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…ago. The following Autumn, I noticed a call for volunteers. From the first time I stepped inside, I could tell the roots of its rich history allowed it to grow…
…Prof then asked if anyone would volunteer to talk on any of the subjects… only one stood up and that was George Fallow. The following morning George was called up…
This year RBGE staff and volunteers have collected seeds from 14 trees and 29 conservation priority herbs, to help deliver Scottish species into the UK National Tree Seed Project and…
Image courtesy of Caterina Salvi As a Gallery Volunteer it has been my privilege to spend a good number of hours looking at the diverse range of objects in the…
A series of posts from our volunteers … Helen Bennett Helen Bennett in her garden A period of secondment from Scottish Arts Council in 2006 confirmed my ambition to volunteer…
…thanks to Nick Edwardson and 84 varieties were included this year. Apple Day display from Scotland’s National Collection. A team of volunteer “choppers” from The Caley kept visitors supplied with…
…Country, Scotland’s most important terrestrial carbon sink. Hands-on involvement is key to full engagement, and our volunteer phenology programme, regular ‘Bioblitzes’ and citizen science events bring people face to face…
Jane has enjoyed careers in university administration, learning support and one-to-one tutoring. She started at the RBGE Library as a volunteer book cleaner, and since 2016 has also worked with…
A series of posts from our volunteers … Laura Gunstensen – Library Volunteer Laura Gunstensen The ‘Botanics’ have always been a very special place for me since I arrived, fresh…
…volunteer positioned. Different plants were added to the banner with details of their properties. Sheets of perspex kept the plants and labels flat. After about ten minutes everything was removed….
…to volunteer at my local NNR, and am fortunate that this happened to be Ben Lawers NNR, which is owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and…
Regina was a Software Enablement Program Manager at IBM both here in the UK and Paris. She is a volunteer in the Library at RBGE researching many of the art…
…It’s been pretty busy! We’ve had cooking sessions for community groups to dementia socials, volunteer lunches to public talks, charity meetings to community fun days, school sessions to nursery activities,…
…with Mary, and tell more of John’s story on another day. Reggie Davidson, RBGE Library volunteer, has created a table of the specimens in the album and also transcribed the letter….
…volunteer for this task? Tucked to the back of a bed north of the Linnaeus memorial is C. paradoxa, the leaves modified to cladodes, flat, angled and also vicious with…
…the end of November. Please visit our website for more information http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/dawyck Pictures by Gavin Harris, Volunteer Photographer at Dawyck Botanic Garden and David Knott Curator of Living Collections. …
Karissa Adams, a volunteer with the Library and Archives, writes: Jane Webb Loudon was born in 1807 in Birmingham. In 1819, her mother died, prompting her bereft father to take…