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…neutral or very slightly acid. Here at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh we deadhead our ornamental roses throughout the summer months. Firstly to encourage repeat-flowering – this prevents your rose…
…alphabetically, referring to the living collection database to help make decisions on propagation and reduction of numbers. A small holding collection of surplus plants, which were shared with Glasgow Botanic…
…botanic garden. The hut is tiled with Western Red Cedar, and panelled with wood representing the timbers of Benmore. It was originally situated in Puck’s Glen, overlooking a wooded ravine…
The following post was written by Chris Knowles, a digitiser working in the RBGE Herbarium. As part of my first year at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh as a herbarium…
…natural processes, and contemporary challenges converge. This article brings together the key themes of the walking workshop and the visit to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, highlighting how cities can…
…the common name “blackthorn.” A specimen of Prunus spinosa L. in flower in the living collection at Dawyck Botanic Garden by: Gavin Harris during Apr. 2014 – http://data.rbge.org.uk/living/19800700 In…
The Hydro power scheme at Dawyck Botanic Garden was officially launched on the 19th May 2014 by Fergus Ewing MSP, The Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism. It made Dawyck…
Redwwod avenue at Benmore Botanic Garden This year is the 150th birthday of the magnificent avenue of redwoods at Benmore. The story behind how this species reached Britain involves a…
The five Dicksonia antarctica and their bright new fronds at Logan Botanic Garden (Photo: Suzie Huggins) You can read more about the journey of the tree ferns in the BBC…
A series of posts from our volunteers … Brenda White – A Photography Volunteer Brenda White in action Long ago, when the world was simple, and taking photos involved no…
…the Botanic Garden. The ‘wild’ corner of the Demonstration Garden, with a small area of semi-natural woodland, wetland and meadow, proved a perfect site to explore two questions: how can…
…traversing Bhutan to the capital Thimphu, to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Serbithang, before departing out of Paro airport. My appointment as ‘guest botanist’ was confirmed and with some…
Brown trout electro-fished from the Scrape Burn during the Dawyck Botanic Garden BioBlitz. Over a 24 hour period from 5pm on the 24th July 2015 naturalists and the public joined…
…a chance of being number one! In our last Big 5 post we spoke to our curator at Logan Botanic Garden, Richard Baines, to find out why he thinks the…
[polldaddy poll=6923122] Over the last couple of weeks we have had the privilege of BBC2 Landward filming in The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. With the programme running over a four…
…course we are extremely excited about this. It means that we will be able to put loads more work into our veggies in the demonstration area at the Royal Botanic…
…RHS (Level 2) Principles of Horticulture course at the Royal Botanic Garden and I wished to continue my connection with RBGE so by happenstance, volunteered to assist in the library….
…UK sites (the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (RBGE), the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), and the National Botanic Garden of Wales (NBGW)). Here I share my observations, shining a light…
…well received. Anton Güntsch from Botanical Museum and Botanic Garden Berlin said that they had already discussed the paper and were planning to implement the identifiers within the next couple…
Could you identify these pollinators? A brand new, free, online course launches in March 2018. ‘Keep Edinburgh Buzzing’ is a joint venture between the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh (RBGE),…