Edible Gardening - Seasonal Advice
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 25 — Sun 26 May 2013
Fancy growing your own vegetables but don't know where to start? Pop in for some friendly advice from the edible gardening team. Focusing on seasonal gardening information the team will be on hand with advice, fun activities and garden produce tasters.
Part of the Edible Gardening Project funded by the People's Postcode Lottery.
Biodiversity at the Botanics walk
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 25 May 2013
A Bioblitz is planned for the longest day here at RBGE. As part of Scotland's Nature Festival, join a Garden Guide to hear more about the hidden side of the Garden; the flora and fauna that does not merit a label.
Visit the Edible Garden
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Mon 27 May 2013
Our volunteers and community gardener will be working in the demonstration garden in the afternoon. Drop by to observe the team at work and get advice about growing your own edible garden. Perfect for beginners.
Complex Forms - Sharon Tingey
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Wed 29 May — Wed 26 June 2013
This course will take you on a journey through the drawing of crazy structures such as pine cones, seeds and other complex forms.
Ciara Phillips EGG Tour
Inverleith House, Edinburgh Wed 29 May 2013
Early Gallery Goers (EGG) Tours, contemporary art for children at Inverleith House!
RBGE Certificate in Field Botany
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Fri 31 May — Mon 17 June 2013
This intensive course introduces a wide range of practical field botany skills, including survey techniques, collection, identification, preservation and curation of botanical specimens.
Natural Dyeing
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 1 June 2013
Natural dyes produce an amazing diversity of rich and complex colours as well as unexpected results. Join Ann Ross for this workshop that will...
Food Lab
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 1 June 2013
Join staff from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health for some fun in the Food Lab! Have a go at our simple but spectacular experiments using everyday items from your kitchen. Suitable for all ages.
Visit the Edible Garden
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Mon 3 June 2013
Our volunteers and community gardener will be working in the demonstration garden in the afternoon. Drop by to observe the team at work and get advice about growing your own edible garden. Perfect for beginners.
Coffee Morning: Extreme Botany - Surveying Oman's Highest Mountains
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Tues 4 June 2013
Sabina Knees has spent 8 years working in Oman: in conservation, on the Flora of Arabia and in developing Oman Botanic Garden. She is now surveying the summits of the Hajar Mountains in the north. Hear Sabina talk about this new project.