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The Highgrove Florilegium: Watercolours depicting plants grown in the garden at Highgrove is a two-volume book of botanical illustrations recording plants in the garden of Charles III, the then Prince of Wales, at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, England.
The Highgrove Florilegium is a two-volume set of botanical prints depicting the plants, vegetables, fruit and trees grown in the garden at Highgrove. This publication is a culmination of seven years of work by 72 of the leading botanical artists from around the world and is accompanied by text compiled by botanists at the Natural History Museum.
This first British royal Florilegium is presented as a two-volume work, half-bound in red goatskin with marbled paper sides. Each book is hand tooled in gold leaf and measures 26 x 18 x 2¼ inches. The Highgrove Florilegium is limited to 175 numbered sets.
Leading botanical artists painted specimens of plants and trees growing in the Highgrove garden. The 124 selected paintings are now published in a limited edition with The Prince's Foundation. Each two-volume set is signed and handbound in leather and marbled paper with tooling in gold leaf.
9 de abr. de 2016 · Subsequent to publication, exhibitions of this very important contemporary Florilegium took place around the world. In date order, the Highgrove Florilegium has been exhibited in: USA - New York: The New York School of Interior Design (23 January- 12 April 2008) - This is a review which appeared in ASBA's The Botanical Artist
20 de jun. de 2011 · Chet Grycz interviews typographer Iain Bain, who was responsible for the design of The Highgrove Florilegium. At the invitation of His Royal Highness The Pri...
The Florilegium is presented in two luxurious volumes, hand-bound in leather and marbled paper with tooling in gold leaf. The edition is limited to 150 numbered sets, the first of which is assigned to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales who has written the Preface and kindly agreed to sign each copy.
