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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

RHS Libraries Exhibitions and Events

Find out about exciting upcoming libraries exhibitions, talks, tours and workshops at our gardens – RHS Harlow Carr and RHS Wisley – and at the RHS Lindley Library in London.

Upcoming RHS Libraries Events

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show History Project

A project to fill gaps in the history of RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and how it grew from its early 20th century origins into the most prestigious horticultural event in the world today.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show History Project

RHS collections easier than ever to access online

The  puts our full historic archive, art, object, ephemera and photographic collection records online for free for the first time. It complements the , which covers books and printed works, and , where you can view high-quality images of our collections from anywhere in the world.

About the RHS Heritage Catalogue

Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal digitised

Elizabeth Blackwell’s , one of the treasures of the RHS 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

The Digital Dig project saw more than 165 remote volunteers help to uncover and document the hidden horticultural history of the UK's lost plant nurseries. 

Digital Dig

Digitisation project

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

Digitisation project

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