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…found in Central Southern Asia, particularly Iran and Afghanistan. April Spring wouldn’t be the same without tulips! A delightful display in front of the famous Botanic Cottage supplied by our…
In May 1810 the McNab family took up residence in Botanics Cottage, then on its original site on Leith Walk. The family consisted of William, his wife Elizabeth, – they…
50. Yushania anceps (Mitford) W.C. Lin GRAMINEAE A temperate bamboo from Jaunsar in the North-West Himalaya (Uttarakhand), where it occurs in cool temperate forest at altitudes of 2000 to 3000…
…Cottage kitchen. He is a busy and ever enthusiastic character. As a Community Gardener at the Botanic Gardens, he runs workshops with a variety of different groups from the local…
…the area next to the Botanic Cottage a crop of potatoes were grown last season. When harvesting it is important to work through the crop removing all of the tubers…
At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh we were kindly donated 15,000 tulips by Taylor’s Bulbs to create a stunning colourful display leading up to the famous Botanic Cottage for our…
One of the biggest changes to take place in botanic gardens in the 21st century has been the adoption of an expanded social role. Botanic gardens remain about plants and…
…London in 1828. This is known as the ‘Wallich 1828 Collection’ (Plate 165) and contains some of the finest botanical drawings ever made. The other botanic gardens – Saharunpur and…
64. Cupressus himalaica Silba CUPRESSACEAE Weeping Himalayan cypress; Bhutia: chandang, tchenden Woodcut after drawing by J.D. Hooker, from Hooker’s Himalayan Journals This tree, with beautiful drooping foliage, occurs wild in…
In the last couple of days there has been rapid progress on the Botanic Cottage – the stonemasons have moved on site and the historic…
…of the Botanic Cottage until at least 10th, while a Garden Snail was photographed on 18th. Crane-fly species, Tipula vittata, ovipositing, 28 April 2019. New Garden record. Photo Ken Dobson….
…their new home in Dublin. (Photo: NBG Ireland @NBGGlasnevinOPW) The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have an historic partnership, almost going back to the foundation…
…• The Botanics Cottage has solar panels installed which are feeding electricity into the national grid • The Alpine House has a rainwater harvesting tank installed under the ground and…
…Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is 165m long and backed by one of Britain’s finest beech hedges. The border is a riot of colour designed in a rainbow spectrum ranging from hot…
…her husband’s enormous botanical library. It was through these books that she realised how complicated the texts were for a novice such as herself . The ladies’ flower-garden of ornamental…
…the field of botany, horticulture, garden design and botanical art. If you would like to see the original posts about the individuals below, please check out @BotanicsPride on Twitter. If…
…discussed how well the different plant shapes had appeared. It is like an X-ray. The banner was processed back to the lecture hall. Past the cottage. Engaging with garden visitors….
…are some of my favourite snaps from the day. CakeFest on Inverleith House Lawn, 21 June 2015 Some of RBGE’s cakey contributions left to right: Botanic Cottage; Demonstration Garden; Inverleith…
…to the small pond near the Botanic Cottage site. The leafhopper had a very distinctive pattern of markings that allowed me to provisionally identify it as Eupterycyba jucunda from photographs…