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Lurking in the Basement: specimens collected in Southern India in 1853 rediscovered

…in 1848 he had been in Mysore, where he was not known to have had a botanical establishment other than an un-named ‘Marathi’ artist. But perhaps he had trained an…

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The first Routes to Roots network gathering in the Botanic Cottage garden….

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Notes from the day: reflections captured outdoors as discussion moved between garden and cottage. Photo: Ross Fraser McLean, 2025….

Stable Identifiers for Specimens Workshop

…Germany Nicola Nicolson – Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK Simon Chagnoux – Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France Robyn Drinkwater – Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK Rob Cubey – Royal…

Two little-known temporary Superintendents of the Calcutta Botanic Garden: George Swinton and James William Grant

…of sculpture both of whom I was somewhat surprised to learn had been temporary holders of the post of Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Near contemporaries they turn out…

Birthday Celebrations at Inverleith House

…a lightness here, and much to delight” The Herald Continuing the gallery’s commitment to the presentation of contemporary and botanical art the exhibition also features botanical drawings from the collections…

My 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress

…me are interested in public engagement. The botanic garden in Oslo has created a interpretative garden based around a children’s play area with a Viking theme. A sunken Viking longboat…

Really Wild Veg – Cruickshank Botanic Garden

The carrot ‘Long Red Surrey’ at Cruickshank Botanic Garden. Thanks to Josh at Cruickshank Botanic Garden for providing a further update on progress with the Really Wild Veg growing trials….

Dr Neil Bell, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

…oceanic climate, Scotland’s native bryophyte flora is of genuinely global significance and almost certainly our most valuable botanical asset. “In terms of biodiversity, many bryophyte species have their main European…

Viburnum furcatum

The garden is really coming alive despite the cold weather. This Viburnum collected in Japan in 2003 caught my eye and the iPhone 6 camera does a really good job…

Caring For Our Big Old Sweet Chestnut

…filming in Edinburgh’s botanic garden in December meant a chance to see the structure, texture and character of the trees here in a faded winter light. Also an opportunity to…

Reg Butler’s ‘Girl’ Returns to the Botanic Gardens

We are very pleased to see the much loved outdoor sculpture, Girl, by Reg Butler return to the Botanic Gardens. The sculpture, which is on extended loan from the National…

Another Green World – Linn botanic Garden

Nestled between folds in the low hills facing Loch Long the Linn Botanic Garden is one of Scotland’s lesser known botanical treasures – a remarkable collection of plants demonstrating the…

Cupressus torulosa

39. Cupressus torulosa D. Don CUPRESSACEAE Twisted cypress When Hugh Cleghorn was surveying the timber resources of the Western Himalaya in the early 1860s, he noted that this species had…

Sir George Watt (1851-1930)

…bungalow. [c. 1880] Sir George Watt’s Indian images. Archive Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ‘Coolies plucking’ [c. 1880s] In Sir George Watt’s Indian images. Archive Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh    …

Really Wild Veg – Cruickshank Botanic Garden

…for the Really Wild Veg plots at Cruickshank Botanic Garden. In order to fulfill the rquirements of his degree Joshua has extended the project beyond the original aims of seeing…

A day across at Benmore Botanic Garden

Last monday (2nd March 2015) I headed across to Benmore Botanic Garden with Martin Gardner & Nye Hughes (designer and web developer at Dalrymple), while there I saw (and photographed)…

Chicago Botanic Garden; Green Youth Farm

I’ve been in the privileged position to spend the last week with Chicago Botanic Garden’s Green Youth Farm Programme. There are a handful of these farms located around the city…

Garden Features – Dawyck Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden November 11, 2013 Cryptogamic Sanctuary November 11, 2013 Original Dawyck Beech November 11, 2013 Map Original Dawyck Beech Cryptogamic Sanctuary Garden Features – Dawyck Botanic Garden    …

Botanical Drawings made for Nathaniel Wallich at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

…without considerable acrimony, Kew received all the botanical material – in vast quantities. Among the economic botanical material were 36 tons of wood samples (largely subsequently destroyed), and from the…