Our Éireannach exhibition was scarcely over when the 6th Annual Botanical and Floral Art Exhibition took place.  The exhibition was, as always, held in the Visitor Centre in Phoenix Park, at the heart of the Bloom in the Park festival. Well done to all who entered, many of whom were ISBA members, and many thanks to Éanna Ní Leamhna who opened the exhibition in such style! You can find out more at the Botanical & Floral Art in Bloom Facebook page. Congrats to all who exhibited and to the medal winners! You can see the list of awards here, and you can read a review of the medal winners on the Botanical Art and Artists blog here.

Éanna Ní Leamhna and Elaine Moore Mackey at the opening of Botanical and Floral Art in Bloom exhibition

A selection of the paintings

… and more of the paintings, some from as far away as South Korea!

When the Bloom exhibition closed, many of the paintings headed over to the Claregalway Botanical Art Expo, held in the beautiful setting of Claregalway Castle, during its annual Garden Festival. Many thanks to the ISBA members who ferried paintings safely across the country in both directions!

A bright room in a medieval castle – a lovely space of a Botanical Art Expo

Botanical Art of a very high standard featured in the expo

Summer activities were rounded off with a stand at the RHSI  Summer Garden Show at the end of July, which didn’t leave a lot of time before our Autumn activities start, with two workshops in August and another in October. See our Calendar for more details.