Members Open Call: 'Edibles'

Artwork Deadline: 15 September 2022


Get your pencils and paintbrushes working and create an artwork based on a botanical Edible (seed, nut, fruit, flower, vegetable, etc). Artwork will be used for the SBG Trees of the World Display and an online exhibition.


Refer to the Call for Entry email for image guidelines and other terms and conditions.

Curator's In-person Tour

Flower Obsession: Plant Collecting in East Asia, 1600s-1900s

Date: Saturday, 16 July, 2022

Time: 9-10am

Venue: Botanical Art Gallery, SBG (Gallop Extension)

Free - Members Only

Don't miss this special tour of the current exhibition, featuring artworks from Higashiyama Botanical Gardens and the private Soukaen Bunko (Nagoya, Japan).

June Postcard Exchange

Register by: 15 May, 2022

Finish your postcard by: 15 June, 2022

Members only



Past Activities

June, 2021: Virtual Tour of SBG Botanical Art Museum

Watercolour painting of Dendrobium hibiki showing full plant with numerous pink flowers
© Sunanda WidelDendrobium hibiki
Botanical illustration in Pen & ink of Finlaysonia obovata showing a vine with leaves, flowers and fruit
© Loh Xiang YunFinlaysonia obovata
Watercolour painting of Citrus hystrix showing a branch with leaves and full fruit alongside a cut section of fruit
© Goh Ai HwaCitrus hystrix
Watercolour painting of Myristica fragrans showing some branches with leaves and fruits alongside opened fruits
© Carrie-Ann LeeMyristica fragrans

Painting Day

Date: Saturday, 25 June 2022

Time: 8.30am-12pm

Venue: Near Lorong Chuan MRT (Serangoon Ave 3)

Free - Members Only


Join other BASS members for this in-person painting event. You can work on any project of yours - or just chat with BASS friends! Bring your own supplies. No instruction will be given, although more senior members often help out with tips and pointers!