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Palm House The Botanics captures the imagination of everyone who visits and is world renowned for its horticultural excellence. Over 70 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds provide a tranquil haven…
…Elizabeth Margaret Hibbert and the date 21 August 1845. When I received the album it still contained a loose sheet with a manuscript list of the Canton botanical drawings it…
In the past few years at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) we have experienced changing weather patterns that reflect how climate change will affect Scotland in the future. On…
…always a ‘plant of interest’ for every month of the year growing in the Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Kirsty Wilson, Herbaceous Supervisor and keen photographer, highlights…
By Henry Noltie & Mark Watson Nathaniel Wallich was one of the most significant superintendents of the Calcutta Botanic Garden (now the AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah), a post…
…pro-opiomelanocortin neurons Flávia Pezzini Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Phylogeny and biogeography of Ceiba Mill. (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) using next-generation, targeted enrichment sequencing Laura Stoddart Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sites of Nineteenth…
Nathaniel Wallich and His Catalogue From the time of his appointment as Superintendent at the Honourable East India Company’s (EIC) Botanic Garden at Sibpur near Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1815, Dr…
…family. Photograph of Professor John Goodsir from the Botanical Society Club photo album, RBGE archives GB235 BSS/10/3. The Scottish botanist, Professor John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884) had a lifetime of botanical…
…Or was the whole event undermined by the compromises required to keep everyone on board? And what does this mean for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), as the delegates…
…family had moved from Philadelphia to Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, where she began ‘serious botanical experimental work’ on a 95 acre farm. Gladwyne is now the Henry Botanic Garden, home to the…
Arum maculatum – Lords and ladies – was collected for the Darwin Tree of Life project by Dr Maarten Christenhusz (Royal Botanic Garden Kew) on the 27th April 2021, on…
…plants,” Díaz contends. “We are not really ourselves without them.” A global spectrum A recent assessment by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows that plants as a whole…
17. Trachycarpus latisectus Spanner, Noltie and Gibbons PALMAE The Windamere palm On an RBGE expedition in 1992 two trees of this hardy palm were spotted growing outside the Windamere Hotel,…
Herbal supplements are ‘big’ business – the global herbal supplements and remedies market is forecast to reach $107 billion USD in 2017. A recent press release by the American Botanical…
8. Kaempferia rotunda L. ZINGIBERACEAE Hindi: bhumichampa, भूमी चम्पा This plant is a member of the ginger family from tropical South-East Asia. It is widely cultivated, and possibly also native,…
…in cultural heritage organisations hosted by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. What: After the crowds disperse: crowdsourced data rediscovered and researched Where: Zoom hosted by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh When: Tuesday…
…the Garden by A. McL. May in an article titled “Birds of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh” published in Journal of the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Guild 1(1): 32-33 (1914)….
Reviving a stressed 50m tree feels daunting but having 49 ailing giant redwoods to revive has been one of the biggest challenges. Peter baxter, curator, benmore botanic garden Benmore Botanic…