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Just over a week into our current Synthesys-funded Schistidium project, and Wolfgang has picked through piles of packets of mosses, selecting the 96 that we would most like…
A selection of the Magnolia species and cultivars are in full flower at RBGE. These magnificent trees are at their best when the sun shines and the air…
The Estates Department of RBGE manages over 30,000m² of built environment across the four Gardens, comprising in excess of 100 separate buildings, located within approximately 270 acres of…
Dr Alexander Demidov (Director of the Main Botanic Garden) & Ms Svetlana Potapova (Academic Secretary of the Russian Council of Botanic Gardens) visited the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh…
The moss Campylopus introflexus, native to the southern hemisphere, is now considered an invasive plant in parts of Europe and North America. While it occurs on some natural…
Sadie works as a Senior Horticulturist in the glasshouse research collections. She works closely with scientists studying the evolution and genetics of certain plant groups. Her time at…
Tiina is originally from Finland and is a Biodiversity Scientist in Edinburgh working on the economically important plant family Solanaceae. This family includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and chilli…
There are very few bryophytes growing in the living collections of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. What I mean by this is that there are very few bryophytes…
Monday 27th March was the start of a month-long visit to RBGE by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics‘s Dr Wolfgang Hofbauer, funded by the EU Synthesys Access…
Blog by Cristina Romero Rios, Fanni Barocsi and Georgina Hill, University of Edinburgh students We met Robin on a rainy afternoon at the Government offices in Saughton House….
Subhani is originally from Sri Lanka and is currently working on her PhD, studying members of plant family Gesneriaceae from Sri Lanka (African violet family). She has already…
Kate is a Senior Horticulturist who works on a variety of projects focussed on building and sharing horticultural skills within RBGE and overseas. She is sub editor of…
Jacqui is an artist and Director of Botanical Illustration at RBGE, designing and teaching a wide variety of courses. She is passionate about spreading the skills to enable…
Sangeeta is Professor, at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, doing her own research, teaching and supervising PhD and MSc students. She has worked as a Darwin Scholar…
Louise is a Glasshouse Supervisor with joint responsibility for managing staff and curating the collections. During her career, she has been part of several plant hunting expeditions to…
By Julie Parkin (Schools Education Tutor) and Cath Evans (RBGE Education Officer) Our new Schools Programmes are settling in well in the Cottage and we held our first Dig…
Look out for Rhododendron siderophyllum planted at the bottom of the Chinese hillside. A small plant with evergreen leaves that give off an aromatic smell when touched or…
Blog by Cristina Romero Rios, Fanni Barocsi and Georgina Hill, University of Edinburgh students We met Chelsea Marshall on a sun filled morning at the Summerhall Café to…
Sabina is a botanist specialising in the flora and vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Middle East. This work includes conducting mountain surveys by helicopter in…
A first flowering at RBGE for Iris zaprjagajewii one of the dwarf Juno Iris. Collected by members of the alpine and rock garden team on an expedition to…