Marianne North Gallery

Wonderful Gallery within the grounds of Kew Gardens. The sheer volume of paintings, floor to ceiling, is a sight to behold. It is categorised into regions to present a narrative of the exotic places that Marianne North travelled to. Each painting has character and provides a fascinating insight into flora and fauna from around the world.

This gallery exhibits the botanical art of Marianne North, an English biologist and botanical artist who's prolific output can be seen here. The gallery is literally pack with her output, paintings display side by side virtually cover every inch of the walls. Some of the paintings are wonderfully detailed as she documented plant life wherever she visits the world. Personally, the standout painting is of Nepenthes Northiana, ironically named after Marianne North, which shows the both the plant's lower and an upper pitcher.

It's a pity photography is not allowed.

This is one of the most outstanding galleries on Earth. There are few places you can visit where you can say, without reservation, that you have seen something that is unique. Marianne North's work is exemplary in any setting, but the way it is presented within Kew is astonishing. The gallery is simultaneously informative, beautiful and inspiring. Kew as a whole is brilliant but this is worth the journey alone.

Incredible gallery. Photos aren’t allowed of the paintings, but you can sit and draw. It’s breathtaking. Well worth visiting.

Love going in here to look at all the art. So many art pieces that you can go again and again and still not have seen them all. The walls are covered with no space between each painting or drawing. Could spend hours just looking at the different flowers.

Stunning artwork by a woman who was fortunate to travel the world & create her own 'photo album', during an era when women weren't as privileged as men. Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

This was incredible and a must-see if you're visiting Kew Gardens. So many spectacular paintings and the building they're housed in is also a work of art. It's worth taking the time to watch the short documentary video while there as well. No photos allowed inside sorry!

An astonishing gallery of botanic paintings. She was clearly a brilliant artist who cared about the scenes she was depicting and all of the pictures are beautiful. The problem is that there are so many of them and they are hung so closely together that many are difficult to see. I could have spent weeks in here and not seen everything, so I bought the gallery book, which is stunning.