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• Nature's Canvas

  • Start
    17 Oct 2025
  • End
    30 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Lockyer Valley Art Gallery, 34 Lake Apex Drive, Gatton, QLD

  Nature's Canvas - An exhibition by three Queensland Somerset region artists - Cassandra Hodgins, Botanical Illustrator, Karen Leahy, Wildlife artist and Marita Reynolds, Wildlife artist.  This exhibition aims to highlight the diverse range of flora and fauna sharing our environment and to inspire conservation of habitat.

  17 October to 30 November

  Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm

  Sat & Sun 9am to 4pm

  
  

  Lockyer Valley Art Gallery

  34 Lake Apex Drive, Gatton, QLD

  
  

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• The Whirlybirds' Significant Trees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

  • Start
    7 Nov 2025
  • End
    23 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Plant Craft Cottage, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

  The Whirlies are a group of botanical artists who have been drawing together at the Gardens for over 34 years.

  An exhibition of their most recent project is on now, in the Plant Craft Cottage from the 7 November until 23 November between 10am and 3pm. 

  Entry to Plant Craft Cottage is via the Northern Gate.  You can meet the Whirlies, buy the lovely book that accompanies the exhibition and purchase prints.  Don’t miss this beautiful exhibition. 

  

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• The Ancients - Lynne Uptin

  • Start
    21 Nov 2025
  • End
    13 Dec 2025
  • Location
    Level 1 / 65 Murray Street, Hobart, Tasmania

  Opening night: Friday the 21st of November, 2025, 5.30-7pm

  Panel Discussion: Saturday the 22nd of November, 2025, 2-4pm

  https://www.bettgallery.com.au/exhibitions/372-lynne-uptin-the-ancients/ 

  Highly anticipated, The Ancients is Lynne's first exhibition at Bett Gallery since being awarded the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Best Botanical Art Exhibit, along with a Gold Medal, at the 2024 RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at the Saatchi Gallery, London. 

  PANEL DISCUSSION - SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER

  The Significance of the Arts in Environmental Advocacy

  
  

  Art has long been a powerful catalyst for igniting public dialogue and inspiring community engagement on environmental issues. 

  With the backdrop of Lynne Uptin's exhibition The Ancients as a catalyst, please join an outstanding panel of writers and visual artists whose work invites audiences to engage with issues not just intellectually but emotionally. Does their work help foster a deeper commitment to environmental responsibility? What are the issues being faced here, and what can we do to address them?

  
  

  Lynne Uptin: Internationally acclaimed botanical artist

  Philip Wolfhagen: Leading Australian contemporary painter

  Andrew Darby: Prize winning nature writer, author of The Ancients: Discovering the world's oldest surviving trees in wild Tasmania

  Tabatha Badger: MP, author and wilderness photographer

  
  

  These plant lineages have endured for millions of years. They have fortuitously avoided growing on the wrong side of volcanoes, lived through ice ages and survived through extinction events.

  — Lynne Uptin

  
  

  Tasmania is a global centre of plant palaeoendemism, containing relics of some of the world's oldest plant lineages. Palaeoendemics are ancient survivors, once widespread, changing environments now restrict their geographic survival and now occupy a climate space that is globally rare. High levels of palaeoendemism occur widely in western Tasmania, particularly at or slightly above the tree line in relatively undisturbed vegetation, constantly moist climates lacking extreme temperatures, and in open vegetation with rare or no fire. 

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• Botanical and Natural History Christmas Art Market 2025

  • Start
    22 Nov 2025
  • End
    23 Nov 2025
  • Location
    Mueller Hall, Birdwood Ave, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

  The Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne are very pleased to inform Artists that the Art Market is on again in 2025.

  This pre-Christmas ‘pop up’ artists market for the sales of un-framed botanical and natural history artworks, prints, cards, tea towels and other small botanical merchandise will be held on the weekend of SATURDAY 22 – SUNDAY 23rd NOVEMBER 2025 at Mueller Hall, Birdwood Avenue, RBGM

  As before, a limited number of tables will be available on a single or shared arrangement and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis - so watch out for the registration sometime in September!

  Information for Artists and conditions of entry will be available nearer the time however, we wanted to give you plenty of notice to develop your portfolio for the day.

  Artists need to be current members of The Friends (FRBGM), all merchandise must be based on or produced from hand drawn/ painted original Botanical and Natural History artworks.

  If you have any early queries please get in touch with Debbie Law via email to botanicexhibitions@frgbmelb.org.au

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• BASA Exhibition at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2026

  • Start
    25 Mar 2026
  • End
    29 Mar 2026
  • Location
    Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, VIC

  The 2026 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show will be on from Wednesday 25 March to Sunday 29 March 2026.

  BASA will be exhibiting our members' artwork in the Art Exhibition on the Gallery level of the Royal Exhibition Building.

  The Information for artists and entry forms will be available in December. Entries will close on 13 February 2026.

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• Flora: Nature's Gift - a BASA exhibition

  • Start
    5 Jul 2026
  • End
    30 Jul 2026
  • Location
    Royal Qld Art Society Gallery, 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach Qld

  

  All BASA members are invited to exhibit. Entries will open in early 2026.

  
  

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• The Art of Botanical Illustration

  • Start
    19 Sep 2026
  • End
    4 Oct 2026
  • Location
    Domain House Gallery, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne

  The premier Botanical Art exhibition held every 2 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.

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