My name is Jacky and I’m an artist, writer and professional gardener.

I want to share my passion for nature and the natural world, capturing beauty through art and gardening, so I founded The Botanical Sketch Club to inspire people the same way nature inspires me every single day.

I have been fortunate to work in some fabulous spaces including the personal gardens of leading garden designers Sarah Price, Dan Pearson, and Arne Maynard. I have written and styled several articles on container planting and floristry installations for Gardens Illustrated magazine as well as a series on Natural Garden Structures with Kristy Ramage.

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A woman with white hair stands on a stone porch with her hand in her pocket, next to a black dog, in front of a stone wall and a tree with green leaves, with purple flowers nearby.

The Botanical Sketch Club was founded back in 2019 to encourage people to draw plants from life in a looser style than classical botanical illustration requests, through workshops and outdoor sketching days in beautiful gardens around the UK.

I wanted to develop my own style of artistic expression whilst connecting with other people with a passion for plants, gardens and art and after several long chats with other artists and gardeners, I thought…

What is the Botanical Sketch Club

Wooden display box with small glass bottles containing wildflowers, set outdoors on a rustic wooden surface with lush green trees and foliage in the background.

“What could be better than spending a magical day in beautiful locations drawing incredible plants?”

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An elderly woman with long, wavy gray hair is working on a botanical watercolor drawing of tulip flowers on a piece of paper placed on a wooden table, with a vase of mixed tulips nearby.

Botanical art has a long history, from ancient herbals to its current resurgence driven by the desire to reconnect with nature.

Drawing is a valuable, meditative practice that helps de-stress and refocus. Putting pen to paper sharpens observational skills; as Julius von Sachs noted, "If you haven’t drawn it, you haven’t seen it."

The trick is not to worry about the end result but to enjoy the process and embrace imperfections. A sketch is a rough, quick drawing to capture essential features, not details.

Drawing is a wonderful way to slow down and connect with the natural world. Join me in this artistic exploration!.

A black and white watercolor painting of a large, leafless tree with textured bark, with several smaller branches extending outward, on a plain background.
Sketch of four human figures in different poses, drawn with loose, flowing lines.
A painting of a five-leaf plant with a dark background.
Black and white pencil drawing of a leafy plant with multiple elongated leaves and stems.