PLANTS ILLUSTRATED 2025: PARTNERS IN POLLINATION
Botanical Art Exhibition by NCalSBA Members
UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
Open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Daily, Closed on Tuesdays
January 22 - February 3, 2025
The Northern California Society of Botanical Artists (NCalSBA) will hold its 16th Annual Exhibition at UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley from January 22 to February 3, 2025. We are delighted to be able to hold this exhibition in the Julia Morgan Hall once again.
The theme for this year is about Pollination highlighting the relationship between flowering plants and their pollinators. Pollination is a mutually beneficial interaction involving nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species. Many plants can't reproduce without pollen carried to them by foraging pollinators. Top pollinators include: bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, hummingbirds, and bats! These pollinators help carry pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma). The movement of pollen must take place for the plant to become fertilized and produce fruits, seeds, and young plants.
Gray Head Coneflower, Sweat Bee, and Field Skipper by Lynne Lyle
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.
KRISTIN JAKOB EXHIBIT
Sunday, December 15, 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
KRISTIN JAKOB EXHIBIT
Sunday, December 15, 2024, from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sausalito Presbyterian Church
112 Bulkley Avenue
Sausalito, CA 94965
Reception for exhibition of framed prints of botanical illustrations by Kristin Jakob. Kristin’s greeting cards and mounted prints will be available during the reception.
Parking: Very limited on Buckley - recommend parking on Bridgeway and walking up the one block of public steps to Excelsior Lane, which runs alongside the church.
Rose ‘Hot Cocoa’ by Kristin Jakob
THE FOREST FLOOR
by Lucy Martin
Botanical paintings in gouache & watercolor featuring the mysterious beauty of fungi and lichens
October 4, 2024 - January 2025
Join us in celebrating the works of NCalSBA artist, Lucy Martin at her upcoming show at the Helen Crocker Russel Library at the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park.
This exhibition is open from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Fri - Sun.
Artist Reception, Saturday, October 12, 2024, 3:00-5:00 PM
Helen Crocker Russel Library
1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco
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”.
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley Florilegium Exhibition
at the Julia Morgan Hall, TBA
Deadline for entries August 20, 2025
Florilegium Curators and UCBG Board members will oversee the project: Gina Barretta, Laura Sawczuk and Catherine Watters
UCBG Florilegium Staff Advisors will oversee the plant list and collection.
Clare Loughran – Garden Curator
Christine Manoux – Director of Education and Public Programs
The UCBG Florilegium is a 5 year project started in 2021.
Background:
The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley Florilegium was launched in 2021. Members of NCalSBA are documenting the plants growing in the beautiful 34-acre Garden. This 5-year project is overseen by UCBG Board Members and NCalSBA Artists, Gina Barretta, Laura Sawczuk and Catherine Watters, under the guidance of UCBG Curator Holly Forbes. Holly Forbes has recently retired. We thank Holly for her contributions to this project. Going forward, Clare Loughran will take Holly's place as Garden Curator.
The property is one of the most diverse landscapes in the world, with over 10,000 types of plants including many rare and endangered species. Organized geographically, the Garden features 9 regions of naturalistic plantings from Australia to South Africa, along with a major collection of California native plants. The Garden was established in 1890 and its living collections are invaluable resources for international research and conservation.
"Carnivore" by Gwyn Lewis
Check here for UCBG Florilegium Guidelines. Please review them carefully as some changes have been made.
Exhibit entrants are required to gallery sit for this exhibit. Those exhibit entrants who are unable to gallery sit will pay a $50 fee.
Plant List
UCBG has updated the list of over 200 plants to be illustrated check here. All plants highlighted in orange are on the Top 40 List for plants that the garden would like to see illustrated, as well as the plants in white.
To reserve a plant, please contact Clare Loughran loughran@berkeley.edu and Gina Barretta gina.barretta@me.com.
Plants highlighted in yellow have already been reserved.
Plants highlighted in blue have been illustrated and included in the Florilegium.
*If you have already reserved a plant, please double check that it is highlighted in yellow.
The piece you submit to the UCBG Florilegium must not be in another florilegium collection.
Click here to enter exhibition.
Plants Illustrated 2025: Partners in Pollination
Botanical Art Exhibition by NCalSBA Members
UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
January 22 - February 3, 2025
Deadline for Entries December 1, 2024
The Northern California Society of Botanical Artists (NCalSBA) will hold its 16th annual exhibition at UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley from around January 22 to February 3, 2025. We are delighted to be able to hold this exhibition in the Julia Morgan Hall once again.
The theme for this year is about Pollination highlighting the relationship between flowering plants and their pollinators. Pollination is a mutually beneficial interaction involving nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species. Many plants can’t reproduce without pollen carried to them by foraging pollinators. Top pollinators include: bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, hummingbirds, and bats! These pollinators help carry pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma). The movement of pollen must take place for the plant to become fertilized and produce fruits, seeds, and young plants.
Depicting a pollinator in your artwork is optional. We ask for a description of a pollinator relationship to go with the artwork label. This gives you the broad area of flowering plants to consider. It doesn't have to have a 'special' pollinator relationship; a wildflower, for instance, might be visited by many "generalist" pollinators.
Please review our new Guidelines for Exhibitions - check here. Any artwork not conforming to these guidelines will not be accepted. Gallery sitting is required for members to participate. A donation of $50 will be requested for those who absolutely cannot gallery sit. 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.
Dwarf Checkerbloom and Friend by Catherine Dellor
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.