RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show

This category is for a compilation of six images in a series or on a common theme, and is judged for RHS medals at the RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at Saatchi Gallery, London.

• Photographers guide to exhibiting (841kB pdf)

Botanical illustration is a genre of art that endeavours to faithfully depict and represent the form, colour,
character and detail of a plant, identifiable to species or cultivar level. The best botanical illustration successfully combines scientific accuracy with visual appeal. It must portray a
plant with the precision and level of detail for it to be recognised and distinguished from another species.

• Botanical artists factsheet

Once on display, the artists compete for an RHS medal – Gold, Silver-gilt, and Bronze, as well as a Best in Show award – Best Botanical Artwork, Best Botanical Art Exhibit, Best Portfolio Photography Exhibit, Best Single Image and Judges Special Award.

• Botanical Art Judges

• Photography Judges

The show complements the work of the RHS Lindley Collections, with RHS Gold medal-winning artworks regularly added to the collections, contributing to a long legacy of botanical art collecting and displaying by the RHS.

We hold more than 30,000 botanical paintings stretching back to the 1630s and heritage photographic images starting in the 1860s. Botanical art and photography help pinpoint trends and discoveries of plants popular in UK gardens.