Science
CONNECTING ART AND SCIENCE WITH PEOPLE
Providing artists with information on plant science, plant structure, identification, classification, and nomenclature.
Botanical artists seek to understand the structure of plants and to communicate this knowledge to their audience in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
"the engineering of these plants is just incredible" - Derek Norman, Vice President ASBA
"we get people to see this art, and going beyond that, to see the essence of nature itself" - Lea Rohrbaugh, President ASBA
"when you see what’s under a microscope you can’t believe what’s there, the magic that’s inside these plants" - Jean Mikulla, Secretary ASBA
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SCIENCE OF BOTANICAL ART
A New Hierarchy?
A Science Library
Alternates & Opposites
Beginnings
Carnivorous Plants
Climbing Plants
Color
Conifers
Conifers II
Dissection
Dissection - How to
Dissection - Earlier Article
Economic Botany
Epiphytes
Ferns
Fleshy Fruits
Fungi
Grasses
Hierarchy
Leaves
More Leaves
Leaves Redux
Lichens
Nomenclature
Orchids
Pollination
Reduction Fusion
Saprophytes
Stems
The Aster Family
The Importance of Family
Marvelous Mallows
Peas
Trees
When is a Flower not a Flower