Useful Resources
Hedgerow Fruits and Flowers
by Sally Dixon-Leigh
Local Gardens
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses is one of two botanical gardens situated in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. It showcases four Glasshouses from temperate to tropical.
Find them at:
Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR
Winterbourne House & Gardens
A beautifully restored Edwardian house and garden. Situated on the Birmingham University campus in Edgbaston,close to the Barber Institute, its 6 acre garden is a valuable resource for gardeners and botanical illustrators alike.
Find them at:
58 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2RT
Botanic Resources
Royal Horticultural Society
The RHS owns five gardens across the UK: Wisley in Surrey, Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire, Hyde Hall in Essex, Bridgewater in Greater Manchester, and Rosemoor in Devon. Through their gardens, they help gardeners across the UK by providing access to diverse plant collections, examples of innovative and attractive planting design and good horticultural practices.
Artplantae
This American website contains a wealth of up-to-date information about botanical artists, botanists and educators. Follow the BSBA link, and search the site, to see our question and answer session as ‘Society of the Month’ in October 2011.
Diploma Courses in Botanical Art
SBA Distance Learning Diploma
The Society of Botanical Artists offers a highly regarded ‘Distance Learning Diploma’ open to students anywhere in the world, ideal for students of botanical art who are looking to develop a professional practice. On completion of the diploma, graduates may use DipSBA(Dist) after their name.
RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration
This Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh certified course hones the many skills you need to capture plants in pencil, pen and watercolour. It runs over two years part-time for the attended course in Edinburgh or three years for the distance learning course. RBGE also offers Certificate and Advanced Certificate courses in Botanical Illustration.
Respected Botanical Artists
To view an artists’ website click on the name.
Martin J Allen
Anna Mason
Billy Showell
Ann Swan
Guy William Eves
Susan Christopher Coulson
Dianne Sutherland
Julia Trickey
Sue Vize