Australian artist Margaret Preston (1875 – 1963) painted or printed many of her native species to great acclaim. Below we take a look at some of those artworks to learn a little about the plants that were her willing subjects. Her work is so vibrant and characterful, it is wonderful to be able to view …

There have been many advertising campaigns already in 2014 where plants have starred. Here are four of our favourites from the fashion world. Plants sell things. Why? Because (amongst many other things) they are fresh, architectural, vibrant, diverse and alive. Credit to all the artists involved for recognising the value and beauty in their application. …

Plant Curator is yet to visit Kew Gardens’ currently ongoing festival extravaganza – Plantasia – but it is just a matter of time. There is nothing like a nicely designed array of publicity material to lure you in. Using illustrations from the charmingly chimerical artist Andrew Lyons, and creative direction (including name and concept) from 999 …

There are a number of interesting exhibitions to choose from this month, as well as many summer flower events both wild and cultivated, proving once again that plants are an endless source of inspiration. Here are our top plant inspired picks for July. 1. Silent Exchange by Charlie Waite at the The National Theatre, London Landscape photography (like all …

Plant Curator is working on the plant art aficionado’s ultimate UK road-trip. High up on the list of stop-off points is a small area of southern Kentish coast. Dungeness is a strangely beautiful, postmodern place. Wild and windswept, this isolated seascape inhabited by hundreds of plants and some pleasingly minimalist buildings, is made all the …

Before understanding the context or even reading the name of Hrair Sarkissian’s ‘Execution Squares’ (2008), one of the first things you notice are the presence of palm trees in many of the 12 large scale colour photographs on show. The second thing you notice is that something is not quite right with them. This series of photographs, which forms part of …

Up until recently Bristol based mixed-media artist Kerry Day’s focus has been on rendering the human form. These portraits are seductive, each one of her subjects, often nude, has some oddly arresting feature or presence. We are pleased to see, she has now turned her talents to plants, more specifically pot plants, and mostly cacti …

Plant Curator has been appreciating the photography of Greek born artist Peter Zéglis and reflecting on how he uses plants in a scene. In his series ‘Misplacements / Misalignments’ he has images where plants do not take up much space, in others they dominate, but whatever their density they are always key to the scene …

Hornby Island is located off the eastern shore of central Vancouver Island, just east of Denman Island. Depending on how well you catch your connections it will take you 5 or 6 hours and three ferry rides to get there from Vancouver. Once there you can drive all the way around in about 20 minutes. What …

Artwork from Volume 3 of Franz Eugen Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen or Medicinal Plants published in 1887. See previous posts for Volume 1 and Volume 2 with associated book and source details. The age of this book is over 75 years which in Europe denotes it is the Public Domain making all images copyright free. The species …