Career
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, opened on 19 April 2008, at Kew Gardens is named after her. lieutenant is the first gallery in the world dedicated solely to botanical art Sherwood has been described as a "driving force behind a revival of interest in botanical art".
She is a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust.
Her husband is railway and shipping magnate James B. Sherwood, who featured in the 2004 Sunday Times Rich List. Sherwood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to botanical art