Publications

Books:

Botanical art e-booklets. A series of topic-specific instructional e-booklets written and published by Margaret Best available at https://botanicalart.education   

Botanical Art Techniques – A comprehensive guide to botanical art techniques published by the American Society of Botanical Artists. Published 2020. 

Florilegium – a book celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Published 2016.

Today’s Botanical Artists – showcasing 65 North American botanical artists by Cora B. Marcus and Libby Kyer. Published 2008.

 

Magazines:

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine – July/August 2017 edition.

The Botanical Artist. Author of article Watercolour Palette Management. Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2017.

Nature Conservancy Canada – Fall 2016. Endangered lichen – Erioderma pediculatum.

Canadian Wildlife Magazine. Illustration and article in all issues from 2011 to 2016.

The Botanical Artist. Author of article Two Artists, Two Eras. Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2016.

The Botanical Artist. Author of Auriol Batten – a homage to a botanical art icon. Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2016.

The Botanical Artist. Front cover of ASBA quarterly publication Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2007.

 

Exhibition catalogues:

American Society of Botanical Artists and Wave Hill, 2022. Catalogue of the 25th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

Abundant Future, 2021 to 2023. Catalogue of the ASBA travelling exhibition to: Bronx, NY; Tuson, AZ; Wausau, WI; Denver, CO; and Upperville, VA.  

Florentia Mostra Internazionale Di Arte Botanica, 2018. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Botanical Art, Florence, Italy.

Art of the Plant, 2018. Catalogue of the Art of the Plant Exhibition (in conjunction with ASBA’s simultaneous Botanical Art Worldwide exhibitions in twenty-five countries on six continents), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 

Out of the Woods, 2017 to 2019. Catalogue of the ASBA travelling exhibition to: Bronx, NY; San Marino, CA; St. Charles, MO; Tucson, AZ; and Chaska, MN.    

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2016. Catalogue of the 19th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2015. Catalogue of the 18th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

Weird Wild and Wonderful Exhibition 2014 – 2015. Catalogue of the American Society of Botanical Artists travelling exhibition opened in New York April 2014 traveled to various locations during 2015.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2014. Catalogue of the 17th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2012. Catalogue of the 15th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2009. Catalogue of the 12th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2008. Catalogue of the 11th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, 2007. Catalogue of the 12th International Exhibition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2007. Catalogue of the 10th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

Fresh Cuts, American Society of Botanical Artists 2005. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota.

American Society of Botanical Artists and the Horticultural Society of New York, 2003. Catalogue of the 6th Annual Juried Botanical Art Exhibition, New York.

American Society of Botanical Artists, 2003 North American Western Region Exhibition. Catalogue of the exhibition at Loveland, Colorado.