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We haven't quite had our fill of #chocolate yet @RHSLibraries. This hand-coloured engraving shows Theobroma cacao, the seeds of which (cocoa beans) are used to make chocolate. This is just 1 of 1186 images that appear in Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz's Icones plantarum [615.3 Vie].

Does your skin cream contain snail slime? It can be used to help with wrinkles, scars, acne and dry skin. For more snail facts visit our display @RHS_Rosemoor , @RHSHarlowCarr , @RHSWisley and @RHSHydeHall

"Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone;
And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad,
And the musk of the rose is blown."

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come Into the Garden Maud (1855)
#WorldPoetryDay2019

Who knows where a horticultural career will take you? After training as a gardener David Douglas became an intrepid plant collector in North America. He met a grisly end in Hawaii but don't let that put you off #NCW2019

From bamboo and bonsai to rock gardens and tea houses, the Japanese garden has long had a place in Western garden design.

We've invited Toshio Watanabe, an art historian to talk about this relationship for an exclusive study day on 3rd May

Find out more: https://t.co/vyfEG8h9eU

Our book of the week is The Long Long Life of Trees by Fiona Stafford.
The author has chosen 17 trees and explores in fascinating detail historical, mythological and other little known facts about them.
It's peppered with interesting Information and is a very compulsive read!

The dark side of the Christmas Rose.
Gruesome stories about Helleborus niger abound in history, myth and legend

Find out more in our festive blog: https://t.co/0D9bCTKnxx

Foxgloves. Deadly poisonous... but did you know that in the 1600s they were recommended as a treatment for epilepsy?
We'll be separating medicinal uses from medical myths in our next #exhibition 'Healing Garden' opening on the 10th Sept.
https://t.co/SKj6rPVfmd

Which poison did Agatha Christie use in her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles?
Find out more on Fridays in August in the Garden Library @RHSWisley when we look into the Myths and Legends of Deadly and Poisonous Plants
#poirot #poison #poisonousplants #agathachristie

You might be familiar with medicinal herbs but what about medicinal flowers? In the 1600s, primroses were used to make a 'salve' - an ointment - for healing wounds!
More surprising uses coming soon in 'Healing Garden'. @The_RHS #LindleyLibrary https://t.co/gnF4c9QmzI