Magnolias in Art and Cultivation
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Authors: Barbara Oozeerally, Jim Gardiner, Stephen A. Spongberg. 268pp. 330 x 250mm. 150 full colour botanical paintings. Hardback, ISBN 9781842464991, Kew Publishing in association with the Royal Horticultural Society 2014.
Magnolias in Art and Cultivation combines stunning paintings of magnolias with information on all species and around 100 hybrids. With over 150 botanical paintings, artist Barbara Oozeerally captures these plants in breathtakingly beautiful detail; described by botanical art collector Dr Shirley Sherwood as 'an extraordinary series of important and beautiful plant portraits'. The informative and authoritative text by Jim Gardiner accompanies these paintings and provides a variety of information about magnolias, including their cultivation; together with Stephen A. Spongberg's full botanical descriptions. This is a truly unique volume which will be sought after by gardener and artist alike! Some of the paintings from the book will be exhibited in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew, 15 January - August 2014.
Media reviews:
Now we can enjoy these horticultural showstoppers out of season in Kew Publishing's Magnolias in Art and Cultivation. Saga Magazine, May 2014
It is one of those extraordinarily fabulous and beautiful books which appears only very occasionally and it is one to be treasured.' Worth a read, Paddy Tobin
Barbara Oozerally is a botanical artist and has won many awards including two RHS gold medals; Botanical Merits from the Society of Botanical Artists in London and The Horticultural Society of New York, and silver medal from the Kirstenbosch Biennial Exhibition of Botanical Art.
Jim Gardiner is Director of Horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society, and for 22 years prior was the Curator of RHS Garden Wisley, as well as having worked as curator of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, and the City of Liverpool Botanic Gardens. He has written books including Magnolias: A Gardener’s Guide and The Timber Press Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs.
Stephen A. Spongberg is Curator Emeritus of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and Director Emeritus of the Polly Hill Arboretum, of which he was founding director. He is a winner of the prestigious RHS Veitch Memorial Medal.
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