The Macedon Ranges has always stimulated a love of nature and an engagement with the natural world that has attracted gardeners and artists for more than a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To celebrate its centennial year, the Mount Macedon Horticultural Society is conducting a month-long program of events at the Mount Macedon Horticultural Hall to coincide with the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group includes artists who regularly exhibit in major exhibitions at both the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Sydney, as well as members who have exhibited works in major international institutions such as the Hunt Institute, USA, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. The Macedon Ranges has a long history of botanic artists including the 19th century Mount Macedon resident Ellis Rowan, naturalist and illustrator whose botanic artwork is in numerous national galleries and institutions; in the 20th century Joan Law-Smith, well-respected gardener, botanic artist, writer and patron who created the magnificent Macedon garden, Bolobek; in the 1980s Jenny Phillips, Kyneton, founder of the Melbourne School of Botanic Art, highly regarded international botanic artist whose work is in galleries and institutions worldwide; and 21st century Anita Barley, Woodend, currently working and residing in Kew Gardens London, botanic illustrator at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, a Fellow of the Linnean Society London, winner of numerous awards internationally and within Australia whose works are represented in multiple international galleries and institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An exhibition of fine botanic works by some of Australia\u2019s leading botanic artists, entitled\u00a0Autumn<\/em>, is a collaboration of contemporary botanic artists who are all part of the Mount Macedon and District Horticultural Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These artists have come together to mark the remarkable achievement of both the long history of botanic art in the area and also celebrate the 100th year since the beginning of the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more than a decade, the society has been supporting an active group of talented artists, many of whom exhibit both nationally and internationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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