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…grasslands as anthropogenic systems puts the entire landscape under threat. Writing in 2021 with Cédrique Solofondranohatra from the Université d’Antananarivo and Maria Vorontsova at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, she…
Kunming Botanic Garden. Photo by Leigh Morris From 14th – 22nd November 35 staff from 20 of China’s Botanical Gardens have been attending a horticulture training course at Kunming Botanic…
…the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Co-Chair of the IUCN Lichen Specialist Group. Her work is supported by the Scottish Government and others. Find out more here. This post is…
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) will mark the centenary of the start of the First World War by creating a poppy field at the centre of its Edinburgh site….
Josh and Mark at the marquee in Cruickshank Botanic Garden. On the 11th September the Really Wild Veg event at Cruickshank Botanic Garden was fortunate to have gorgeous sunny weather….
…botanic gardens of Saharunpur and later of Calcutta. Photograph of one of the type specimens of Himalayacalamus falconeri, collected (in flower) by Nathaniel Wallich in Nepal, 1821 Photograph of one…
Arthur Conan Doyle’s signature in the 1877 Botany Class Roll held at RBGE. In amongst the institutional archives of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are items relating to the teaching…
Storm Henry delayed Dawyck Botanic Garden opening for the season. Safety had to come first, both for the visitors and the team members. ‘Henry’ brought south-westerly gusts that measured over…
…by dramatic scenery. Map The Pond Hillside Rhododendrons Bhutanese Glade The Fernery Hilltop Viewpoint (and William Wright Smith memorial shelter) Courtyard Gallery Pucks Hut Garden Features – Benmore Botanic Garden…
…for their ability to support the weight of a small child. Recently, a competition initiated by Denver Botanic Gardens, with ten other botanic gardens participating, tested the strength of the…
Let me tell you about a hero of mine, and the focus of one of the most requested collections stored in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)…
At the National Botanic Garden of Nepal (NBG)[1] there is a grove of Cyathea spinulosa which draws crowds of visitors and the tall plants are the backdrop of many visitor’s…
…work placement in the Library at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. During my cataloguing project, I became interested in the works of Elizabeth Haig (1871–1954), whose mysterious yet prolific output…
…Park with great success. Here at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh we have sown this annual mix on the bed next to the public display glasshouses where the proposed Edinburgh…
Logan Botanic Garden At the south-western tip of Scotland lies Logan, the country’s most exotic garden. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, southern hemisphere plants flourish in this plantsman’s paradise near…
Michelia yunnanensis With a long weekend approaching, take a tent or book yourself some accommodation on the Mull of Galloway. Logan Botanic Garden grows a wealth of more unusual plants….
…‘amateur’, was in a state of flux in the early nineteenth century. While Wallich occupies an interesting position in what is called the professionalisation of science (paid for his botanical…
44. Mahonia acanthifolia Wall ex. G. Don BERBERIDACAEAE This shrub, which has attractive, scented, yellow flowers, occurs from Uttarakhand in India to South-West China, at altitudes of 2000 to 3000…
…a recent merge with Botanical Software, Candide continue to grow and develop more digital tools with botanical gardens and organisations, and warmly welcome new potential collaborators. Despite the many challenges…
…in the wild. Fortunately several UK Botanic Gardens including the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have had success growing and persuading it to flower. Strongylodon macrobotrys April Magnolia stellata is categorised…