The desire to harness the healing power of plants is centuries old, and throughout much of history the natural world around us was the only source of remedies for our ailments.
In the quiet corners of the RHS Lindley Library lies a treasure trove of 19th-century floral artistry – over 300 delicate watercolours by a woman whose name is barely known beyond the margins of botanical art history
To commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of our Royal Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022, the RHS commissioned a new royal signature painting by artist Gillian Barlow.
Karl Theodor Hartweg was the Horticultural Society’s seventh plant collector, spending several years travelling around Central and South America between 1836 and 1843.