In Full Blossom: Exhibition of Margaret Stones’ botanical watercolors

Throughout the 1970s and '80s, plant collectors joined renowned botanist Margaret Stones of Australia in braving the Louisiana bayous and forests to gather plants for what became the Native Flora of Louisiana Collection. Stones called the collection her "great work," and considered her time spent in the Bayou State some of the best of her life. To this day, Louisiana considers the feeling mutual. After cutting its initial opening short in March due to the pandemic, the staff of LSU Libraries and Special Collections are excited to announced that the exhibition Louisiana’s Natural Treasure: Margaret Stones, Botanical Artist will reopen will re-open “in full blossom” this fall in LSU's Special Collections Reading Room. 1pm–5pm. news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu.