Author: Sarah Young

The Amazon visits the Botanics

The Garden has teamed up with Sky Rainforest Rescue and WWF to bring a rainforest experience in a dome! The dome started construction on Tuesday (13/08) and was…

Pop Up! Edinburgh

Grow! by Pop Up! Edinburgh is our latest art exhibit which is showcasing unique pieces of glass artwork from 13 various artists. The idea of Pop Up! Edinburgh…

Climb a mile

Tomorrow morning a group of climbers across Scotland will be gathering at the Gardens for a charitable event, Climb a Mile, to help raise money for Help for…

Life in the Garden

With the Fringe here August is one of the busiest months of the year at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. With jammed packed events, I will be blogging…

Being Pine

For four months, The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been hosting poets in residence in each of the Gardens. This month Mandy Haggith has been our poet in…

Reaching 1000

With our Big 5 survey running until October, we have finally reached 1000 votes! Voting is still underway and there is still time to vote for your favourite…

BBC Landward in the Garden

[polldaddy poll=6923122] Over the last couple of weeks we have had the privilege of BBC2 Landward filming in The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. With the programme running over…

Scots Pine for Favourite?

So the race is still on to find Scotland’s favourite plant, tree or shrub. With voting underway there’s still time to make sure that your favourite plant has a chance…

Will the Scottish Bluebell be Scotlands favourite plant?

For the year of Natural Scotland, RBGE has launched the Big 5 survey to find the nations favourite plant, tree or shrub. We have short listed popular plants…

Scotland’s Big Five: Video

This is the promotional video for Scotlands Big 5 Plants.   As part of The Year of Natural Scotland, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is championing biodiversity and…

What will Scotland’s favourite plant be?

For The Year of Natural Scotland, RBGE has launched the search for Scotland’s favourite native plant So what might the winner be?  The Scots pine?  The Scottish primrose? …