Botanical Art and Artists

Too often I see botanical artwork where people favour the flower and neglect spending time on the stems. Just as you always see excellent leaves in the work of RHS Gold Medallists, the same goes for stems! It’s excellent to see a workshop on this topic!

I will be doing my usual blog posts about the RHS Botanical Art Show and medals and awards - but if you can't wait here is the list of who won what https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-botanical-art-and-photography-show/botanical-art-entries-2026
If you come back for my posts on https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/news then you'll see pics of the entire exhibit.

Botanical art entries | RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026 / RHS Gardening Explore breathtaking botanical photography showcasing the beauty of plant life at the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show, 19 June – 2 August 2026

The RHS Botanical Art Show opens at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea today and continues until 2nd August. If you are an RHS member, bring your membership card and admission is free. https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-botanical-art-and-photography-show
If you come on Friday June 29th you can combine with an RHS Learning Opportunity - see comment below for link.

Exhibition image is from Jenny Hyde-Johnson’s fabulous exhibit of plants growing on limestone.

RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2026 / RHS Gardening In a celebration of these art forms, we have partnered with Saatchi Gallery, to present some of the best botanical artwork and photography from global artists.

Hyunjin Cho (GM 2024) - born in South Korea and currently living in California received The Judges Special Award at RHS Botanical Art Show 2026 for her exhibit titled "100 Wildflowers of Jeju Island, Korea". She also won a Silver Gilt Medal.

Hyunjin Cho previously won an RHS Gold Medal in 2024 for her "Succulents Studied in Stippling" in pen and ink.

Her works are held in permanent collections at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and the The Shirley Sherwood Collection.

She is a Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists and a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Jenny Hyde-Johnson (South Africa) last night won BOTH of the top awards at the RHS Botanical Art Show 2026 at the Saatchi Art Gallery in London. Below are my photos of Jenny with her exhibit and receiving the award for Best Exhibit plus - in the comments - a link to my video of her receiving the award for Best Painting.
Titles of her exhibit and painting are captions to the photos.

I had a quick chat with Charlotte Brooks about the double win. I know it hasn't happened since 2007 - and we're both inclined to think it has never happened before. (I’ve since checked and it’s the first time ever!)

The art equivalent of the big sweetie jars!

The Greens and Earths section of our pigment display wall. Pots and bags of hand weighed pigment are stored in the black drawers beneath the display. Each display section acts as a colour code for customers to select pigments and readymade oil paints colour from the racks and drawers below. Staff are always on hand should you need advice or assistance.

DID YOU KNOW? You can see a sample of artwork produced by artist members of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society via the “Bloomberg Connects” app? This also shows you where you can find the plant on the map of the garden.

Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Soc... The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society is a group of over fifty volunteer artists dedicated to recording the Garden’s remarkable living collection, through scientifically accurate and beautiful botanical illustration, creating an enduring archive for education, history, and conservation.Th....

Neera Joshi Pradhan - READ my post. The Award has finished!

If you've not already heard, there has been an announcement about the END of the Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration.

You can read about what has happened - and also about the award in the past on my website - see comments below

No they cant - that’s the whole point of my blog post! This Award has finished.

If you've not already heard, there has been an announcement about the END of the Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration.

You can read about what has happened - and also about the award in the past on my website - see comments below