Edible Gardening - Seasonal Advice
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 31 Aug — Sun 1 Sept 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.
Garden Tour
Logan Botanic Garden Tues 10 Sept 2013
Come along and enjoy an autumnal tour around the garden in the company of one of the gardeners and see the early autumnal joys on offer. Some of the plants that you will see include Agapanthus, Eucryphia and Fasicularia.
Coffee Morning and Garden Walk: Carniverous Plants at RBGE
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Tues 10 Sept 2013
These unusual plants, including some Scottish natives, take much of their nutrition from insects and often grow where nutrition is scarce. Meet David Tricker who looks after RBGE's collection and see the specimens in both public and research glasshouses.
Fungi Foray
Dawyck Botanic Garden Sun 22 Sept 2013
Find out more about fungi with Neville Kilkenny and explore the world's first Cryptogamic Sanctuary at Dawyck.
Edible Gardening - Harvest Festival
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sun 22 Sept 2013
Fun activities, gardening advice, information about harvesting, cooking and storing crops, tasters and more at our annual Harvest Festival. Be inspired to get growing by our community garden produce show.
Beavers at Home
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 28 — Sun 29 Sept 2013
Four years into the official Scottish Beaver Trial, come along and find out how the beavers are adapting to life in Scotland, and how Scotland is adapting to life with the beavers! The Scottish Beaver Trail education team will be here with beaver-y games and activities as well as pelts, skulls and video footage.
Scotland's Garden Scheme
Dawyck Botanic Garden Sun 6 Oct 2013
Garden open under Scotland's Garden Scheme.
Garden Tour
Logan Botanic Garden Tues 8 Oct 2013
Come along and enjoy a late autumn tour of the garden with the curator. Garden highlights will include many grasses, Salvias, Dahlias and autumn flowering bulbs. This is an ideal time to ask those gardening questions that have always puzzled you!
Fungi Foray
Dawyck Botanic Garden Sat 12 Oct 2013
Find out more about fungi with Neville Kilkenny.
Autumn Magic
Dawyck Botanic Garden Wed 16 Oct 2013
Guided walk looking at autumn colour.