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It was a pleasure to sit in the garden with Marianne Hazlewood and talk about her journey from graphic designer to botanical artist as well as the origins…
Ben Rivers, Urth, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London False Habitats and the Twisted Threads of Fate[1] Buildings almost always outlive their makers; and…
The eye exists in a primitive state. The marvels of the earth a hundred feet high, the marvels of the sea a hundred feet deep, have for their…
Visit the Diploma in Botanical Illustration show in the Fletcher Building from the 9th to the 17th September from 11am – 4pm each day. The Graduate Show 2017…
We are excited to have created an exhibition with the Project Soothe team at the University of Edinburgh Department of Clinical Psychology in the Real Life Science Studio…
In May 2017 the Scottish sculptor Bobby Niven visited the Herbarium here at RBGE for a tour of the collection. He was on a fact finding mission as…
A short film on Indian Forester, Scottish Laird and the personalities behind it.
Sadie works as a Senior Horticulturist in the glasshouse research collections. She works closely with scientists studying the evolution and genetics of certain plant groups. Her time at…
Tiina is originally from Finland and is a Biodiversity Scientist in Edinburgh working on the economically important plant family Solanaceae. This family includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and chilli…
Subhani is originally from Sri Lanka and is currently working on her PhD, studying members of plant family Gesneriaceae from Sri Lanka (African violet family). She has already…
Kate is a Senior Horticulturist who works on a variety of projects focussed on building and sharing horticultural skills within RBGE and overseas. She is sub editor of…
Jacqui is an artist and Director of Botanical Illustration at RBGE, designing and teaching a wide variety of courses. She is passionate about spreading the skills to enable…
Sangeeta is Professor, at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, doing her own research, teaching and supervising PhD and MSc students. She has worked as a Darwin Scholar…
Louise is a Glasshouse Supervisor with joint responsibility for managing staff and curating the collections. During her career, she has been part of several plant hunting expeditions to…
Sabina is a botanist specialising in the flora and vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Middle East. This work includes conducting mountain surveys by helicopter in…
As the After the Storm exhibition continues to attract a large and appreciative audience in the John Hope Gateway, this week we are launching the much anticipated After…
Paulina is a Glasshouses Horticulturist at RBGE and was born in Warsaw in Poland. She graduated with a Masters degree from Warsaw University of Life Sciences and moved…
Regina was a Software Enablement Program Manager at IBM both here in the UK and Paris. She is a volunteer in the Library at RBGE researching many of…
Jean was a Consultant Pathologist in the NHS for more than 30 years. Since retiring she has volunteered in the Herbarium for many years, preparing pressed material for…