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News & projects

News about our services, research based on our collections and some of the exciting projects we are working on

Summer events at 911±¬ÁÏ Libraries are now open for bookings

Find out about exciting upcoming talks, tours and workshops at our garden libraries – 911±¬ÁÏ Harlow Carr and 911±¬ÁÏ Wisley – and at the 911±¬ÁÏ Lindley Library in London.

Upcoming events at 911±¬ÁÏ Libraries

The 911±¬ÁÏ Chelsea Flower Show History Project

The 911±¬ÁÏ is embarking on a project to fill gaps in the history of 911±¬ÁÏ Chelsea Flower Show, and how it grew from its early 20th century origins into the most prestigious horticultural event in the world today.

911±¬ÁÏ Chelsea Flower Show History Project

911±¬ÁÏ collections easier than ever to access online

A new , makes the full records of our historic archive, art, ephemera, object and photographic collections freely available online for the first time.

About the 911±¬ÁÏ Heritage Catalogue

Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal digitised

Elizabeth Blackwell’s , one of the treasures of the 911±¬ÁÏ Lindley Library, has been digitised and is now available online in full.

About Blackwell’s Curious Herbal

Digital Dig – uncovering Britain’s lost plant nurseries

Learn about Digital Dig, a virtual volunteering project, which now has more than 165 volunteers helping the UK to uncover and document its hidden horticultural history. 

Digital Dig

Digitisation project

Tens of thousands of images of the Society’s unique collection of rare books, beautiful art and much more will be available online through our digitisation project. 

Digitisation project

Major overhaul for 911±¬ÁÏ Wisley library

Wisley’s library collections have moved. Find out the benefits it has brought to members and the wider horticultural community.

 

New library

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911±¬ÁÏ is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.