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I am very proud to have my second painting, Acronychia laevis, accepted into the Florilegium Society of The Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney. It has also been selected for the upcoming exhibition:-

The Florilegium: Rainforest Species at Risk

The Florilegium Society will be presenting the inaugural exhibition at the Garden Gallery in the newly refurbished Robert Brown Building at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney from 5th April to 5th May 2024. This exhibition will focus on the impact of climate change and plant pathogens on rainforest species and increased human activity leading to habitat loss and fragmentation of rainforests.

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.

Her latest works (2021 ….. ) include a series of “Larger than Life” studies... including botanical subjects, and a new venture into highly detailed insects: bugs, beetles, butterflies and bees. 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.