The Eden Project Florilegium Society is made up of a group of botanical artists, illustrators and others interested in plant sciences, dedicated to documenting and recording the plants of The Eden Project and Cornwall.
A Coming of Age
A Coming of Age is a celebration of the work of the first 18 years of The Eden Project Florilegium Society, fondly called the ‘Flori’ by its members.
The Society was founded in 2000 to record plants in Cornwall and those held at The Eden Project in particular, which opened its gates to the public in the same year. There are over 140 paintings in the archives donated by 31 different artists, many of whom exhibit nationally and internationally and hold RHS Gold medals for their work.
“Each artist donates their time and their paintings generously to The Archives and The Trustees of The Eden Project. In gratitude and in order to acknowledge their generosity, skill and talent, this book has been written and compiled to help bring their work to a wider audience and demonstrate the quality of botanical illustration held by the Trustees. I hope it inspires our current members (of which there are 22 actively painting) to continue to paint and document this inspirational collection of plants, and others to join. This is my gift to these very special people.” — Ros Franklin
Coming Soon
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cornwall Orchid Society Show
Chacewater Village Hall
Cornwall Orchid Society are holding their Annual Show at Chacewater Village Hall
Bees – Pollination Workshop
Eden Project
The workshop is followed by a walk at Eden. Bring your own lunch and a cup. £30
Botany Walk with Expert Keith Spurgin
Join us for our annual Botany walk with Keith Spurgin in Redruth. Full details to follow.
Tour of Growing Point
Eden Project
This gives us the opportunity to view a new plant nursery at the Eden Project. Places limited to 20.
Eden Painting Week
Eden Project
This gives us the chance to paint together for a week in the Core Building at Eden. Associates & Painting Members welcome.
Note dates TBC.
Recent News
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Flower Finders in Cornwall by Selina Bates
Read more: Flower Finders in Cornwall by Selina BatesSelina, one of our Honorary Florilegium Members has produced a beautiful book describing a diverse range of 50 people who she calls the Flower Finders in Cornwall, dating from Richard Carew who compiled the first Cornish plant list during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st right through to Yssy, currently a young girl with a fascination for bees and pollinating plants.
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Residency in Virginia
Read more: Residency in VirginiaOur Vice Chair Laura Silburn is delighted to have been selected for the Oak Springs Garden Foundation botanical art residency.
Due to other commitments Laura is not able to participate in 2024 but the Foundation have kindly allowed a deferral to 2025.
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Botanical illustration for families continues at Gwithian
Read more: Botanical illustration for families continues at GwithianEPFS fellow Dominica Williamson has continued to gain funding with artist Hilary Jean Gibson to run an Art club as part of the Charity Friends of the Towans.Dominica focuses on Botanical Illustration for families through day long workshops. She also promotes EPFS at these events and shares its archive through imagery.
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AGM presentation on herbaria given by Chris Bisson
Read more: AGM presentation on herbaria given by Chris BissonWe were very lucky to have one of our assessors – Chris Bisson – giving the presentation at our AGM in 20023. Chris assesses the botanical accuracy of paintings being submitted into the archive, and he came to talk about herbaria as this is something we are developing in the Flori at the moment, so that in future there is an herbarium specimen of almost every plant painted for the archive. Listening to Chris and writing this article was both an interesting and educational exercise for me. I needed to research the people he referred to and looked at the links he gave for online websites and documents; some are updated (all the links are below), and it was fascinating to find out more about the history of herbaria and who was involved. He gave us so much useful information and I have tried to include as much as I can. I also added a new book to my collection. Now I am preparing my first specimens for the Flori herbarium and feel a lot more confident about doing it right.
