Deborah Lambkin was born in 1970 and trained in the National College of Art and Design.
She spent a number of years living in Dublin and working as an artist.
She then moved to London where she began working for the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid committee in 2005 as the official artist.
[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] She is one of only two Irish artists to win a gold medal at the RHS exhibition, the other being Wendy F.
[9] Lambkin was awarded the 2020 Margaret Flockton Award (awarded annually by the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney) "for excellence in scientific botanical illustration")[10][11] for her illustration of the new orchid species Gastrodia agnicellus which was named partly in her honour: "the species refers to the woolly covering on the rhizome, the ear-like petals and also alludes to the name of the botanical artist who brought the new species to life in her drawing.