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Latest science blog posts from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Released in Kathmandu (Nepal) in August 2008 with the mission to return to the Botanics, the Edinburgh Flora of Nepal Geocoin has just completed a 22,000 km adventure,…
The following blog was written by Linde Hess a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
Alongside printed works the Library Collections at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh hold a vast number of illustrations in different media. Many of the illustrations are original artworks….
The following blog was written by Natalie Zarte a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
This is it, the last planting for our project. I feel a mix of pride and sadness bittersweet, really, as we reach this milestone together. In the last…
The following blog was written by Lindsay Middleton a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
The following blog was written by Rose Kent a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
The following blog was written by Chris Knowles a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity with the goal of getting to 1…
The Wardian case is credited as the invention of the surgeon and naturalist Nathanial Bagshaw Ward who lived in London and was an avid plant collector. His glazed,…
The following blog was written by Becky Camfield a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
Habitats, plants, insects, and people—there are constant reminders that the ecosystem is connected in unexpected ways. During the summer of 2025 I surveyed plants and pollinators across 31…
The following blog was written by Becky Camfield a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
Translocations are, by their very nature, complex and demanding undertakings – something our team knows all too well. Challenges such as logistics, limited time, unpredictable weather, difficult terrain,…
The following blog was written by Becky Camfield a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
In the months of October and November 2025, the NRF Scottish Plant Recovery team carried out a series of translocations which challenged us logistically, mentally and physically and…
The following blog was written by Natalie Zarte a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August…
People an nature at the heart of the city
The following blog was written by Courtney Kemnitz a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity with the goal of getting to 1…
When you think about a “good city,” what comes to mind? Parks and green spaces? Shops and cinemas? Safe streets? Opportunities for everyone? Recently, I had the privilege…
Routes to Roots brought artists and collections staff together at RBGE to ask what meaningful collaboration inside botanic institutions looks like, and what artists need in order to work well with living and preserved collections.