“Botanical art connects science to people with one finely tuned, articulate voice. And it draws us to plants, to conservation, and to a sense of awareness and concern that without plants we are nothing. All of which makes the subject of botanical art so enormously relevant - more relevant today, perhaps, than it has been for generations.” -Derek Norman

Welcome to Reed-Turner Botanical Artists

Each year Reed-Turner Botanical Artist (RTBA) brings local botanical artists together to educate each other and the public about botany and the conservation of our natural resources through their artwork. Members have achieved success in presenting their botanical artwork at exibitions in the community. Members have also achieved success in national and international exhibitions, written articles in ASBA The Botanical Artist magazine, and published books on botanical art. Reed-Turner Botanical Artist have made great strides in their 20 years.

Reed-Turner Botanical Artists is a Circle affiliated with the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA).  Artists’ Circles are independent associations with a mutual interest in botanical art whose participants may be comprised of ASBA members and non-members. Reed-Turner Botanical Artists also maintains an ongoing relationship with the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Members meet monthly throughout the year. Meetings give members the opportunity to gather together with fellow botanical artists, learn botanical art techniques, become educated about botany, and share their botanical artwork.

Important Dates

February Meeting of Reed-Turner Botanical Artist Circle

Chicago Botanic Garden Orchid Show - Feeling Groovy starts in February. The past few years have been a spectacular event!

RTBA will be going as a group in lieu of our February Meeting.

GET YOU TICKETS NOW!!!

So many of our members are also members of the Chicago Botanic Garden that members will be purchasing tickets separately.

PURCHASE TICKET HERE FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2026, 10:00 A.M.

Mellow out with us for a groovy orchid show and a boss lunch at the Garden View Cafe.

Exhibitions

Nature Artists’ Guild’s special exhibits at the Downers Grove Public Library and Arts and Cultural Center at Wheaton Public Library in January, 2026.

Check their event calendar HERE, for times and locations.

Adler Arts Center, 2026 Artist Member Exhibit, 1700 North Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, Illinois

January 9 - February 14 2026,

This annual exhibition brings together works by Adler Arts Center members across a wide range of disciplines, media, and styles. RTBA Sylvie Vanhoozer is exhibiting her phenology wheel at this exhibit.

Check their event page HERE.

Friends of Danada, Nature Art & Photo Show, Danada House, 3S501 Naperville Rd Wheaton, Illinois

March 14 -15, 2026

For decades, the Friends of Danada Nature Art & Photo Show has been where nature and creativity meet, on purpose, every year. It has traditionally attracted roughly 100 to 150 artists and photographers, with creators participating from across the region. RTBA Suzanne Wegener is exhibiting her Witch Hazel watercolor painting.

Look for more information HERE

From Our Blog

Botanical Sketches and Rambles

Chronicling the interests and activities of Reed-Turner Botanical Artists Circle

Dues are $25 for the year. These dues are put towards programs, website and exhibition costs.

Memberships are for a calendar year, January through December.

Benefits

• Shared community of local botanical artist with common goals

• Stay up-to-date with the botanical arts events

• Workshops, lectures, and field trips throughout the year

• Annual local exhibition opportunity

• Listing of members websites and artwork in exhibition galleries

  Contact us for more information about joining Reed-Turner Botanical Artist

Membership

Background artwork: George Dionysius Ehret (1708 - 1770)