The Himalayan pine used to treat broken bones Pinus wallichiana, which is also known as the Himalayan Pine, grows in temperate forests of mixed species between 1300…
Enjoyed the Flora of Nepal exhibition? Now discover some of the best of our living collection … Many of the plants commonly grown in UK gardens originally came…
On the 5th April the Garden offered a special Spring Bird and Garden Walk. Tamar Duncan, Visitor Welcome Team, Pamela and Cathy our expert Garden Guides led the…
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Our Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum), one of the world’s biggest and smelliest blooms, is now in full flower. It’s a…
In this film by Johan Serge Jakobson, from Wild Leaf Reels, Martyn Dickson explains how one of our oldest trees supports a wide range of biodiversity. How do…
Johan Serge Jakobson (documentary filmmaker) talks about making the film: A big old Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) has stood on the pond lawn in RBGE’s Edinburgh garden for…
Our Amorphophallus titanum is so important it has its own page on our main website. Here you will find some of the back stories and further reading on…
The devastating earthquakes which hit Nepal on 25th April and 12th May along with the many significant aftershocks have focussed our attention on the immediate needs of the…
This is support info for the Birds of the Peramagroon. This app contains information on the 133 birds known from Peramagroon Mountain in Northern Iraq. It is based,…
We are working on a way to embed factsheets about herbarium specimens and living collection accessions in Botanics Stories. These factsheets will draw their data from the Digital…