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Me (Horticulturist, Szymon Drozdek) with just some of the plants that have been moved for the Biomes Decant (image: Paula Maciejewska-Daruk) It all started with one houseplant. That one plant,…
…read more about this early work in Hazel Frances’ Stories from the Biomes: Fern House Decant Begins. The biggest are the first to leave Following the creation of hardstanding on…
A lot can happen in a year, especially where the Edinburgh Biomes Project is concerned. Looking back at 2022, it is impossible to include everything that has been achieved, but…
…a few. While the Edinburgh Biomes project involves the more noticeable decanting of both Victorian Palm Houses and the Front Range Glasshouses, there are several research collections going through an…
…we protect what we don’t know we have? Data Capture and the Biomes During the lifting and moving of plants for the Edinburgh Biomes project, plants are at higher risk…
…they are protected during the works being undertaken to restore and improve the garden’s glasshouse facilities as part of the Edinburgh Biomes project. The majority of the plants will find…
The Temperate Lands: a hot July day, 2022 Since the start of the Edinburgh Biomes project there has been an almost constant movement of plants within and between the various…
Collecting propagation material in the Palm House During summer 2021 the first phase of the Biomes Project began and the Glasshouse staff were tasked with the mammoth undertaking of removing…
Some of the changes brought on by the Edinburgh Biomes project might not be what you first think of, because they are small pieces in a much bigger puzzle. Campbell-Stokes…
From the beginning of the Biomes project the outdoor horticulture team have been hard at work preparing and moving plants to facilitate the work on the Glasshouses. New paths have…
…potted in the summer of 2021, now growing on pots in the Temperate Lands glasshouse, June 2022. This is an example of the ‘decant’ process involved in the Edinburgh Biomes…
…housed in the Temperate Lands Glasshouse. You can find a selection of Stories from the Biomes covering the changes to the Glasshouses and plant collections at RBGE by clicking here…
…RBGE. Click the link below to read the full story on the decanting of the Ferns and Fossils Glasshouse! Stories from the Biomes: The Fern House Decant – Botanics Stories…
New air layered roots of Porlieria chilensis growing in a ball of sphagnum moss within an air layering pot. Photo: Marc Gilbert Read Marc Gilbert’s full article on air layer…
…the distributions of these biomes, particularly of savannas. The four main biomes in northeast Brazil, clockwise from top left: dry forest, rainforest, savanna, and semi-deciduous forest. So where does that…
…grassy ecosystems across the world.” Her work explores how the traits that shape life history strategies in plants cascade to impact the dynamics of ecosystems and biomes with results that,…
…Nursery Glasshouses as part of the Edinburgh Biomes Project. The collection holds various wild collected, IUCN endangered, and near threatened plants such as Begonia acerifolia native to Ecuador, Peru, and…
…of staff, public and plants in the vicinity. Deteriorating glazing bar – Temperate Palm House It is anticipated that the Biomes project will involve the total renovation of the Palmhouses however…
…month, aiming to establish a strategic plan for plant conservation over the next decade. The future Our imminent Edinburgh Biomes programme will protect and dramatically enhance our scientific and engagement…
…works currently ongoing are designed to maintain the integrity of the glasshouses through the winter and until the Biomes project undertakes a more wholescale replacement and upgrade of the facilities…