Year: 2013Page 13 of 21
As part of the horticultural practices module of the HND/BSc in Horticulture with Plantsmanship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Scottish Agricultural College, first year students are…
As part of the horticultural practices module of the HND/BSc in Horticulture with Plantsmanship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Scottish Agricultural College, first year students are…
Lepchas are indigenous peoples to Sikkim, renowned for their knowledge of and respect for nature. Several Lepcha were employed as collectors by the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Rhomoo Lepcha…
Roland Edgar Cooper was born in 1890 and orphaned at an early age. Once he turned sixteen he came under the guardianship of his aunt Emma Smith, his…
Sun wilt causes consternation when, on a warm day, leafy herbaceous stems flop. During the evening as the temperature drops the turgidity of the stems returns. The attached…
We are a bit over run with lettuce at this time of year so have been making lots of delicious lettuce and lovage soup. Lovage is a tasty…
It was another glorious day in the Botanics, and the tree of the day was alder. It likes its feet wet, and there is a lovely circle of them around the pond between the edible gardening polytunnel and the wood where the fairies live. I spent the afternoon there, reading poems about alders to people who sought me out by following the signs, and also to unsuspecting passers by.
By gardenpoets Rowan is my favourite tree, with its boudoir perfume and generous portions of berries for the birds. It will protect you from evil spirits and its berries…
By gardenpoets What a glorious day to start my residency in the beautiful Edinburgh Botanics! I was there before the gates opened, and left as ‘closing time’ was…
By Frances Hendron, Scottish Poetry Library Benmore’s poet in residence, Sue Butler has returned home. I drove her to the train and as we drove via the Dunoon…
By gardenpoets Thanks to Frances, pictured here in the lovely kitchen of my beautiful flat for the next month in Edinburgh, I am now officially a poet in…
For 24 hours from 6pm on the 21st June experts and the public joined forces to record wild species in the Garden at Inverleith as part of the…
Tomato breeders eat your heart out; a naturally occurring square flower. Philadelphus schrenkii a native to Eastern and Northern Asia is flowering profusely in the Biodiversity Garden. Vigorous…
Giant Water Lily Victoria amazonica Family: Nymphaeaceae Description: The upper surface has a rather quilted appearance. The purplish-red under surface has a network of ribs, clad in abundant…
By gardenpoets Well, I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt. And the chocolate cupcake I had for breakfast wasn’t bad,…
By gardenpoets On my last full day in Benmore Botanic Garden I would like to acknowledge all the people who have taken the time to tell me their…
By gardenpoets I’m trying not to think about the future because that, for me, that involves leaving Benmore. However, Benmore has to be constantly looking forward. I’m afraid…
By gardenpoets Not that you can tell the time from the Benmore sundial because today the cloud is dark and low and the rain is a terrier… a wall…
By gardenpoets A week or so ago Billy (pictured on the right in the cap) said he’d got three lines of his tree-themed poem but was waiting for…
By gardenpoets Most people have paperclips and piles of paper by their photocopier. We have a microscope and a crate full of moss and lichen samples. I’d like to…