Sally Clifford chats to the botanical artists whose work is leaving a legacy for future generations
Born in Nicosia, Cyprus, where her love of the natural environment was encouraged at primary school, Eleni’s involvement with the Society developed from her studies in botanical illustration at The University of Sheffield. As well as her work with the Sheffield Florilegium Society, Eleni also produces botanical illustrations on Cyprus endemic flora for the visitor centres and illustrations for several books, notably The Red Data Book of the Flora of Cyprus.
Fellow Society member and botanical artist, Sally Strawson, who has contributed to The Highgrove Florilegium, recording the plants growing around King Charles’ Highgrove home, and The Transylvanian Florilegium and The Sydney Botanical Gardens Florilegium says: “The world is a very instant place now, everything is available at the touch of a button, but contemplating, observing, recording and ultimately creating a painting of your subject is intensely rewarding.
Louise Lane, the Society’s Treasurer, has won three RHS Gold Medals for different exhibitions, including one for drawings of native ferns in the Peak District where she grew up. “Drawing the plants in the gardens is about producing a body of work for future generations, a pictorial depiction of the plants that are growing there. A photograph captures a moment in time, but with the illustrations you can depict the plant through all its life cycles through the year.
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