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…at Dawyck Botanic Garden. It would consist of a eighteen trees with panels in the ground and a leaflet to guide you around. We decided to make an accompanying Audio…
By David Soden and Jill Tivey. David Soden selecting a box from the cabinet of Scottish nursery catalogues. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Library … Four tall, metal cabinets. The…
Benjamin Rush by Charles Wilson Peale. circa 1818. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has had its hand in shaping the careers and fortunes of many in our long history. We’ve…
…to Britain in 1923 by a Mr RN Parker who, in 1925, was the founder of the Botanic Garden annexed to the Forest Research Institute of Dehra Dun in northern…
…However as a Botanic Garden we grow a wide range of botanical specimens that exhibit the diversity of the botanical world. Narcissus ‘Golden Cycle’ Narcissus ‘Telamonius Plenus’ Narcissus ‘Telamonius Plenus’…
A member of the Iris family, Iridaceae, Diplarrena latifolia has individual flowers of interesting shape composed of six tepals. The three largest pure white, the smaller tepals have distinctive purple…
Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula Family:-Droseraceae Description The Venus flytrap is a most remarkable and very recognisable plant. Its leaves are modified in an extraordinary way in order to trap and…
Giant Water Lily Victoria amazonica Family: Nymphaeaceae Description The upper surface has a rather quilted appearance. The purplish-red under surface has a network of ribs, clad in abundant sharp spines,…
Following on from a Met Office decreed White Christmas in 2017, Edinburgh had a day of snow and then Storm Dylan blew through on the 31st. Fortuitously, the wind speed…
The shepherds crook bend on the flower stalk of Cirsium purpuratum ensure the densely packed mass of flower parts are dry and attractive to bees who have no misgivings about…
…for conservation and sustainable use of Nepal’s natural resources. The Flora of Nepal botanical art exhibition is still running at RBGE and Nepal features prominently in this year’s Botanics Lights….
…after having discussed it with knowledgable Botanics people I feel is very likely, that Wilfred Owen would have visited the botanic garden during his stay at Craiglockhart Hospital. Norman Gould…
Botanical Society of Scotland together with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh invites you to a talk by Dr Richard Milne, University of Edinburgh on Thursday 30th November 2017 in the…
…Axolotyl. Many organisations such as UNAM Botanic Garden in Mexico City are working hard in the area to keep local people on the land and growing on the traditional Chinampas….
Cold temperatures and low light levels in winter do not mean an end to fresh produce from the garden. Here at The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh we have been harvesting…
…the Spear Thistle? In the last post we wrote about Sally Heron’s choice of plant, Rowan. In this post we have asked our Curator at Logan Botanic Garden Richard Baines…
For four months, The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been hosting poets in residence in each of the Gardens. This month Mandy Haggith has been our poet in residence at…
With the Fringe here August is one of the busiest months of the year at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. With jammed packed events, I will be blogging and photographing…
…palm was unknown to science until 2008, when it was discovered by a French cashew plantation owner, whose photographs were passed on to researchers from the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew….
…Logan was gifted to the nation (1969) and became a regional garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Rhododendron meddianum var. atrokermesinum Rhododendron meddianum var. atrokermesinum Rhododendron meddianum var. atrokermesinum…