**** Exciting News for 2026 *****

April 28th – May 4th 2026     Early Spring

Transylvania School of Botanic Art & Illustration

Situated in the unspoiled Saxon village of Copşa Mare, Romania.

I am delighted to have been asked to return to Transylvania to host this Early Spring class, from April 28th – May 4th, 2026.  

Join me for this rare opportunity for an exciting week depicting early Spring plants, in this first trip to Copsa Mare in 2026.

We hope to find plants not seen on previous visits, including Hellebores and Asarums (wild ginger), in their natural habitats.

I will be offering students the opportunity to depict their chosen plant(s) on vellum, or paper – you might even try your hand at a ‘Larger than Life’ study. I will be there to guide you through these techniques, with plenty of one-to-one assistance, and class demonstrations.

The trip is also about immersing yourself in the local history and cultures…..

This exciting experience includes transfers from and to Sibiu airport, full board with delicious home cooked local foods & wines, accommodation, studio & field work, plus ‘adventures’ in and around the beautiful village and surrounds.

***For more information & bookings, please contact James: james.decandole@outlook.com

 For more information visit: Transylvaniaschoolofbotanicart.com

Ros Franklin RHS Gold Medal, SBA(Fellow), FLS, FEPFS(2007- 2021)

Ros works from her new, purpose built studio at her home in Hampshire, in the Test Valley. She has been teaching botanical painting since 2008 through workshops in her studio and also at The Eden Project, Cornwall; for The RHS at Rosemoor, Devon; Field Breaks residential courses in Derbyshire; and for Botanical Art groups and Societies throughout the UK.

Ros is a Tutor, and Assessor of the final Diploma Portfolio for the prestigious SBA Diploma Course.

Her work is predominantly held by:-

Private clients; The Eden Project Archives, Cornwall; The RHS Lindley Library, London; The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney; and has also been included in several publications.

She was awarded an RHS Gold Medal (2015) for her first solo exhibition “Arisaemas for the Sheltered Garden and Greenhouse”. The RHS Lindley Library, London purchased Arisaema speciosum var. mirabile for their archives and included it in their exhibition “Worth a Thousand Words”. It is also one of the selected works included in the book: RHS Botanical Illustration: The Gold Medal Winners, by Charlotte Brooks (2019).

Ros was awarded an RHS Silver-Gilt medal for her second solo exhibition “Genus Asarum”, in 2021, at the Saatchi Gallery, London.

Ros has exhibited internationally at the Palmengarten Botanic Gardens, Frankfurt in 2016 and 2018; and at Botanica 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australia.

She had her painting of Kennedia rubicunda accepted by The Florilegium Society of the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, for an exhibition in 2022. It has also been included in the publication: Botanic Endeavour: The Florilegium Society celebrates the Banks and Solander collection, by Morris, Summerell and Allen (2020).

Her painting of Tulipa acuminata was exhibited at the Madrid Botanic Gardens in 2018, and published in Tulips, Tulipae El tulipan ilustrado, by Guillen and Argenta (2018).

Ros was awarded a Diploma with Merit from The English Gardening School, Chelsea Physic Garden, for Botanical Painting in 2004, studying under the renowned Anne-Marie Evans.

She was a Fellow of the Eden Project Florilegium Society (FEPFS) 2007-2021, and was Chairman from 2012 to 2018.

Ros was elected to Fellow of The Linnean Society of London (FLS) in October 2013.

She was made a Fellow Member of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) in November 2018.

Ros is part of a new group of botanical artists (2022…..) documenting the plants of the New Forest, and has 5 paintings in their collection.

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Since 2021 she has been working on a series of : “Larger than Life” studies... including botanical subjects, and a new venture into highly detailed insects: bugs, beetles, butterflies and bees, under the microscope. The UK insects are saved to be painted, after being found on the windowsill of the greenhouse, where they have sadly been trapped. Exotics are studied whilst travelling, or from her private collection.