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…ideas regarding some of the species names (but is not responsible for my attachment to old families); and Ray Stephenson for his identification of, and interesting information about, Sedum dasyphyllum. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/33619…
…each iPad: Settings > Wifi > DigitalStories Home Screen > DigitalStories Triple tap home button to start Guided Access Adding or removing videos from the presentation is as simple as…
…pleased to announce we will have leading nature writer Mark Cocker speaking on the Saturday afternoon. Expect some hard-hitting stories about the state of conservation in Britain. Mark’s latest book,…
…in Trondheim has kindly sent us Norwegian samples of the two British red-listed species, Nardia breidleri and Nardia insecta. Further reading: https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/26378 Vadim A. Bakalin. 2012. Nardia hiroshii Amakawa –…
…lʼHerbier Boissier 7: 727–764. Botanics Stories – Aneura Tidying up in Aneura – Botanics Stories (2023) Narrowing down Aneura pinguis – Botanics Stories (2023) The simple thalloid liverwort Aneura –…
…get readings from our deNovix. I’ll leave off doing this until just before we use the DNA, though, particularly as it’s not being stored in lo-bind tubes. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/16411…
…amazing, atmospheric shots in the Glasshouses among bananas, ferns and other temperate plants. The results are so incredible we were keen to share them through Botanics Stories. …
…well as in a 2016 MSc project, where RBGE student Tom Dawes investigated the genetic difference between the two UK Anthoceros species, A. punctatus and A. agrestis. https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/21097…
…be honest I’ve thought about this so much I no longer know which I’d pick. All Project Soothe Stories What soothes you? We are excited to have created an exhibition…
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…
The much loved rose is by nature a flower of soft colours ranging from pale creams and lemons to peaches, pinks and deeper reds and crimson. For centuries the garden…
Reintroduction of the rare and threatened alpine blue-sow-thistle to the Cairngorms Natioanl Park is described in a short film by Dr Aline Finger….
…have any more stories about him, could you pass it on? I am trying to build up a picture of my husband’s relatives. Thanks! Amy Sturt Hello Kay, Henry William…
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Robert Brown (1773-1858) Born in Montrose, Scotland in 1773, Robert Brown made his mark as a scientist in botany and palaeobotany. He is most famously known for his discovery of…
The iconic Sweet Chestnut on the NW corner of the Rock Garden has sustained damage to the canopy over the years. The westerly storm force winds have ripped out large…
RBGE w elcomed Buddhist Master Hai Tao and his entourage on a warm, drizzly day in Edinburgh last week. His visit was primarily to see and officially bless the new…
…as a separate Botanics Story (http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/21103) – the first record of any member of the Orthoptera for the Garden, and seen on what was probably the second-hottest day of the…
The 8th March 2018 marks the centenary of the death of James Maxwell Hampson, former labourer at RBGE. He was born in around May 1891 in Neston, Cheshire, to Henry…
The official establishment of the Herbarium at Trinity College Dublin is taken as 1840, with the appointment of Thomas Coulter (1793–1843) as the first Keeper and the incorporation of his…