The Transylvania Florilegium on Permanent Display at RCI London
Tue 24 Jun
|Romanian Cultural Institute
Join us in celebrating the astonishing biodiversity of Romania in an event featuring artists, botanists and publishers
Time & Location
24 Jun 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
Romanian Cultural Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PH, UK
About the event
We are thrilled and honoured to invite you to a unique event that celebrates the Transylvania Florilegium, a two-volume exquisite edition containing paintings of 124 plants from a list compiled by the renowned botanist Dr John Akeroyd FLS, an authority on European plants who has been working on the Transylvanian flora for over twenty years.
The evening features an exhibition of 20 framed drawings of rare flowers from the Florilegium, carefully selected together with Lady Henrietta Pearson of Addison Publications, and fascinating presentations by Dr John Akeroyd, Helen Allen FLS, a renowned botanical artist who headed The Transylvania Florilegium project, and Christine Battle, one of the painters who visited Romania within the framework of the project.
When His Majesty King Charles III first visited Transylvania in 1998, he was smitten by its unique beauty and heritage. His Majesty saw the importance of the flora and, fearing that some plants may…