Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (author)
Kew Gardens is a UNSECO World Heritage site with 50,000 living plants housed there. They hold a collection of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate Orchidaceae encompassing terrestrial, epiphytic and lithophytic species. They have held their iconic Orchid festival since 1996, and will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2026.

Whooli Chen (illustrator) 
Whooli works with a delicate palette and sensitive painterly layers that takes whimsical illustration to another realm. Currently based in Taiwan, she studied an MA degree in illustration at the University of the Arts London and has illustrated multiple book and magazine covers. She loves literature and art and can often be found with a writing pen alongside her drawing board.