Unearthed at Leeds Central Library

29 Sep 2025

On display as part of the free exhibition is a fascinating collection of beautifully illustrated manuals, compiled by some of history’s most esteemed horticulturalists. Between their antique covers can be found centuries of accumulated wisdom about the best ways to grow fabulous fruit and vibrant veg as well as colourful flowers and fragrant herb patches. Among the treasured tomes on display, pictured here with Antony Ramm, is a copy of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, written by famed Elizabethan herbalist John Gerard.

Unearthed at Leeds Central Library: On display as part of the free exhibition is a fascinating collection of beautifully illustrated manuals, compiled by some of history’s most esteemed horticulturalists.

Between their antique covers can be found centuries of accumulated wisdom about the best ways to grow fabulous fruit and vibrant veg as well as colourful flowers and fragrant herb patches.

Among the treasured tomes on display, pictured here with Antony Ramm, is a copy of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, written by famed Elizabethan herbalist John Gerard.

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