classrooms for school visits and adult learning courses, and the library. The latter holds a range of gardening-related books, periodicals and DVDs which can be loaned to RHS members and accessed by any garden visitor. In 2014 the Harrogate Arms and the land surrounding it was acquired by the RHS with plans progressing to restore the building, create new gardens around it and reintroduce its links with the old bath house. In 2021 the new Thaliana Bridge was installed across the Queen Mother's Lake with the design representing the sequence of an Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome. This was inspired by the work of the botanical scientist Rachel Leech. Geoffrey Smith, writer and broadcaster, was Superintendent of Harlow Carr from 1954 to 1974. References External links Official website Harlow Carr Botanical gardens in Yorkshire Gardens in North Yorkshire Tourist attractions in Harrogate