2025 Florilegium Art Show blooms in March
“Florilegium” is a Latin word that means “gathering flowers.”
It’s that time of year when National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kaua‘i gathers flowers in a different form, displaying a collection of illustrations that vibrantly document its flora.

You can explore the exquisite works during the 2025 Florilegium Art Show from March 8-29.
The exhibit will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at the South Shore Visitor Center, located at 4425 Lāwaʻi Road, in Kōloa, across from Spouting Horn Park.
It’s free and open to the public.
Illustrations by several botanical illustrators and artists selected by instructor Wendy Hollender of Draw Botanical, a business dedicated to teaching drawing and confident self-expression through botanical art, are featured in the exhibit.
Hollender is a botanical artist, illustrator, instructor and author whose internationally recognized career has spanned decades.
She is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and leads workshops at her farm in Accord, N.Y., as well as at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kaua‘i and in Greece.
The National Tropical Botanical Garden Florilegium Society is the exhibit’s organizer.
Images of florilegium illustations and exibits — as well as past artists involved — from previous years are available online.
Everyone is invited to an opening reception for the exhibit planned March 7.
A special National Tropical Botanical Garden members-only preview will start at 5 pm. Doors will open to the public at 6 p.m.
Registration is required to attend the opening ceremony. RSVP online.
National Tropical Botanical Garden is a nonprofit organization with a vision to restore flourishing relationships between plants, people and places on the Garden Isle. The annual
“We work across a network of botanical gardens, preserves and research centers in Hawaiʻi and Florida to grow a brighter tomorrow for plants and all they sustain,” says the botanical gaden on its website. “We do so through a biocultural approach, where Indigenous knowledge, community priorities and scientific research guide our path forward.”