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Lawn invaders

…with a sward of disputable quality. More frequently occurring where tree cover is also reducing light to the area. Yellow Club Fungi, Clavulinopsis helvola: mini pillars of fungi sprouting above…

Thought for Food: Ben Dell

…currently, many people do not have the time to grow their own food. Remarking that some don’t even feel they have time to cook it! And for him, this is…

Forrest’s Rhododendron Giant

…off to Cook, Rangoon, to be forwarded to you a case containing a large cross-section of a tree of Rhododendron giganteum which I secured during my journey. The section enclosed…

The (Western) discoverer of the rouloul bird: Dr James Badenach of Whiteriggs (1744–1797)

…have been either on his outward voyage at Batavia (where the Endeavour was from October to December 1770), or on his homeward voyage at the Cape where Captain Cook’s ship…

Wildfood Sami Style

…‘healthy Sami food culture’ by Greta Huuva. Greta is a cook, forager, herbalist, ecologist and proud tradition-bearer of the Sami people of Northern Scandinavia. A book and film, Nature is…

Getting Ready for Schools in the Botanic Cottage

…Foundation, The Edina Trust, The Ernest Cook Trust, The Gannochy Trust and The RobertsonTrust. To find out more about these and other school programmes at RBGE RBGE Schools Programme 2015-16….

What to do in your Fruit and Vegetable Garden in Scotland: AUGUST

…spell. Harvest crops while they are in peak condition. Make preserves such as jams and chutneys or cook and freeze batches of soup or sauce. Dry onions, garlic and shallots…

Remembering Sami food ambassador Greta Huuva

…our lifestyles to meet the challenges in a changing environment. Two years ago RBGE and Scotland’s Natural Larder hosted a small group of Sami people led by the cook, café…

Gardener’s Kitchen – Leeks

Leeks (Allium porrum) are a fantastic winter crop. They add depth and flavour to any number of slow cooked winter dishes. They are also very hardy and the right varieties…

Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858)

…handsome looking quarto journal’ and the Examiner stating that ‘it is printed and illustrated with much elegance and taste’. Other magazines at the time, such as Eliza Cook’s Journal and…

Filling the Hungry Gap

…to cook them join us in our forager’s kitchen with acknowledged experts Miles Irving, John Wright and Neil Forbes in the John Hope Gateway on Easter Saturday 7 March. Tickets…

Communities in Nature – the social role of botanic gardens

…the opportunity to cook and of course eat the produce from their plots. Follow the blog for updates on the progress of the project over the coming weeks but for…

An indigenous childhood

…This leaves lots of time for hunting, gardening, gathering wild food and leisure. Life in Kanikeh is pretty laid-back. Every morning, while the women cook breakfast on open fires, the…

In memory of Private John Mathieson Brown (1887-1917)

…1887 in Forres, near Elgin, the son of Rebecca Mathieson who was a Domestic Cook. He wasn’t employed at RBGE for long, joining us as a Labourer on the 8th…

RBGE Botanic Cottage Garden Social July Blog

…should not be eaten raw. They must be cooked for use which is why they are often used as preserves and wine. Elder berries contain a substance called sambucol (from…

Thought for Food: Eating local and seasonal

…Sutherland kale is a tradditional Scottish brassica that could be grown commercially to supply local seasonal produce. In the past, before the world became globalised, people had to cook using…

George Don sr. (1764-1814)

…G.C. Druce, next is John Knox a school master and president of the Forfar Field Club. Unveilling of the Don Memorial. 1910. Post card print in the RBGE Library Archive…

Notes on the complex thalloid liverwort genus Plagiochasma

…The genus Plagiochasma and its North American species. Bulletin of the Torrey botanical club 42: 259-308. Alexander W. Evans. 1932. A New Plagiochasma from Texas. American Journal of Botany 19(7):…

Natural Selection Exhibition at Inverleith House

…recognise Peter Holden’s name or the ‘bird man’ from Blue Peter. The well-known expert on birds ran the RSPB’s young ornithologists Club for over 30 years and has written several…

Autumn Screenings at Inverleith House: Anne-Marie Copestake and Duncan Marquiss

…of Joy and Poster Club, a group of seven Glasgow-based artists who work collaboratively. Image: Duncan Marquiss, Search Film, 2015 (Film Still). Courtesy of the artist Search Film by Duncan…