Botanical Fruit Calendar 2027 - Vintage Art by Poiteau & Turpin

Discover the beauty of nature throughout the year with the Botanical Fruit Calendar 2027, a stunning A3 wall calendar featuring twelve months of exquisite botanical illustrations created by renowned French botanists and artists Pierre-Antoine Poiteau and Pierre Jean François Turpin.

Carefully selected to reflect the rhythm of the seasons, each month showcases two remarkable fruit illustrations drawn from the golden age of botanical art.

From the vibrant Royal Early Cherry adorning the cover to winter citrus fruits, autumn nuts, summer peaches, and rare strawberries, this calendar celebrates both the diversity of nature and the scientific artistry of the nineteenth century.

Printed in vibrant full colour on premium 250gsm silk-coated paper, this large-format A3 botanical calendar combines historical authenticity with modern print quality. Every illustration has been meticulously restored from original botanical plates, preserving the extraordinary detail, colours, and elegance that made Poiteau and Turpin famous throughout Europe.

A Journey Through the Seasons

• January: Persimmon & Sweet Bigarade Orange
• February: Vermilion Pear & Belle Fleur Apple
• March: Stone Pine & Beurrée de Chaumontel Pear
• April: Pomelo & Pineapple Strawberry
• May: Chilean Strawberry & Common Cherry
• June: Gros Coeuret Cherry & Red Currant
• July: Albergier Apricot & Chevreuse Peach
• August: Yellow Pavie Peach & Purple Damson Plum
• September: White Muscat Grape & Pistachio
• October: Chestnut Blossom & Walnut
• November: Hazel & Petit Api Apple
• December: Horned Bigarade Orange & Sweet Pomegranate

More than a simple 2027 calendar, this collection is a celebration of horticultural heritage, botanical exploration, and timeless natural beauty. It makes a thoughtful gift for gardeners, plant lovers, fruit enthusiasts, botanists, artists, and anyone who appreciates vintage botanical prints.

Features

• Large A3 vertical format
• 13 botanical illustrations including cover artwork
• Premium 250gsm silk-coated paper
• Vibrant full-colour printing
• FSC-certified paper sources
• Printed on demand to reduce waste
• Ideal for home, office, studio, library, or garden room décor

Whether displayed as a practical wall calendar or treasured as a collection of botanical artwork, the Botanical Fruit Calendar 2027 brings two centuries of botanical history into your everyday life.

A year of fruits, nature, science, and art, one month at a time.

About Poiteau & Turpin

Pierre-Antoine Poiteau (1766–1854) was one of France’s most accomplished botanists, horticulturists, and pomologists. A passionate explorer of the plant world, he devoted much of his life to studying, cultivating, and documenting fruit trees and ornamental plants from Europe, the Caribbean, and beyond.

To illustrate his scientific work, Poiteau collaborated with Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775–1840), widely regarded as one of the greatest botanical illustrators of the nineteenth century. Turpin’s extraordinary precision and artistic talent transformed botanical observation into works of art, admired by both scientists and collectors.

Together, Poiteau and Turpin produced some of the finest botanical plates ever published. Their illustrations combine scientific accuracy with remarkable aesthetic beauty, capturing every detail of leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds with exceptional clarity.

The artworks featured in this calendar are faithfully restored reproductions of their original botanical illustrations, preserving a unique legacy that continues to inspire gardeners, naturalists, artists, and lovers of botanical art more than two centuries later.