Year: 2013Page 14 of 21
By gardenpoets For the last three weeks or so I’ve been encouraging everyone to get creative and write tree-themed poems to help us celebrate the 150th anniversary of…
By gardenpoets Thanks to David for the following poem, which he literally handed to me written on the back of an envelope. That’s a phrase that gets used so often…
By gardenpoets Despite the ferocity of the midges at Benmore yesterday (a statement than should win a prize for the understatement of the week), I had a lovely time…
On the hot hillsides of Crete Elspeth saw the potential of Silene italica. A feature of the Mediterranean macchi or its poorer relative the garigue scrub vegetation it…
By gardenpoets Midsummer Day in Scotland must be an excuse, if any excuse is ever needed, for some of William Dunbar’s poetry. So sit back and enjoy…. …
By gardenpoets What is it about the Formal Garden at Benmore, combined with some sunshine, that makes children want to turn cartwheels and do handstands? I suspect it’s…
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A step-by-step guide to adding images to the RBGE collections image management system.
I’ve just had fun giving a presentation on the how and why of blogging to the Science Research Club. After a few slides about the benefits of writing…
[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…
It is Recycle Week 2013 and Kate Hughes has been organising some meetings for the staff to make sure everything goes in the right bin. Over 25 members…
Now is the time to be cutting hedges for the first time this season. Where a formal appearance is required then trim using sharp hand shears. The fastigiated…
The recent warm weather has pushed on all our recently pricked out seedlings, so we have been able to get more plants out into the developing bed of…
We have a small planting of Hyoscamus niger (Henbane) that has just started flowering in the Target 8 bed. As a biennial it takes two years to flower,…