Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today.
Martyn Rix is a renowned horticulturalist and the author of many books, including The Golden Age of Botanical Art, Flora Japonica, and Treasured Trees, all also published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Shirley Sherwood has been collecting contemporary botanical drawings since 1990. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew is the first public gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art.
