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Five miniature hand cast bronze Baobab trees stand proudly on a desk in the Old Library at Harewood.

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  • Black History
Bronze cast baobab trees, a symbol of resilience as it thrives where little else does and whose bark and fruit…
A black & white historic photographic portrait of a Black man, George 'Bertie' Robinson, probably in his teens. He is shown three-quarter-length, standing with one arm on a chair and the other in his pocket. He wears a formal tweed-style suit with waistcoat and tie.

Portrait of Bertie Robinson

  • British Portraiture
  • Black History
In 1893, at the age of just 13, George ‘Bertie’ Robinson, became the first (and only) Black member of staff…

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
This spectacular variety of bamboo is an improved form of the ‘Golden Fishpole bamboo’ from China. It produces the largest, fastest-growing culms of all the bamboos growing in the Himalayan Garden.

Calanthe tricarinata

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
This splendid species of terrestrial orchid is one of a number that have been planted in the Himalayan Garden over the past two decades.
A large historic interior with cinnamon-coloured damask walls and various portraits. In the centre of the room is a black, square-shaped games table with aluminium dominoes.

Open Code

  • Black History
  • British Furniture
This games table was designed for playing dominoes, a game that is an intrinsic part of Jamaican culture.

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
This beautiful, high altitude daphne is known as the Nepalese Paper plant and is one of the earliest flowering shrubs in the Himalayan Garden.

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
Known as the Dawn Redwood or the Chinese Water Fir, this fast-growing, deciduous conifer is one of a kind in the plant world and has a remarkable history.
A darkly lit image of some shelving in a cellar at Harewood House. On the shelves are 6 bottles of rum encrusted with deep layers of dirt, mould and cobwebs.

Rum bottles

  • Black History
These bottles were part of a series of 26 found in Harewood's cellars in 2011.

Primula florindae

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
This magnificent species of primula is sometimes known as the ‘Giant Himalayan cowslip’ and is the largest primula in the world.

Cornus kousa var. chinensis

  • Sino-Himalayan Plants
Being taller and with slightly larger leaves, this variety of ‘Chinese dogwood’ is a geographical form of the Japanese species.