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…a height of 21.95 metres. Designed by Robert Matheson, the glasshouse cost… The Botanic Cottage Designed by two of the most renowned’ architects of the 18th century – John Adam…
…Bulley of Bees Nursery and founder of Ness Botanic Gardens near Liverpool. In 1905 he concentrated his search in the valleys near the Mekong river, and all seemed to be…
54. Fraxinus xanthoxyloides (G. Don) A. De Candolle OLEACEAE Crab ash, Afghan ash Photograph of Fraxinus xanthoxyloides in the wild, Sutlej Valley, Himachal Pradesh This specimen was grown from seed…
42. Corylus jacquemontii Decaisne CORYLACEAE Jacquemont’s hazel This tree was named for the French botanist and writer Victor Jacquemont, who travelled in the Himalaya in 1830. The tree is restricted…
…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….
…Residency at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary A series of nine video works resulted from my artist residency in northern Kerala at the remote Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, set in the biodiverse, moist,…
…main station, and the one you want for the botanics, is Edinburgh Waverley. The second station for Edinburgh is called Haymarket. This is not so convenient for the botanics. There…
56. Primula denticulata Smith PRIMULACEAE Drumstick primula, purple Nepal cowslip, Kirrie dumpling This spring-flowering plant is native to the Sino-Himalayan region (from Afghanistan to South-West China). In India it occurs…
Drew McNaughton The second post of the Botanics Sparrowhawks blog – Sparrowhawks and Trees: http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/15644 Drew McNaughton The third post of the Botanics Sparrowhawks blog – Welcome to the World:…
…by the path to the chapel at Dawyk Botanic Garden, on the 1st October 2020. With pale leaves that stick out from the reddish stems in all directions, it is…
…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…
Mnium hornum – Swan’s neck thyme moss – was collected for the Darwin Tree of Life project by Dr David Bell on the 18th August 2020, in the Royal Botanic…
…young tree of Pterospermum diversifolium cultivated in Singapore Botanic Garden Ganesan, from Singapore Botanic Garden, first came to RBGE as an MSc student and undertook a taxonomic study of the…
…at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Photographed by Lynsey Wilson. I’m always glad of an excuse to take a nosey at some of the content of our Library and Archive…
The 21st March 2018 marks the centenary of the death of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Helper James Christopher Adam. He was the older brother of RBGE’s photographer Robert Moyes…
[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…
…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…
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…
…Botanic Garden, exhibiting the best in both contemporary and botanical art in exhibitions throughout the year. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Buildings-Inverleith-House.mp3 Stories from the Biomes: A Change in the Weather Every day for…
Pinus royleana. NHM Saharupur Collection 190. Natural History Museum, London. At the Natural History Museum I’ve recently catalogued a collection of 314 botanical watercolours made at the Saharunpur Botanic Garden…