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Twenty-five participants from 13 countries have just attended a symposium on complex thalloid liverworts in Edinburgh #Marchantia2015. The meeting also included two teleconferences (from Australia, John Bowman, Monash…
A recent case of severe skin burns in a 10 year old caused by exposure to the sap of giant hogweed is a reminder that plants can be…
Geranium dalmaticum a close growing, mat forming, species from south east Europe. An easily propagated plant by inserting the semi-woody stems into a pot of compost. Growing on…
The Chusan Palm (Trachycarpus fortune) is names after the plant collector Robert Fortune, who observed the plant on Chusan Island, off the coast of central China in the…
June continued to be rather chilly at the start although there was a brief warmer spell mid-month and again towards the end, when a heat wave was being…
Wool Carder Bees (Anthidium manicatum) have been present in RBGE since 2011. This year the first bees of what will be their fifth season in the Botanics were…
On the morning of 29 June I arrived at the back door of the herbarium to start my day’s work and spotted two insects on the door. One…
New Reekie is still drawing a crowd even though it is now begining to look past its best. Today (30th June 2015) the skirt-like spathe that wraps around…
On Monday 29th June New Reekie is still looking good on the third day of flowering so there is time to introduce some of the family that you…
During the initial few months of the First World War 56 men out of a total male staff of around 88 at RBGE enlisted, rising to 73 by…
William G. Dickson joined the staff of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as a Labourer on the 3rd August 1914, the day before Great Britain declared War on…
The first flowering in Scotland of the world’s largest “flower” is something to celebrate. So what better tipple than the wine produced by the decendants of the plants…
A very smart and mindful girl wrote this poem called ‘Change’ whilst visiting the Garden in February. Heather handed it to me after she had written it in…
In the week of 15-19 June six species were added to the Edinburgh Garden’s wildlife list, taking it over the 750 mark. “Species 750” was a minute black…
May began as April ended – chilly for the time of year. There were one or two warmer spells, and the Botanics weather watchers will tell you that…
With only a week remaining of our current exhibition, Boys and Pastel, by Swiss artist Nicolas Party, we are very much looking forward to our next exhibition by…
Due to popular demand, Boys and Pastel, by Swiss artist Nicolas Party will remain open for an extra week. The exhibition will now close on 28th June to…
A small army of staff and volunteers, dubbed the ‘Titan Arum Army’, is sweltering alongside New Reekie to help explain this extraordinary tropical plant to visitors. However, heat…
A train and bus ride see me heading out west to a air pollution monitoring station out on the edge of a small town. My bus stop is…
Surveying in Alloa as part of my project Lichens as Air Quality Indicators led me to a local police station. This is not my first encounter with the…