The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art opened at Kew Gardens in April 2008 and is the only continuously open gallery in the world dedicated solely to botanical art. It holds regular exhibitions throughout the year featuring historical and contemporary botanical illustrations.
Announcements
- Meet the Conservator in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at 2pm on Wednesday 29 February 2012. Find out more about this event.
- Upcoming exhibitions - The Pressed Plant, Rachel Pedder-Smith’s Herbarium Specimen Painting and Portraits of Leaves and Fungi from the Shirley Sherwood Collection.
- Please note that between the second half of March to June 2012 some areas of the gallery will be temporarily closed for exhibition installation. Please contact the gallery for more information +44 (0) 20 8332 3622.
Dr Shirley Sherwood
Dr Shirley Sherwood is a contemporary botanical art collector who is world renowned for her extensive collections and regular exhibitions. Her comprehensive collection of over 200 artists documents the emergence of a new wave of botanical painting and the renaissance of their art form.
