Botanical Fabric
Botanical fabric is about the plant rather than the bloom: ferns, leaves, branches and trees, drawn with the care of a natural history study or the looseness of a watercolour. It brings a quiet freshness to a scheme and pairs easily with both florals and plains.
Sanderson are among the strongest names. Their Chestnut Tree trails horse chestnut blossom painted in watercolour with pencil detailing, Glasshouse has Fernery, with varieties of fern digitally printed across cotton, and Highgrove includes The Stumpery, based on the Victorian idea of growing ferns among tree stumps. Clarke & Clarke bring ferns and maple leaves to Northwood and embroidered trees on pure cotton to Prince of Persia, while Emma J Shipley Indoor Outdoor Wild Escape draws on the 19th century botanical drawings of Ernst Haeckel.
For a more historic look, Zoffany offer Chambalon Trail in Darnley, a dainty tree of life taken from a wall hanging in Chambalon Castle in Switzerland, and Morris & Co carry the leafy archive classics in Archive Prints. Harlequin take a brighter view in Palmetto.
Browse alongside floral fabric, fruit fabric and green fabric, or carry the theme onto the walls with botanical wallpaper. Our case for botanical wallpaper on Decorating Notes explores where science meets beauty.

