Cherry blossom festivals are soon to get underway all over the northern hemisphere. In some places they are small events, in others much bigger affairs. The more cherry trees in an urban area often denotes the likelihood of a festival. In essence, the purpose of these festivals, adopted from Japanese culture, is to celebrate feelings …

There is only one thing better than a postage stamp rendered with a plant-inspired design, and that is a complete collection of postage stamps ever issued within a specific plant area. Thematically ‘plants’ is too wide an area to begin a foray into the most interesting OCD activity ever invented. It needs to be narrowed down a little. This can be done …

At Plant Curator we use the term botanical art loosely to include any creative expression that involves plants. Over the last few months this website has shown that there are many great artists out there doing incredible things with plants, working in every medium you can imagine. Yet historically the term “botanical art” was used …

*No longer online Vegetal Passion is an online exhibition well worth a visit. To do this, you need to navigate to the URL given and take a look. Instead of walking around a room passively, you scroll and shift images and objects creating your own focal points and passageways through it, while at the same time …

Wood textures are practically plants are they not? If you are looking to add an organic backdrop not too dissimilar to that employed by the ‘growing’ presenter and self-professed ‘botany geek’ James Wong on his website, Plant Curator is here to help. Find below a few carefully selected options hunted down on the web. They …

Not sure what exactly it is about the Purple Rose Florist website (since expired) that has captured the attention of Plant Curator. The images don’t even display properly on some pages. Yet the retro or vintage (which one?), post-modern, neighbourly feel is a highly enjoyable user experience and a welcome relief to all the contemporary …

Contemporary website designs can often seem manufactured and generic, but what better way to overcome this than by employing some original artwork styling in the homepage design. Amy Merrick is a floral designer, writer and stylist based in New York City who uses cut-out flowering plants and foliage  as an image map homepage, creating a fitting introduction to …