On her fifteenth and final expedition into the Amazon, in 1988, at the age of 79, Margaret Mee traveled to Anavilhanas, Rio Negro in search of a flower very few had ever seen bloom – the Amazon Moonflower (Strophocactus wittii). By torchlight, she waited for its petals to unfurl: the culmination of a search begun over twenty years earlier, and the last great encounter of her extraordinary life.
Join The Garden Museum online on October 27 for a special evening to relive that moment – one of the most potent in the history of botanical art.
Margaret Mee (1909–1988) was a British-born botanical artist who spent four decades documenting the flora of the Brazilian Amazon by canoe, painting plants that had rarely, if ever, been recorded. She became one of the earliest voices to raise the alarm on Amazon deforestation, using her paintings as a form of activism as much as art.
This event forms part of our Burle Marx season, marking Mee’s close friendship with the Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. All our live streams are recorded so you have the choice to watch the event live or enjoy at a later time that suits you. Customers who book the live stream can automatically view the recording immediately after the event at the same link. £10 Livestream Register at www.gardenmuseum.org/uk
