The University of Iowa University of Iowa College of Pharmacy building has a garden that contains plants that were used for healing. The Roots of Medicine garden was a collaboration of Hardin Library staff, the John Martin Rare Book Room, the College of Pharmacy, a horticulture expert from Iowa State University, and local gardeners. The garden contains signs that identify the plants and QR codes to pull up more information.

Explore the Roots of Medicine site which contains:

• images of plants
• citations of the latest research about specific plants
• historical uses

Watch a video on Roots of Medicine by the Iowa Bibliophies (53 minutes).