First buttercup! #NoMowMay off to a flying start in my back garden.

New RHS exhibit celebrates UK’s first wild gardener William Robinson ​ essexmagazine.co.uk/2024/05/new-rh…

Our libraries at RHS Harlow Carr and RHS Garden Wisley will both be open as normal over the bank holiday weekend. The Lindley Library will reopen on Tuesday at 11am.

You can, of course, borrow and download books from our overdrive account at any time!

Find out about the very Victorian phenomenon of Cartes de Visite, and meet some of the prominent (and prominently-bearded!) gardeners and nurserymen who left their calling cards at the RHS in this free talk on 30 April 🧔

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One week until our Spring events series kicks off at the Lindley Library! 🌷

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In the 1630s, The Netherlands was gripped by Tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale. Find out what happened next and get up close to some of the RHS Library treasures on the subject in our next talk at RHS Garden Wisley on 26th April 11am

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Explore the highs and lows of indoor gardening and learn how to achieve your houseplant haven in this masterclass with Jane Perrone and Matt Pottage on 23 April at 6:30pm 🌵
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Congratulations to Fiona Davison as An Almost Impossible Thing: The Radical Lives of Britain’s pioneering women gardeners is now out in paperback!

This just in from the ever-brilliant Waterstones Salisbury , a lovely table full of An Almost Impossible Thing. fiona davison

If you can't make it to RHS Garden Wisley to view the beautiful new Summerhouse, but want to learn more about the wonderful Ellen Willmott, head to RHS Digital Collections: collections.rhs.org.uk/collection/194…

On Tuesday 23 April, join us at the Lindley Library to see the pamphlets and photographs that helped to feed a nation at war, and encouraged a generation of gardeners 🌱
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The paperbacks have arrived! Out now in lots of lovely bookshops. Thank you Little Toller 🇺🇦🇵🇸 copies donated to Royal Horticultural Society Libraries so The RHS members can borrow too.

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On the cover of fiona davison brilliant An Almost Impossible Thing, just out in paperback!

Looking to complement your studies with expert advice & inspiration? Join the RHS as a Student Member for only £10! 🌿
Enjoy free entry to our stunning gardens, monthly magazines, personalized gardening advice, priority access to flower shows, and more.
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Did your family have a garden or allotment when you were growing up? Do you have memories of them growing fruit and veg, or flowers?

Why not #JustCall a loved one and ask them?

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#HBAHGreen #EndLoneliness

Just arrived from the printers. fiona davison’s absolutely fantastic An Almost Impossible Thing is now in paperback.

Winging its way to bookshops across the land or available direct from us.

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There's an exciting chance to join a curator led tour of the current Orchid exhibition in the old lab at RHS Garden Wisley and the Orchid House in the Glasshouse with the orchid team. You may see Orchids not currently on display!

Book now for this free tour.

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My latest New Scientist cartoon.

Really proud to see Royal Horticultural Society Libraries award winning Digital Dig project featured as a case study in this report 👏