garden,Arboretum Pl, Edinburgh EH3 5NZ