Laura is a botanical artist working in Devon and Cornwall, where she is a Fellow of the Eden Project Florilegium Society and teach botanical art courses at the Eden Project, the Sawpit Studio in Heligan Gardens and at RHS Rosemoor, as well as teaching overseas.  She has three RHS Gold medals (2013,2014 and 2018) to her name as well as Best Exhibit and Best Botanical Painting Awards. She paints both to record species and celebrate plants. Her work ranges from botanical documentation for archives and florilegia to artistic studies of plants exploring our relationship to them. We are thrilled to host her for a fascinating talk!