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My RBGE Apprenticeship: Glasshouse Rotation – Patricia Berakova

…changes involved with the Edinburgh Biomes Project, I have spent the most of that time with one particular and very special fern, Woodsia ilvensis. A very special fern Woodsia is a…

Halfway House

…in no way a full refurbishment, tackling specific areas of damage only, it will hopefully buy some critical time until the Biomes project commences in earnest. Section of repaired glazing…

Dr Andrea Britton, James Hutton Institute

…to look at species and ecosystems in new ways, over a whole range of scales – from individual plants to whole biomes,” she says. “No one scientist can be an…

Professor Alistair Jump, University of Stirling

…growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback. Global Change Biology 23(9): 3742—3757. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13636 Greenwood, S., et al. 2017. Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by…

Purple Saxifrage: The first tribune of Spring in the Arctic and the Alps

…of early flowering saxifrages by the Alpine House. Please note that with the Biomes construction works, the Alpine House is only open to the public from Friday to Sunday. Saxifraga…

COP26 – What Now?

the effects of climate change and least able to protect themselves. As we move forward with our ambitious new restoration and interpretation programme, Edinburgh Biomes, our Education and Engagement teams…

Join the expedition team exploring the Flora of Britain and Ireland for WeDigBio 2020

…found on every continent including Antartica. Grasses play a crucial role in preventing soil erosion and are critically important in supporting many of the world’s biomes. Festuca altissima All. Geranium…

Join us on the first in a series of virtual expeditions of Britain and Ireland

…role in preventing soil erosion and are critically important in supporting many of the world’s biomes. The family is the single most important source of food for people both directly…

RBGE 1970-2020

…read more about the impact of the MSc in Zoë Goodwin’s Botanic Stories post. We also have around 25 PhD students, at present drawn from 15 countries around the world….

Garden Highlights 2023

…Bells’ was relocated to her new home in the Queen Mother’s Memorial Garden for the Biomes Project at RBGE. Every time I walk past her stunning pink flowers against the

A Pictorial Meadow at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Biomes glasshouse will be built. The plants in the bed were relocated in advance of construction work starting and rather than leaving bare soil this beautiful annual seed mix was…

Towards 3 million specimens: Hydroleaceae, Plocospermataceae, Tetrachondraceae & Carlemanniaceae

…species- Plocosperma buxifolium Benth. It is native to Central America and grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes.  We hold two specimens in the collection, on is an isotype and the

A Deeper Look at Tree Mosses; Part II

…detail the Hypnodendron project, our research endeavour to uncover new stories behind these fascinating plants. To further understand the moss group we are focussing on, it is important to place…

A Deeper Look at Tree Mosses; Part III

…Australian landmass and dispersed to New Zealand and New Caledonia in the later Eocene, subsequently becoming extinct in Australia as aridification and other environmental factors drove rainforest biomes towards the

Dry tropical forest movie making

biomes” organised by DRYFLOR. Since then it has already had over 22,000 views across all language versions, most in Latin America – a high number for a scientific film. Please…

Commemorating the First World War – our Stories

The Poppy Patch All Stories A Gardener at War, by Freda Child Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915 Commemorating the First World War – our Stories Herbarium specimens collected during…

Monthly dementia friendly garden social

…deciduous. Flowers may be scented or not and are usually tubular to funnel-shaped and occur in a wide range of colours—white, yellow, pink, scarlet, purple, and blue. Botanics Stories of Rhododendron…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. X. An update.

…What it’s all about. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16411 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. II. Inga. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16427 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. III. The samples. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16441 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. IV. DNA. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16470 Capturing Genes from

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. XI. Some metagenomics of a herbarium specimen

…Herbaria. IV. DNA. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16470 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. V. Fragmenting the DNA. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16525 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. VI. Size Selection. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16645 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. VII. Comparisons. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16737 Capturing Genes…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. I. What it’s all about.

…it’s all about. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16411 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. II. Inga. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16427 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. III. The samples. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16441 Capturing Genes from Herbaria. IV. DNA. http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16470 Capturing Genes from Herbaria….