Inspired by artists’ use of plants as symbols across cultures and throughout history, the botanical artists of Studio 155 have created an exhibition dedicated to symbolic subjects in nature. The exhibition Beyond Words: The Symbolic Language of Plants includes works in watercolor, oil, tempera, and colored pencil. This exhibition opens Saturday at the Delaware Art [...]
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The Symbolic Language of Plants
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The Institute for Analytical Plant Illustration encourages botanists and illustrators to work together to enhance botanical knowledge.
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Martin J. AllenTeaching & Learning
Students Overcome Their Fear of Drawing in Botany Lab
Eradicating Plant Blindness in the 21st Century
Using Social Media to Gather Feedback About Student Interest in Natural Resource Management
How to Draw Plants for Documentation
Investigating the Drawing Process
Making Students Aware of Errors During the Drawing Process
Helping Teachers Turn Observers Into Naturalists
Empowering Children to Know What They Know Through Art
Lesson Plans in Botanical Art & Plant Conservation
Anne Marie Evans Discusses Teaching, Learning & Botanical Art
The Timeless Value of Naturalist Journals
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning the Power of Plants
Margaret Best Discusses Color in Botanical Art, Provides Tips for Informal Science Educators
Generating Interest in Boring Subjects
Public Perception of Botanical Gardens
Quality Observation is the Common Denominator in Art & Science
Botanical Wall Charts in the Classroom
Lesson Plans in Botanical Illustration
Practical Drawing as a Thinking Tool
Visualizing Plants with Botanical Symbols
Does experience in the arts lead to academic achievement?
The Value of Words Over Botanical Illustration
Biologist Learns to Draw Plants, Sees with New Eyes
Visualizing Life Cycles & Ecosystems
Niki Simpson Introduces Digital Composite Botanical Illustrations to Botanical Art
Imagery in Scientific Communication
The Last Botany Student in the UK
Humans First. Then Animals. Then Plants.
The Origin of Botanical Field Guides
User-friendly Identification Tools for Plants & Animals
Students Take First Step Towards Creating Unique Florilegium
Make Students Better Observers This School Year
The Botanical Artist as Naturalist
Why Integrating the Arts into the Classroom May Improve Content Retention
Watercolors of the Herbs of Britain Provide Framework for Dichotomous Key
Learning with Journals, Notes and Scrolls
What makes plants interesting?
Ecoliteracy Curriculum Emphasizes Plant Restoration, Natural Dyes
Educational Wall Charts Teach Less, Better
Plant Identification & Environmental Literacy
Outdoor Education & Plant Blindness
Scholars Study Images in the Service of Science
Botany Program for Botanical Artists Launched in UK
Olcani: When Plants Are Medicine
Botany Education in the 18th Century
What do textbooks teach us about plants?
Nature Near You
Botanical Gardens
Learn about your local garden at www.publicgardens.org.National Park Service
Search for national parks at the National Park Service website at www.nps.gov.National Environmental Education Foundation's Nature Center Guide.
Find your local nature center.Rails-to-Trails
Find a trail for hiking, walking, cycling or inline skating. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and its volunteers work to convert unused railroads into trails for healthful outdoor activities. Search their national TrailLink database to locate a trail near you.Sierra Club Trails
Locate trails for hiking, cycling, climbing, and many other outdoor activities. Go to Sierra Club's Trails.Exhibits To Visit
Plants in Peril
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dec. 26, 2011 - Mar 18, 2012Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies
American Museum
Natural History
New York, NY
June 25, 2011 - June 24, 2012Joseph Hooker - Naturalist, Traveller and More
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dec. 26, 2011 - April 9, 2012Treasures of the Royal Society Library
The Royal Society
Dec. 5 - June 21, 2012Portraits in Bloom
Westport Public Library
Westport, CT
January 3 - March 28, 2012Seeing Trees: Photographs by Robert Llewellyn
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Jan. 14 - Feb. 26, 2012Pepper in Image and Word
Lloyd Library and Museum
Cinncinati, OH
January 14 - April 13, 2012Wild Green Things: The Art of Anne Ophelia Dowden
Andersen Horticultural Library
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Chanhassen, MN
January 18 - May 2, 2012Common Roots
Crossings Gallery & Gift Shop
Zumbrota, MN
February 1-29, 2012Inspired: Interpretations of California Native Flora, Fauna and the Natural Landscape of Theodore Payne Foundation
Theodore Payne Foundation
Sun Valley, CA
February 1 - March 24, 2012Art of the Heirloom
Hudson Valley Seed Library
Horticultural Society
of New York
February 17 - March 2, 2012NEW
Notes on a Natural Quandry
Cumberland Gallery, TN
February 18 - March 31, 2012Botanical & Natural Studies 2010-2011
Limelight Gallery
Lewisham Library
Catford, London
February 28 - April 6, 2012Conserving Plant Biodiversity in a
Native Pennsylvania,
Changing World: A View from NW North America
UW Botancal Gardens
Seattle, WA
March 1-31, 2012
A Wildflower Walk
Hunt Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2 - June 29, 2012Selections from the Reichenbachia
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Ginter Gallery II
March 10 - April 22, 2012Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition 2012
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia
March 31 - June 29, 2012Focus on Nature XII:
Natural History Illustration
New York State Museum
April 28 - December 31, 2012When They Were Wild: Capturing California’s Wildflower Heritage
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Expected 2013
Art and Nature
ASBA Members & Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators Coming April 26, 2013See More
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