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Valerie The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens
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      This lavish book highlights a selection of the wonderful illustrations held in the archive of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Each illustration included in the book is accompanied by a plant profile, stating where the plant was found in the wild and explaining something of its history, uses and botany. The book also gives an introduction to florilegia dating from the early herbals, and a history of the Society's Herbarium and the Gardens themselves.Featuring over 100 colour illustrations and 67 plant profiles, it is a book for everyone to enjoy, whatever the season.The Botanical Gardens are in the heart of the City of Sheffield and are a much-loved venue enjoyed both by the people of Sheffield and visitors to the City. This book has been written by the Society's founding chair Valerie Oxley. Valerie developed the diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Valerie The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens EAN: 9781785008948 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 843 g HEIGHT: 280 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The Crowood Press Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-06-29 CITY: GENRE: GARDENING / Flowers / General, NATURE / Plants / General, NATURE / Regional WIDTH: 220 cm SPINE:

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      Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

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      Valerie Oxley has inspired students from all over the world with her enthusiasm for natural history, and plant illustration in particular. She developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, where plant drawing is still taught alongside the related botany. Valerie is the founding chair of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Valerie Oxley has inspired students from all over the world with her enthusiasm for natural history, and plant illustration in particular. She developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, where plant drawing is still taught alongside the related botany. Valerie is the founding chair of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens.
      This lavish book highlights a selection of the wonderful illustrations held in the archive of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Each illustration included in the book is accompanied by a plant profile, stating where the plant was found in the wild and explaining something of its history, uses and botany. The book also gives an introduction to florilegia dating from the early herbals, and a history of the Society's Herbarium and the Gardens themselves.Featuring over 100 colour illustrations and 67 plant profiles, it is a book for everyone to enjoy, whatever the season.The Botanical Gardens are in the heart of the City of Sheffield and are a much-loved venue enjoyed both by the people of Sheffield and visitors to the City. This book has been written by the Society's founding chair Valerie Oxley. Valerie developed the diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Valerie The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens EAN: 9781785008948 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 843 g HEIGHT: 280 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The Crowood Press Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-06-29 CITY: GENRE: GARDENING / Flowers / General, NATURE / Plants / General, NATURE / Regional WIDTH: 220 cm SPINE:

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      Valerie Oxley has inspired students from all over the world with her enthusiasm for natural history, and plant illustration in particular. She developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, where plant drawing is still taught alongside the related botany. Valerie is the founding chair of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Valerie Oxley has inspired students from all over the world with her enthusiasm for natural history, and plant illustration in particular. She developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, where plant drawing is still taught alongside the related botany. Valerie is the founding chair of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens.

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