The PHS McLean Library

As the nation’s oldest horticultural library, the PHS McLean Library has evolved to become a 21st century treasure house of gardening information.

Serving PHS and the gardening public, the McLean Library's collection of over 15,000 books and DVDs includes rare gardening, botany and urban greening books, seed and nursery catalogs, and the archives of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Through a recently formed library consortium with Longwood Gardens and the Mt. Cuba Center McLean Library now offers thousands of eBooks for digital borrowing. 
 

Picture Perfect Parkway Photography Contest

To celebrate the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Centennial, we’re holding a photography contest highlighting the natural and artistic beauties of the Parkway. Click here for more information.

McLean Library Highlights

• Search library catalog
• Search PHS Subject Guides
• Explore the library’s eBook collection
• See what’s new in the library
• Use the McLean Library Archives finding aids

Hours

Visit the library Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 5 pm. PHS members are invited to take advantage of borrowing privileges.

Contact McLean Library

Janet Evans
Email: jevans@pennhort.org
Phone: 215-988-8782