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…Dr Alejandro Gallego leads the Oceanography Group in the Scottish Government’s Marine Scotland Directorate. His work is supported by the Scottish Government, with collaborative projects funded by bodies such as…
…working as Conservation Manager of Corrour Estate in the Scottish Highlands,” says Sarah Watts. “My research focuses on developing conservation management techniques to restore mountain woodland habitats to the Scottish…
A full view of the research and propagation glasshouses at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. (Photo: Sadie Barber) As part of my apprenticeship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, I have…
…when we made two exciting and unexpected discoveries in the Perthshire Highlands and Scottish Borders. Both of these were made on field meetings run by the British Bryological Society (BBS),…
…to tell us what he voted for. Scottish Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia) The Scottish Bluebell carpets the ground in a sea of Delft blue campanulate bells and has a soft enduring…
…by the Scottish Plant Recovery project, had the aim of diversifying the gene pools of plants that we know are partly constrained by insufficient genetic diversity. The Scottish Plant Recovery…
…now my valued travelling companion in Eastern Himalaya’. Thomson (1817–1878) went on to become Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden and, with Hooker, was joint-author of the Flora Indica of…
…Edinburgh between 1802-1806 when the garden was at Leith Walk, is being restored and the surrounding area planted with Scottish native plants supplied by RBGE. These Scottish native plants are…
…Common Froghopper (throughout), and two water bugs recorded during BioBlitz pond-dipping, Common Pond-skater and Common Backswimmer. Water Cricket (15th May, previously unidentified) was a new Garden record. Other new Garden…
…story of the apple is told in its DNA, and researchers here in the Garden are using the latest technology to uncover its secrets. Wild apple seeds taken from Scottish…
What to do in your fruit and vegetable garden in Scotland: JANUARY Happy New Year! Jobs in the garden at any time of the year are weather dependant. If you…
68. Iris clarkei J.D. Hooker An iris of the Sibericae group, in which the drooping, outer petals (which are known as the ‘falls’) are smooth and beardless. It is native…
58. Anemone trullifolia J.D. Hooker & Thomson RANUNCULACEAE A widespread Sino-Himalayan plant occurring in alpine turf at altitudes of 3500 to 4500 metres from Nepal to South-West China, including the…
…two different parts of the Garden on eight dates throughout May, suggesting that one or more males may be holding territories. Normally in the Garden, Chiffchaffs hold territories, as do…
…we reopened between national lockdowns in October 2020. Angus Ross, Resilience Bench, 2016 Scottish ash and ebonised oak from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. First exhibited in After the Storm,…
…seen growing in the Woodland Garden (forming Number 64 of the Trail). It was first described from a specimen introduced to an English nursery from ‘Tibet’ in about 1862. Photograph…
…this time Tipula fascipennis (21st). Azure Damselflies were only seen twice, on 6th and 28th, both single individuals, the earlier one at the lochan in the Scottish Heath Garden and…
…Calcutta Botanic Garden between c. 1817 and 1828, by one of the Garden’s team of artists. No collecting details known. RBGE Kew, WRCO 807. = Leptopteris hymenophylloides (A. Rich.) C….
…Magnolia central. The display in the Garden and within private gardens throughout the city was indeed spectacular. Although March seemed a consecutive third dry month we had 80mm rain which…
…just a few. In Britain, the Scottish examples are some of the wettest that we have and annual rainfall can exceed 3m. A critical factor for these rainforest communities is…