A Gathering of Flowers

The word is from the Latin flos (flower) and legere (to gather): literally a gathering of flowers.

The following organizations have Florilegium projects dedicated to building a collection of original botanical art illustrating their living collections.

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden (NY)
• Chelsea Physic Garden (UK)
• Eden Project (UK)
• The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden (MN)
• Filoli (CA)
• Gardens of Alcatraz Florilegium (CA)
• Hampton Court Palace (UK)
• Highgrove (UK)
• Sheffield Botanical Garden (UK)
• Sonoran Desert Florilegium (AZ)
• Royal Botanic Garden – Sydney (Australia)

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