Today’s article, by Antony Ramm, forms part of a series of posts inspired by Unearthed: The Power of Gardening – an exhibition in partnership with the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network, at Leeds Central Library from 10 September – 29 October 2025. A previous article in this series, by Becky Bavill, justly brought to light the life and…
Tag: Gardening
A Selection of Botanical Treasures
Here at Leeds Central Library, we recently hosted a treasure handling workshop to show off a few more of our botanical items that we could not fit in our current exhibition – Unearthed: The Power of Gardening – at Leeds Central Library until 29 October 2025. First up was Flora Londinensis by William Curtis. This…
Gardens and Gardening in Leeds – a new curated gallery
To accompany our recent Unearthed: The Power of Gardening exhibition, hosted at Leeds Central Library until 29 October 2025, a new collection of images has been created on the Leodis website. Ranging from formal gardens to allotments, these photos offer a glimpse of how the people of Leeds have grown plants, flowers and vegetables over…
Gardeners of Leeds
Today’s article, by Becky Bavill, forms part of a series of posts inspired by Unearthed: The Power of Gardening – an exhibition in partnership with the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network, at Leeds Central Library from 10 September – 29 October 2025. Gardening is not only transformative, but also a power for social change. Here…
Robert Dawes of Temple Newsam
Today’s article, by Becky Bavill, forms part of a series of posts inspired by Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, an exhibition in partnership with the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network, at Leeds Central Library from 10 September – 29 October 2025. Inspired by our collaboration with the British Library, and the reading of a particularly…
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening is a new, free exhibition at Leeds Central Library running from 10 September – 29 October 2025, exploring the transformative, enriching and sometimes radical power of gardening. Inspired by the British Library’s major exhibition and following successful visits to Armley, Rothwell and Compton Road Community Hubs and Libraries, Unearthed celebrates…
Beryl Gott and the Gott Bequest
By Library and Digital Assistant, Philip Wilde In volume 10 of our copy of ‘The Northern Gardener’ published in 1956, there is an article by Kenneth Lemmon, the Honorary Editor, which says of the Gott Collection in Leeds Central Library ,’I cannot think of another such collection outside the R.H.S. Lindley Library or the British…
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