The RHS Lindley Library contains the finest collection of literature on gardening, horticulture and cultivated plants in the world and a unique collection of botanical art.
The two main libraries at London and Wisley have extensive collections of books and journals, and selected electronic resources.
The smaller garden libraries have collections of the best modern books on gardening, and selected journals.
Caring for our collections
While you will see very little change to our reader areas, we have extended our environmentally controlled, secure areas, to give the best protection we can to our art and rare book collections.
We are also making better use of each of our rooms and the way our staff work. We need to ensure that rooms and staff are used as effectively as possible each day to fulfill all the demands on the Library. We can only do this with an appointment system. Therefore access to our art, archive and printed research collections is now by appointment only.