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The Highgrove Florilegium: Watercolours depicting plants grown in the garden at Highgrove is a two-volume book of botanical illustrations recording plants in the garden of Charles III, the then Prince of Wales, at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, England. The volumes, published in 2008 and 2009, contain 124 watercolours painted by invited ...
The Highgrove Florilegium is a two-volume set of botanical prints depicting the plants, vegetables, fruit and trees grown in the garden at Highgrove. This publication is a culmination of seven years of work by 72 of the leading botanical artists from around the world and is accompanied by text compiled by botanists at the Natural History Museum.
This first British royal Florilegium is presented as a two-volume work, half-bound in red goatskin with marbled paper sides. Each book is hand tooled in gold leaf and measures 26 x 18 x 2¼ inches. The Highgrove Florilegium is limited to 175 numbered sets. The first is assigned to HRH The Prince of Wales who has written the Preface and kindly ...
Sep 4, 2016 · Japan - Tokyo - Marucube Gallery, Marunouchi (15- 21 January 2010) This included works by acclaimed Japanese botanical artists Mieko Ishikawa, Noriko Tobita, Kumiko Kosuda, Noriko Hasegawa, Junko Iwata, Mayumi Hashi and Erico Tosaki. Netherlands - Haarlem: an exhibiition of The Highgrove Florilegium of HRH The Prince of Wales (January 30 until ...
The watercolours were painted for the book The Highgrove Florilegium, a two-volume set of botanical prints depicting the plants, vegetables, fruit and trees grown in the garden at Highgrove. This publication is a culmination of seven years of work by 72 of the leading botanical artists and is accompanied by text compiled by botanists at the ...
Jun 20, 2011 · Chet Grycz interviews typographer Iain Bain, who was responsible for the design of The Highgrove Florilegium. At the invitation of His Royal Highness The Pri...
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Apr 23, 2016 · Florilegia, or collections of botanical illustrations, date back hundreds of years to the first herbals in the 15 th century. Interest in florilegia has flourished anew in the 21 st century and it was suggested to the Prince of Wales that a florilegium of the plants at Highgrove would be both a celebration of his garden and an archival record of the plant collection.
