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In advance of the Sylva exhibition, opening in the John Hope Gateway, RBGE and the National Botanic Garden of Wales in April 2014 we want to find the…
2014 marks the 350th anniversary of the publication in 1664 of John Evelyn’s classic book Sylva: a discourse of forest trees and the propagation of timber in…
From the RBGE Colombia Fest tent at Rockness in 2013 Next year the RBGE will be presenting a programme of events, exhibitions and engagement on the theme of…
We are now familiar with the idea of horticultural therapy but how does the concept of a healing garden differ from this? I went to Sweden and Denmark…
The Scandinavian countries, which have a similar flora to Scotland, are interesting ethnobotanically but attendance at a four day congress in Gothenburg City on science communication didn’t seem…
Last night 50 people enjoyed an exquisite evening of perfumes, poems and plants (and a glass of wine) in the Temperate Palmhouse in the company of fragrance expert…