Links of Interest
Please click on the blue links below
Botanical Art
Sydney Botanic Gardens
For The Florilegium, Botanica Exhibition, The Margaret Flockton Award
For news on Botanical Art Classes
"Branch Out" - a great botanical Podcast
The Art of Botanical Illustration - A Norfolk Island Pine by Angela Lober - (a film for exhibition "Florilegium: Sydney’s Painted Garden")
Foundation & Friends of the Botanic Gardens Sydney
Images from Botanica "Celebration"
Images from Botanica "Symbiosis"
Images from Botanica at "Farm Cove"
Images from Botanica "The Birds & the Bees"
Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
Botanical Art Group
Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Botanic Illustrators
Botanic Art Classes
Botanic Art Queensland
Botanical Artists Group of Western Australia
The Botanic Art Society of Australia
Botanical Art & Artists
A very comprehensive site full of Botanical Art Information
Botanic Art Industry Network
American Society of Botanical Artists &
their Facebook Page
The Society of Botanical Artists
Inky Leaves Podcasting
A fantastic site by Jess Shepherd from Inky Leaves - featuring her interviews with a variety of botanical artists
Flora & Fauna
The Native Bee Bnb Project - great information on native bees, attracting them to your garden & building bee hotels
Sophies Patch - great native bee information & butterfly information
Butterfly Conservation SA - great information on Butterflies, attracting them to your garden & conservation
South Australian Butterflies & Moths - more great information on Butterflies, attracting them to your garden & conservation
Bookshops & Books
BOTANIC ART & NATURAL HISTORY
Florilegium - Book store Sydney
The Florilegium - The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney - Celebrating 200 yrs
A Passion for Plants - Shirley Sherwood
Contemporary Botanic Artists - Shirley Sherwood
The Art of Plant Evolution - Shirley Sherwood
An Eye for Nature - The Life and Art of William T Cooper - Penny Olsen
Capturing the Essence: Techniques for Bird Artists - William T Cooper
Australian Rainforest Fruits: A Field Guide - Wendy Cooper & William T Cooper
Botany for the Artist - Sarah Simblet
Botany for Artists - Lizabeth Leech
Beauty in Truth: The Botanical Art of Margaret Stones - Irena Zdanowicz
The Banksias: (2 volumes) - Celia Rosser
Banksia Lady: Celia Rosser - Carolyn Landon (biographer)
A Banksia Album - Alex George
Angie Lewin: Plants and Places (lino & woodcuts) - Angie Lewin
The Art of Botanical Painting - Margaret Stevens
Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project - Rosie Martin
Botanical Portraits with Coloured Pencils - Ann Swan
Cape Arid - Philippa Nikulinsky & Alex Nikulinsky
The Laws Guide to drawing Birds - John Muir Laws
The Butterflies of Australia - Albert Orr & Roger Kitching
Banksias: Kevin Collins, Kathy Collins and Alex George
The Undercliff: Elaine Franks
SOME GREAT FANTASY & CHILDRENS BOOKS
Faeries - Brian Foud & Alan Lee
Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book - Brian Froud
Cicely Mary Barker and Her Art - Jane Laing
Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesops Fables - Helen Ward
The Hare and the Tortoise - Helen Ward
The Rooster & the Fox - Helen Ward (and many of her other books)
The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger - Lisbeth Zwerger (and many of her other books)
Celtic Faeries - Jean-Baptiste Monge (and many of his other books)
May Gibbs: More than a Fairy Tale - J. Brummitt
The Complete Brambly Hedge - Jill Barklem
Faeries - Brian Foud & Alan Lee
Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book - Brian Froud
Cicely Mary Barker and Her Art - Jane Laing
Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesops Fables - Helen Ward
The Hare and the Tortoise - Helen Ward
The Rooster & the Fox - Helen Ward (and many of her other books)
The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger - Lisbeth Zwerger (and many of her other books)
Celtic Faeries - Jean-Baptiste Monge (and many of his other books)
May Gibbs: More than a Fairy Tale - J. Brummitt
The Complete Brambly Hedge - Jill Barklem