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Lilypads at Kew Gardens

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2019-08-26

An original illustration of Stapelia irrorata by Kew's very first plant collector, Francis Masson, who was born in August 1741.

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2019-08-14

Another Kew! I'm really happy with this one, honestly. The shading isn't perfect, but I always love these dramatically-lit shots.

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2019-08-13

Another of my purchases from 2nd hand bookshops: Kew Gardens (1908) by AR Hope Moncrieff, illustrations by T Mower Martin. Publ. by A & C Black. Cover, and view of 1/.

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2019-08-03

Others come from Wandtafeln (1874) by Carl Kny, an associate professor of at the University of
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Kny sent these plates to Kew’s director Joseph Hooker in the hope that he would “deem them worthy of a corner in [the] botanical museum”.

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2019-07-05

Ruth Stiff, Kew's Curator of International Exhibitions, will be giving a lecture on the life, work and legacy of renowned British botanical artist Margaret Mee. Today (Wed 12th June) at the Drawing Room SE17 1PP - 7:00pm – 8:30pm
https://t.co/DbM693vvRq

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2019-06-12

See 34 pieces of contemporary botanical art from our collections now until 7 July (image: the Japanese Pagoda Tree at Kew by Masumi Yamanaka)
https://t.co/DCIR2ncKxQ

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2019-05-08

Kew’s Illustrations & Artefacts Curator, Lynn Parker will give a talk on ‘Plant Drawings in the Collections at Kew’ on the 11th February, organised by More details can be found at the following link;
https://t.co/JCQYB0I9TA

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2019-02-07

Wallpaper Design: KEW
Elements from a bespoke wallpaper design I created from botanical palm illustrations and photographs from Kew Garden's hot house.

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2019-01-28

Wallpaper Design: KEW
Elements from a bespoke wallpaper design I created from botanical palm illustrations and photographs from Kew Garden's hot house.

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2019-01-25

Wallpaper Design: KEW
Elements from a bespoke wallpaper design I created from botanical palm illustrations and photographs from Kew Garden's hot house.

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2019-01-18

Wallpaper Design: KEW
Elements from a bespoke wallpaper design I created from botanical palm illustrations and photographs from Kew Garden's hot house.

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2019-01-15

Followed at the end of May by - the 7th International Congress - also at Kew https://t.co/AOQ7IoNBcM

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2019-01-14

This was a request from a friend! It feels like it's been a little while since I've drawn Kew, and I really liked how he came out here! The other character is Pesche from , who is a lot harder for me to draw for some reason...

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2019-01-13

To coincide with the Mark Frith: a legacy of ancient oaks exhibition at Kew's Shirley Sherwood Gallery, we have a new Reading Room display focussing on depictions of open weekdays between 10am-4pm from 2 January

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2019-01-01

Rafflesia are weird & wonderful plants-tropical parasites dependent on the grape family for life (genus Tetrastigma in family Vitaceae), stinking to high heaven of rotten flesh to 'attract' their pollinators (often flies). Here are drawings from the Kew collections

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2018-11-30

Here’s another piece you can see at our Christmas Exhibition. There are 32 artists taking part showing paintings, original prints, tapestry and drawing.

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2018-11-27

Discover how Kew & are working together to digitise botanical art by women artists in our latest post. These efforts will help researchers & citizen scientists such as & https://t.co/2sPNP1suAm

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2018-10-26

More Rose studies and detail from recent visits to Kew Gardens

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2018-10-08