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This summer the Edible Gardening Project at the Botanics is working with four community gardens across Scotland to grow three wild plants that have given rise to familiar…
There are nearly 3 million specimens being held in the herbarium at RBGE. We are working to digitise these specimens to make them available to people around the…
Working with staff at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (University of Texas at Austin), our indoor horticulturists Gunnar Ostvebo and Andrew Ensoll spent three weeks collecting the…
Recently we have been working with The Scottish Poetry Library on exciting Poet residencies coming to all four gardens in the next few months. The Royal Botanic Garden…
The RBGE Collection images have been chosen as part of the initial dataset for the newly launched Europeana’s first free iPad app. ‘Europeana Open Culture’ introduces you to…
Good weather this week has meant that everything in the Edible Garden is growing well. We have harvested our first peas of the year from the polytunnel. Fine…
So the race is still on to find Scotland’s favourite plant, tree or shrub. With voting underway there’s still time to make sure that your favourite plant has a chance…
This stunning Laetiporus sulphureus fungus- commonly known as sulphur polypore or chicken of the woods- has recently appeared on a Nothofagus betuloides in the garden. The fungus causes…
Last week the Arboretum team installed Boa bracing in this Zelkova sinica. The fork at the base of the tree had become unstable in recent high winds so…
The late flowering Primula kisoana hails from Japan. A crossing of cultures; the title refers to Burns most recorded song probably well aired in Japan. P. kisoana is…
Last night 50 people enjoyed an exquisite evening of perfumes, poems and plants (and a glass of wine) in the Temperate Palmhouse in the company of fragrance expert…
Some might argue that the greatest asset of the four gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are our plants, but as the over-used saying goes: ‘An organisation…
…. or you may tread on a solitary bee emerging from its nest hole! If you look down at the cracks between the paving stones in the Alpines…
This hoverfly is Epistrophe eligans. I photographed it on a leaf in the Rock Garden at lunch-time today. It is apparently a scarce species in Scotland, but I…
This year’s annual emergence of St Mark’s Flies (Bibio marci) has begun today. A lot were seen flying above the path between the Rock Garden and Woodland Garden…
The Edinburgh Garden’s BioBlitz is now less than a month away, and large banners advertising the event are now up at the East and West Gates. The BioBlitz…
At this time of year gooseberry sawfly larvae can rapidly strip the leaves off your gooseberry bush. The best form of defence is vigilance. Regularly inspect your plants…
Continuing the centuries old tradition of plant collecting, staff from RBGE travelled to Japan in 2005 and collected seed. Returning to the Garden this was sown, nurtured and…
Animation. Etymology: From the Latin animātiō, “the act of bringing to life” Animation offers us vivid opportunities to see situations and information in new and exciting ways. It can be…
The apple, pear and cherry trees in the new fruit garden are in full bloom at the moment and look delightful. This year we have started to record…