New at Classes Near You > England:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.kew.org
- Drop-in Art Workshop at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery –
Monday August 30 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Create a collaborative piece of art with artist Stuart Simler and fellow artists. This workshop will be taught in conjunction with the exhibition, Bulbmania – Flowers from the Kew Collection (August 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011). - Distance and Detail: Drawing and Painting Plants –
September 6 – 10, 2010. Draw trees, shrubs, or flowers in this class emphasizing the basic techniques of botanical illustration (drawing and watercolor). Read More
More About Bulbmania:
The beauty of bulbs is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Comprised of over seventy paintings, the exhibition focuses on the different forms of bulbs. From onions and asparagus to tulips and lilies, we eat bulbs, admire them, and use them for medicine (snowdrops, Galanthus species, are used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s), but rarely appreciate just how diverse and important they are.
Professor Stephen Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, says:
“This exhibition will allow visitors to see the splendor and richness of one of our most well loved plant groups. In the UN’s International Year of Biodiversity, Kew’s scientists, conservationists and horticulturists continue to combine forces to understand and conserve the remarkable diversity of bulbs and other plants.”
Accompanying Bulbmania will be an exhibition of the work of the Brooklyn Florilegium Society. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the group, the exhibition will show some of the many paintings created by contemporary botanical artists to document the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s living collections.
Visit Bulbmania – Flowers from the Kew Collection online!
VISITOR INFORMATION:
- Gallery Hours (until October 30, 2010): Monday – Friday:
9:30 am – 5:30 pm / Weekends: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm - Gallery Hours (October 31, 2010 to January 3, 2011):
Monday – Friday: 9:30 am – 3:45 pm / Weekends: 9:30 am – 3:45 pm - Admission: Adults £13.50, Concessions £11.50, FREE for children under 17 (accompanied by an adult). Admission includes free entry to all Galleries, Glasshouses, and the Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway
- Galleries, Glasshouses and Treetop Walkway all close an hour before the Gardens.
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