Jenny Phillips, a Gold Medallist from The Australian National Print Awards 1998, The Royal Horticultural Society, London 1993, the Celia Rosser Award, has focused her drawing, watercolour skills, and love of gardening on botanical art since 1971. In doing so, she has developed her skill and knowledge to a remarkable level. Jenny's ability to capture the 'essence', beauty and life of a plant, without compromising on botanical details, makes her work extremely collectable. Represented in many public and private collections, ie: The state collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. The collection at the Mornington Penninsular Regional Gallery. The Highgrove Florilegium - The Prince of Wales Trust UK The Filoli Florilegium - San Francisco USA The Hunt Institute Collection - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA Dr Shirley Sherwood's Private Collection UK - this collection can be viewed in Dr Sherwood's four books, - 'Contemporary Botanical Artists' - 'A Passion for Plants' - 'A New Flowering (2005)' - 'Treasures Of Botanical Art (2008)' Acknowledgement of Jenny's contribution to contemporary botanical art has come in the form of being made: Fellow of the Linnean Society, London UK Hon Member of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society UK Hon Director of the American Society of Botanical Artists USA Hon Member of Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Florilegium Society Artist/Director/Founder of The Botanical Art School of Melbourne, Australia The Government House Florilegium Of Victoria - Showcasing the work of Jenny and the artists from the Botanical Art School of Melbourne. Teaching Master Classes in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, New York, London, Venice, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Denver, Charleston, Los Angeles, San Francisco - Since 1996