Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There really isn’t much growing at the moment,” says Caryn Hibbert, owner of Thyme hotel, a bit apologetically ...

Think of botanical illustrators, and you might envision a world of medieval herbalists, tulip or orchid collectors, or affluent young women of the 17th and 18th centuries making detailed drawings and ...

Jane explores an exhibition of botanical art to learn about how talented artists create highly detailed works while representing botanically accurate plants. Sue Foran, the curator of the exhibition, ...

When Europeans arrived in India, they were dazzled by the subcontinent’s exotic flora and fauna. The colonizers thus started commissioning local artists to paint these. In the absence of the ...

On Friday Mar 31 st the Biology Department gathered to celebrate a Botanical Drawing Showcase featuring the work of my students in BISC 337-Plant Biology. I was extremely proud of the students as the ...

SINGAPORE – When it is seen through the eyes of botanical artists, the combination of art and science can be beauteous. Examples of this art form are now on show at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, ...