Spoonflower presentsHerbarium Botanicals Design Challenge
Winners announced
Celebrate the beauty of vintage botanical illustration with designs inspired by antique herbarium sheets, scientific plant studies, and archival nature prints.
Details
We’re looking for patterns that capture the charm of pressed botanicals, hand-labeled specimens, delicate florals, botanical sketches, and old-world paper textures. Think curated collections of leaves, blooms, stems, and medicinal plants arranged like pages from a 19th-century field journal or natural history archive.
Color palettes can range from softly faded neutrals and parchment tones to rich greens, earthy browns, muted florals, and ink-like detailing. Designs may feel scholarly and structured or romantic and organic, but should evoke the timeless elegance of vintage botanical art.
- Entries close . View the full timeline below.
- Designs will be viewed as a Wallpaper on the voting ballot. Acceptable repeat options for this challenge are Basic, Half-Drop, Half-Brick, Mirror.
- Designs previously uploaded on southernkindnessgallery.live are not eligible for this contest. Designs do not require printed proofing to enter the contest.
- The popular vote determines the top 100 winning designs. Voters include Spoonflower artists and customers as well as the public.
- The top 100 designs receive prizes or benefits. View the full prize list below.
- View the full Terms & Conditions for this challenge.
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Timeline
Entries
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Voting
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Results
Prizes
1st
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- $200 in Spoonflower credit
2nd
Place
- $100 in Spoonflower credit
3rd
Place
- $50 in Spoonflower credit
4th–10th
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Remaining top 10 designs will receive a $20 Spoonflower credit
1st–100th
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The top 100 popularly-voted designs from each theme will be featured on the design challenge winners page and promoted across the site.