Featured Stories
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Exhibition of illustrations of endangered plants from around the world.
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Exhibition of Sir Joseph Hooker's letters and paintings from the collections at Kew.
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As well as being beautiful, botanical illustrations are used as important scientific records.
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.
Visiting the Gallery
The Gallery is located within
Kew Gardens, adjacent to
the Marianne North Gallery
and halfway between Victoria
and Lion Gates.
Past Exhibitions
& Events
The Gallery has featured
a number of temporary
exhibitions since its
opening in April 2008.
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.
Showcasing Kew's
Collections
The Library at Kew holds
one of the world's greatest
collections of botanical art.
