ROM Ideas: My Passion for Plants - A life-long Learning

Deborah Metsger, Assistant Curator, Plants
John Vandenberg, Illustrator
Why does a museum’s botany collection include artwork? Find out in this engaging talk with Deborah Metsger and John Vandenberg, an illustrator whose 1,000 botanical illustrations have been newly acquired by ROM. Highlighting these exceptional drawings, Metsger and Vandenberg discuss the processes he uses in creating botanical illustrations, the importance of scientific art as a unique discipline, and the significance of having these images reside alongside botanical specimens.