Bloom!

“How much do we really know about the plants and flowers in our gardens and vases? Beyond their beauty, many have surprising stories of exploration, exchange, and discovery. In Bloom takes visitors from Oxford across the world and back, tracing the journeys that some of Britain’s most familiar blooms travelled to get here. Featuring more than 100 artworks, including beautiful botanical paintings and drawings, historical curiosities and new work by contemporary artists, the exhibition follows the passion and ingenuity of early plant explorers and the networks that influenced science, global trade and consumption.  Visitors will learn how plants changed our world and left a legacy that still shapes our environments and back gardens today.” ~ Ashmolean Museum, Bloom Exhibit 2026

Art by Claire Desjardins