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Planting illustrated history

Inspiration is an open doorway to limitless possibilities that bloom into new opportunities. That doorway swung wide open for botanical artist, Sue Wickison as soon as she stepped foot in Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque. Amazed by the mosque’s stunning flora captured in marble inlay upon the columns and floors, she knew she had to find out more.

“There didn’t seem to be any information. So, then I thought about starting to investigate plants in the Qur’an,” Wickison says.

In need of advice from someone who had worked in the Middle East, Wickison contacted.

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