17th Annual PLANTS ILLUSTRATED - "IN Bloom"
Virtual Exhibition
Botanical Art Exhibition by NCalSBA Members
UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
May 1 - September 30, 2026
Call for Entries Deadline is March 1, 2026
The University of California Botanical Garden is pleased to present the 17th Annual Plants Illustrated Exhibition in partnership with Northern California Society of Botanical Artists.
This year’s exhibition theme is "In Bloom".
There will be an in-person Artists' Reception.
Julia Morgan Hall
Date to be announced.
Japanese anemona by Gwyn Lewis
NCalSBA Sketchbook Exchange Exhibition
September 16 – November 26, 2023 at Marin Art and Garden Center
The Marin Art and Garden Center is hosting the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists (NCalSBA) sketchbook exchange project.
28th Annual International Exhibition & NCalSBA Sketchbook Project
September 26 - November 23, 2025
Marin Art & Garden Center
30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 28th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
For more information on the exhibition and programming, learn more here
The Art of Botanical Illustration
by Kristin Jakob
June - September 2025
GARDENS OF GOLDEN GATE PARK
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Helen Crocker Russell Library of HorticultureGolden Gate Park
1199 Ninth Avenue, SF
gggp.orgOpen Friday - Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PMReceptionSaturday, June 21, 2025, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Calypso bulbosa on Mt. Tam
watercolor on vellum
Dear botanical art friends,
I will have prints of my botanical art on display at the HCR Library of Horticulture through September, and hope that you will join me at the reception on Saturday, June 21st from 4:00 - 6:00 PM! If you cannot make the reception, Library hours are Friday - Sunday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Best,
Kristin
LUCY MARTIN'S "CABINET OF CURIOSITY" EXHIBITION
June 2 - August 2, 2025
Lucy Martin's
"Cabinets of Curiosity" Exhibition
June 2 - August 2, 2025
Reception
June 21, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Demonstration/Artist Talk
July 12, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Sebastopol Gallery
150 N Main St in Sebastopol
Calls for Entries
We post Calls for Entries for Northern California exhibition opportunities which may be of interest to our members. For shows outside this area, you may want to check the
ASBA site as well as other groups listed on our
Links page.
Each exhibit has its own specific guidelines and requirements, but for general information about framing standards for NCalSBA members’ exhibitions please
check here.
To research whether a plant is a native of California, you may want to use the
Jepson Online Interchange California Floristics or the
Calflora Search for Plants. If you are specifically seeking California
natives, be sure to check that the plant is not listed as “naturalized in CA”.
17th Plants Illustrated 2026: "In bloom"
Virtual Exhibition
by NCalSBA Members & UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
May 1 - September 30, 2026
Deadline for Entries March 1, 2026
The theme is "In Bloom".
Please review our new Guidelines for Exhibitions - check here. Any artwork not conforming to these guidelines will not be accepted. Originals are sold with a 30% commission to benefit the Garden. Any sales shall be arranged directly with the artist.
Entries cannot be in the UC Florilegium nor have been in a previous Plants Illustrated exhibition.
If you have questions, contact the Exhibitions Committee: Catherine Watters, Laura Sawczuk, Kaye Herbranson, and Sally Petru.
Click here to enter.
Japanese anemone by Gina Barretta
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
The
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture at the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum hosts exhibitions of paintings, prints, photographs and other art media in its reading room on an ongoing basis. They plan exhibits up to two years in advance.