And making botanical illustrations for a patron is alive and well, she points out. Florilegia – documentation of all the plants growing in a specific garden – is a big thing right now, she says.

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A botanical illustration can convey fine detail and provide a vision of the subject that may be lost in more general, less visually discriminating images, such as photographs.

Ernest Manewal / Getty Images. American ginseng develops just one "pronged" leaf with several leaflets the first year. A maturing plant will continue to increase the number of prongs.

The famous words come from his 1820 poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, but they are a fitting description for the practice of botanical art and illustration. It’s a place where art meets science - a ...

The grounds of the Columbus Botanical Garden have remained relatively unchanged for years. The 4 acres of flowers, fountains, trees, vegetable gardens and “world-class camelia garden ...

In 1901, a petite, independent-minded woman arrived at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to begin work as their first botanical illustrator. A gifted artist, Margaret Flockton at 40 wore the demure ...

Illustration: Data Garden. Three years later, ... Together, they invented the MIDI Sprout, a "biodata sonification device" that includes a pair of probes to attach to a plant's leaf.

The CU Museum of Natural History will debut Cannabis: A Visual Perspective, a first-of-its-kind art installation of botanical illustrations of cannabis, 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8.The exhibit explores the ...