May 1, 2019 | RHS Lindley Library
Image: [partial view] Coloured postcard of Finsbury Park with a family group, 22 February 1906. RHS Lindley Collections. RHS Lindley Library, London, Friday 12 July 2019, 2 – 4.30 pm A study session exploring the history of London’s parks and green spaces, including...
Apr 27, 2019 | RHS Lindley Library
RHS Lindley Library, London, Friday 14 June 2019, 2 – 4.30 pm This study session with Chris Young, Editor of The Garden, looks at how you can take ideas from the Chelsea Flower Show and translate them into your garden at home. It includes a chance to see original...
Sep 5, 2018 | RHS Lindley Library
This blog post was guest-written by Nicola Mayer, Exhibition and Events Co-ordinator (Lindley Library) Incredible developments in garden design took place during the long 18th century, an era often thought of as dominated by horticultural giant Lancelot ‘Capability’...
Oct 16, 2017 | RHS Lindley Library
This blog post was written by Tom Pink, Assistant Librarian at the RHS Lindley Library. It is one of a series of blog posts on the theme of Magic and the Supernatural, as part of History Day 2017. The Lindley Library is home to many weird and wonderful records of...
Aug 4, 2015 | Guildhall Library
by Jeanie Smith, Assistant Librarian & Keeper of the Lloyd’s Marine Collection, Guildhall Library This is the ‘Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson...