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ESSAIS POUR LES AMATEURS DE BOTANIQUE

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When Poetry meets Science with the "Beautiful Children of Spring"

Meet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, responsible for creating an herbarium of 424 diverse specimens from Amherst, such as wild cucumber, passion flower, pigweed, pennyroyal, turtlehead, and grass of Parnassus.
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Pioneer Botanical Artist Known for her Canadian Wild Flowers

Important pioneer artist known for her plant paintings and lithographs that were published in the 1869 book, “Canadian Wild Flowers”.
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Creator of the First Photo Book

The first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images and one of the first female photographers.
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The Artist who Lived in the Woods

Richard Cockle Lucas, a renowned wax modeller and sculptor, surprised the art world by leaving urban life to live in the woods.
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The First Person to Successfully Domesticate a Pineapple in Europe

The first person to successfully domesticate a pineapple on European soil; during her lifetime, Block commissioned over 400 botanical drawings.
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The Botanist who Survived Ravensbrück

Discover the pioneer botanist and women’s rights activist who survived a Nazi death camp and lived to tell the tale.
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Hatshepsut : Cheffe de la Première Expédition de Chasse aux Plantes

Cheffe de la première expédition enregistrée pour obtenir des plantes vivantes, au 13e siècle av. J.-C.
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Discover: The First Published Photographic Image

This is considered the first photographic image published, but who made it? Golding Bird (1814-1854) was a British medical doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Bird used a boxwood block chemically prepared in the manner of Talbot's preparation of paper.
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Book Review: The Paper Garden (2010)

American-Canadian poet and essayist, Molly Peacock, layers her life over the incredible story of Mrs Mary Delany who, at the age of 72, blossomed as one of the most influential botanical multimedia artists, credited with inventing florals made out of mixed-media collage.
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Looking underwater for design inspiration

A wealthy amateur botanist and philanthropist, Augustin Balleydier de Hell had developed a passion for seaweed and marine plants, which he saw as a source of renewal for the decoration of fabrics and industrial products.
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Getting to know Monet as a 19th-century French Botanist

Though he is mostly known as the founder of Impressionism, Claude Monet was also celebrated as a 19th-century French botanist for his 'impressionistic garden' designs.
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Floriography: the Language of Flowers

Ever wondered from where we get our symbolic readings of flowers? Why is the pansy a symbol of faithfulness and rose the symbol of love, why rue for adultery and daisy for innocence?
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Botanical History: Patents or Plagiarism?

Henry Bradbury (1829-1860) was an English writer on printing techniques and is best known for bringing nature printing to England. The nature printing technique he ‘introduced’ into from Vienna consisted of pressing a leafy specimen onto a thin, soft lead plate, leaving an intaglio impression with very fine detail.
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Book Review: In The Garden - Essays on Nature and Growing

14 contemporary authors come together, in beautiful poetry and prose, to reflect on the nature of gardening and what it means to grow in this day and age.
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Sowvital: B Corp Certified

With a focus on sustainability and providing meaningful products in an environmentally-conscious way, we are proud to be B-Corp Certified within eleven months of launching.
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Shoreditch Pop Up: Nature printing with Pia Östlund

Pia Östlund, a talented Swedish designer and printmaker, has made East London her creative home. Her artistic practice, which is inspired by the natural world, is widely recognised for its exceptional quality. Using a rare nature printing method that has not been practised since the 19th century, Östlund creates stunningly intricate and lifelike plant images on paper.
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NYC: Potting workshop with Google

At Sowvital we love to collaborate, any way to bring the natural world into people’s lives, and rebuild a connection with plants. While in NYC for the Christmas season, Sowvital hosted a small workshop at Google’s office, teaching a select group about the processes and joys involved in potting bulbs.
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NYC: Contemporary floral design with Flover

fLOVER, a Brooklyn-based florist and botanical designer, specialises in crafting sophisticated flower arrangements for events. With years of experience and an attentive approach to their clients’ needs, they create unforgettable floral arrangements.
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Paris Pop Up: Botanical styling with This Humid House

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Flora Aussant, Matthew Avignone, Finn Gordon
STYLING:
This Humid House
Paris Pop Up: Botanical styling with This Humid House

This Humid House is a team of highly skilled designers with a wealth of experience in the fields of fine art, architecture, floristry, horticulture, and landscape design.
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Stylist Live 2022

Stylist Live is a distinguished annual gathering that unites luminaries of the fashion, beauty, and lifestyle industries in a captivating experience.
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Paris Pop Up: Mindful processes with Eléonore Grignon

Eléonore Grignon is a captivating figure, working as a transdisciplinary artist, author, and photographer. Her upbringing, surrounded by a family of creatives and a beekeeper-farmer great-grandfather, fostered a profound appreciation and reverence for life on our planet.
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Josef Stoger: 3d Printed Ceramics

3D printing has revolutionised the way we manufacture products, and ceramics are no exception. With the development of this technology, artists, architects, and designers can now bring their visions to life using clay.

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Full Moon Edito

ESSAIS POUR LES AMATEURS DE BOTANIQUE

When Poetry meets Science with the "Beautiful Children of Spring"

Pioneer Botanical Artist Known for her Canadian Wild Flowers

Creator of the First Photo Book

The Artist who Lived in the Woods

The First Person to Successfully Domesticate a Pineapple in Europe

The Botanist who Survived Ravensbrück

Hatshepsut : Cheffe de la Première Expédition de Chasse aux Plantes

Discover: The First Published Photographic Image

Book Review: The Paper Garden (2010)

Looking underwater for design inspiration

Getting to know Monet as a 19th-century French Botanist

Floriography: the Language of Flowers

Botanical History: Patents or Plagiarism?

Book Review: In The Garden - Essays on Nature and Growing

Sowvital: B Corp Certified

Shoreditch Pop Up: Nature printing with Pia Östlund

NYC: Potting workshop with Google

NYC: Contemporary floral design with Flover

Paris Pop Up: Botanical styling with This Humid House

Paris Pop Up: Botanical styling with This Humid House

Stylist Live 2022

Paris Pop Up: Mindful processes with Eléonore Grignon

Josef Stoger: 3d Printed Ceramics

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