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Iain Plumtree I wonder if a kickstarter book through say Isola Press could be created to bring togther these wonderful stories?…
‘Getting started with… Botany’ is an online course that introduces the amazing world of plants. Strictly speaking, it could be described as a beginners’ course, but it’s also a great…
By Helen Bennett, Library & Archives Volunteer New light has been shed on the creation of Logan Garden by a previously unknown album of photographs and watercolours recently acquired by…
The IPM Essen in Germany is the largest horticultural exhibition in the world. This year 1577 exhibitors from 45 nations around the world came to show off a huge variety…
New Zealand – ferns the size of trees and (see below) mosses the size of…. very small trees. I’m just back from field work in New Zealand with Yoan Coudert,…
Last February, RBGE launched the Wee World of Lichens, a self-guided safari-style exploration of the frequently overlooked but fascinating world of the small. Now that the leaves are gone, come…
The herbarium at RBGE holds around 3 million herbarium specimens. Each specimen consists of pressed plant material and a collection label mounted on archival card. They are used to identify…
On the alpine wall baking in the June heat is Jasminum parkeri. With the familiar Jasmine shaped flowers this is a ground hugging evergreen shrub native to northern India. Introduced…
Once seen this planting of Hydrangea will either make you want to fill your front garden with a similar planting or you will think – too blousy and look for…
…mosses, a return to Schistidium in the built environment http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24310 Volunteering at the Botanics – bryophytes in our living landscape http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24333 Campylopus introflexus, an invasive alien on the glasshouse roof…
When we arrived at Blair Castle, we were met by a 15-foot-high steel gate, complete with shiny padlock. It opened on Easter weekend – a week away at the…
January the 15th 2018 is the 50th anniversary of The 1968 Hurricane. A deadly storm that moved through the central belt of Scotland. At the time it was the worst…
Growing through the planting of Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ at the edge of the Copse is Oxalis corniculata a low growing creeping weed. Both plants adapted to dry, shaded conditions and…
“Indirectly the war has robbed the Botanical Society of a member of its Council and a frequent contributor to its meetings in the person of Dr. R.C. Davie, Captain and…
Forrest in the Moongate of the China Inland Mission at Dali, Yunnan, China, c.1904-5 Some of us may be lucky, or in this case, unlucky enough to experience a life…
The missing ting on the Chinese Hillside Suggesting a meeting at the ting is always a good, if slightly cruel, test of garden knowledge. Many visitors and quite a few…
The walled garden at Logan, provides extra protection for many exotic shrubs and climbers, in what is already a benign climate thanks to the gulf stream. One such shrub in…
Last week we were privileged to have Dr Raquel Negrão present her work on developing a deeper understanding of what we mean when we say a plant is rare. Raquel…
Once a fortnight we hold a cook club at the Botanic Cottage. Anyone is welcome to join us to learn new cooking skills and to enjoy a healthy meal that’s…
To crowdsource information and tasks is an everyday part of the interconnected online world we live in. Today scientists see, and have grasped, the opportunity to get labour intensive tasks…