American Botanical Paintings: Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic

Gold Award Winner - 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Winner - 2014 USA Best Book Award A book for artists and gardeners. Highly acclaimed book of reproductions of original, juried botanical art featuring: · 60 Botanical Painting & Drawings · 40 Paintings of butterflies, moths, and other insect pollinators · 144 Pages with Hardcover Entertaining narratives describe the plants, their habitat, and their usefulness in gardens or wild areas. Fascinating notes relate ways Native Americans and colonists along the mid-Atlantic area of the U.S. used plants for food, medicine, and tools. "This is a delightfully illustrated book, beautifully designed and with lots of variety in the choice of plant subjects. I admired the standard of painting and the fresh, appealing studies which will be attractive to both naturalists and gardeners." - Dr. Shirley Sherwood OBE, Botanical art collector "The U.S. Botanic Garden was thrilled to be a part of this book as it embodies what we know to be vital-our world is better and richer with fine botanical art, and the plants in our backyards, in our woods, and along the roadsides are amazing!" - Holly Shimizu, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden