Christabel is Kew's chief botanical artist, and one of Kew's elite band of practitioners, she has been working as an illustrator at Kew for 40 years. In 1975 she began painting for their prestigious Curtis's Botanical Magazine (the longest running botanical magazine - first edition 1787), after achieving a degree in botany and scientific illustration. She runs successful workshops and courses at Kew and is highly skilled and acclaimed for her work. This will be her first book. Christabel lives in Twickenham, Middx. We are so fortunate to have her come to give the Society a workshop on cyclamen painting.