Celebrate the new season at the renowned RHS Lindley Library‚ with a vast programme of talks and events
Discover how flowers have inspired fashion and costume over time and across continents with Professor of Dress History, Amy de la Haye.Date: Wednesday 3 June 2026Time: 6.30 – 8pmPrice: £8 (full-price) / minimum £1 (pay what you can)
Discover the pioneering gardeners and eccentric facial hair of the Victorian era with the help of our carte de visite photography collection.
Join botanical artist, Deborah Lambkin and RHS Art Curator, Charlotte Brooks as we explore the process of developing a botanical artwork
© Deborah Lambkin
© Rui Jiang
Join RHS Silver-Gilt medal winning artist Rui Jiang for an introduction to sketching, inspired by the RHS botanical art collections.Date: Tuesday 7 July 2026Time: 6.30 – 8pm (doors open at 6pm)Price: Full-price £16 / reduced price £10
Discover six new acquisitions to the RHS Lindley Collections: a set of beautiful watercolours by RHS Gold medal winning artist Yuko Saito.
© Yuko Saito / RHS Lindley Collections
In this session hosted by garden historian Dr Francesca Murray, discover the flowers that captured the imagination of Britain's Victorian botanists and gardeners.Date: Monday 27 July 2026Time: 1.30 – 4.30pmPrice: £20 (RHS Members) / £35 (full-price) / £22.38 (students)
As the RHS lifts its ‘Gnome Ban’ at Chelsea 2026, discover how these controversial garden ornaments found their way into Britain's gardens.
Blend a unique fragrance inspired by the plants woven throughout Shakespeare’s plays and the gardens of the Elizabethan era in this workshop.Date: Wednesday 12 August 2026Time: 6.30 – 8pmPrice: Full-price £16 / reduced price £10
Join author Fiona Davison for a talk exploring the lives of Britain’s under gardeners, drawing upon the collections of the RHS Lindley Library.
Free to search online for the first time. Discover our collections, spanning over 500 years of gardening history and science. Explore botanical art, photography, books, archives and herbarium specimens. New collections uploaded regularly.
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