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RBGE launch Modern Apprenticeship in Amenity Horticulture

RBGE is launching a Modern Apprenticeship scheme in horticulture this summer which aims to teach the highest standards of professional practice to our trainees by offering a structured training programme integrated in all our Gardens areas.

One Oak Project

Sustainable Forestry in spotlight at the Botanics

The life and story of a 220-year-old oak tree is to be the focus of a family event at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) this weekend (15 - 16 Jan 2011) which aims to promote sustainable forestry.

Fly agaric

Friend or foe? Unmasking fascinating fungi at Dawyck

Celebrating the beautiful and bizarre world of fungi, A Fascination for Fungi pays tribute to the career of Professor Roy Watling FRSE MBE, the internationally renowned mycologist who instigated the world’s first Reserve and Cryptogamic Sanctuary for fungi and the lower plants at Dawyck.

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'Focus on Plant Biodiversity' Poster Pack for Schools

Bring lessons to life and help young people explore the wonders of the plant kingdom with our brand new poster pack on Plant Biodiversity, which supports teaching and learning about plants and biodiversity for Scottish Curriculum Guidelines 5 - 18 and Schools Curriculum in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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