Access Our Digital Library Collection

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Now Available: eBooks and Audiobooks on Libby

Members enjoy access to an expansive digital library of eBooks and audiobooks, available at their fingertips anytime, anywhere through a free, easy-to-use app.

Now Available: eBooks and Audiobooks on Libby

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Longwood Gardens Library’s digital collection is now available through Libby, the free, easy-to-use reading app used by libraries worldwide. As a Member benefit and through our partnership with the Horticulture Library Consortium*, you can enjoy access to a robust collection of titles focused on gardening, landscape design, natural history, botany, and the environment. 

You can use either the Libby app or website to browse and access ebooks and audio books.

Getting Started with the Libby App

  • Download and learn more about the free Libby app on your preferred device at overdrive.com/apps/libby
  • Search for Longwood Gardens Library and select Horticulture Library Consortium/Longwood Gardens from the results
  • Select Sign In With My Card
  • Choose Longwood Gardens
  • Enter the number on the back of your Longwood Member or Innovator card and click Sign In. If you’re a new Member or Innovator, please allow some time for activation.
  • On the following page, click Next
  • Already use Libby? Once logged in to our library on the app, our collection will interact seamlessly with your other library collections. 

Prefer to Use Your Browser?

  • Visit  libbyapp.com/library/hortlibrary
  • Select Sign In With My Card
  • Choose Longwood Gardens

  • Enter the number on the back of your Longwood Member or Innovator card and click Sign In. If you’re a new Member or Innovator, please allow some time for activation.

  • On the following page, click Next

Then, start reading and listening anywhere, anytime!

Questions? Reach out to library@longwoodgardens.org.

*Horticulture Library Consortium partners include Atlanta Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, Gardens of Golden Gate Park, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, The Morton Arboretum, Mt. Cuba Center, New York Botanical Garden, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and Seattle Botanic Gardens.

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Use your account to make Member Reservations, redeem Complimentary Guest Tickets, renew your Membership, and more! 

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