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…for carbon emissions, but without engagement across the globe, this is just a drop in the (rising) oceans. RBGE’s Regius Keeper, Simon Milne, has said “As a world-leading botanic garden…
…Sparrowhawk (Accipter nisus) Report 30/05/14 Initial report: ONE breeding pair of Sparrowhawks has been observed in the Oak Lawn at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Following heavy rain in…
12. Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arnott LEGUMINOSAE Hindi: Kunali, कुणाली The genus name Dichrostachys, which was given by the Indian surgeon Robert Wight and the Scottish botanist George Walker-Arnott,…
…considered Liverpool his home city. Shortly after completing his PhD, and marrying Pamela “Pam” Allsop, in 1960, Jim accepted the position of Scientific Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
…an artistic organisation within a scientific research institution and Botanic Garden. Screenings will be accompanied by an expanded discussion between artists, curators and members of the scientific community touching on…
…published on 20 November 2017 in Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 69(2): 189–199. This story is an example of a sterile plant collected in the wild that flowered in a botanical garden…
…the botanical drawings made on the African expedition by the Bolognese artist Luigi Balugani; and, last but not least, the fact that in the 1770s some of his Abyssinian plants…
…House and the botanical research staff working within the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Oh strange beautiful grass of green With your majestic silken scenes Your mysterious mountains I wish to…
Walter H. Morland in his uniform with bayonet, knapsack and bullet pouches. Walter Henry Morland joined the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) on the 5th January 1910 as a rose…
…to Britain in 1923 by a Mr RN Parker who, in 1925, was the founder of the Botanic Garden annexed to the Forest Research Institute of Dehra Dun in northern…
The BigPicnic project, funded by an EU Horizon 2020 grant, has involved 16 botanic gardens working with people to explore the issue of food insecurity with the aim of getting…
Hug a tree at the Botanics on 1st December at 12 noon and help break a world record. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is putting out the call for people…
…it was described by William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper. He named after Robert Harrow, curator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1902 – 1931. Sorbus harrowiana Sorbus harrowiana…
Benjamin Rush by Charles Wilson Peale. circa 1818. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has had its hand in shaping the careers and fortunes of many in our long history. We’ve…
…in the British Isles” notes “it has little or no merit for gardens but is interesting botanically.” Where better a place to cultivate than in a botanic garden? The botanical…
…the collection. In our current series of virtual Digivol expeditions we are exploring the Lilliaceae family. Sign up as a volunteer at https://volunteer.ala.org.au and search for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
…at Dawyck Botanic Garden. It would consist of a eighteen trees with panels in the ground and a leaflet to guide you around. We decided to make an accompanying Audio…
We are enjoying the autumn colour here at the botanic gardens but the leaves are now falling thick and fast. We do not want to miss out on this precious…
…in the past two decades. July 25th and Cambridge Botanic Garden recorded the hottest day ever recorded in the UK at 38.7°C. A month of magnificent Hydrangea flowering. Did the…
…check first. Here is a list of five we grow in the Edible Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Borage – has a mild cucumber flavour. The flowers look…