Daily Garden Walks
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Mon 1 Apr — Thurs 31 Oct 2013
Celebrate the seasons and join our expert Garden Guides on a tour of the Garden. Discover seasonal highlights, hidden treasures and tales of intrepid adventurers behind the plants we grow.
Daily Garden Walks - 2pm
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Mon 1 Apr — Thurs 31 Oct 2013
Celebrate the seasons and join our expert Garden Guides on a tour of the Garden. Discover seasonal highlights, hidden treasures and tales of intrepid adventurers behind the plants we grow.
Tours depart daily at 11am & 2pm.
Biodiversity at the Botanics walk
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Thurs 23 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.
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.
Ciara Phillips EGG Tour
Inverleith House, Edinburgh Wed 29 May 2013
Early Gallery Goers (EGG) Tours, contemporary art for children at Inverleith House!
Leafing through Natural Scotland Book Festival
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 15 — Sun 16 June 2013
To celebrate the Year of Natural Scotland, join us for a weekend of talks, demonstrations and activities exploring the themes of nature, writing and our relationship with the natural world.
Leafing through Natural Scotland Book Festival
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 15 — Sun 16 June 2013
To celebrate the Year of Natural Scotland, join us for a weekend of talks, demonstrations and activities exploring the themes of nature, writing and our relationship with the natural world.
Storytelling - familiar tales told in an unfamiliar way
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 15 June 2013
Storytelling sessions in Gaelic, Scots and English
A Bird's Eye View of Scotland's Landscapes - RCAHMS
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 15 June 2013
Take a flight above Scotland with the National Collection of Aerial Photography. James Crawford, author of 'Scotland's Landscapes', draws on stunning aerial imagery to explain how even our wildest landscapes are the product of thousands of years of human invention and intervention.
T C Smout on writing Scotland's woodland history
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sat 15 June 2013
Why write Scotland’s woodland history? Chris Smout explains what led him to the task and how he set about it. He shows how estate papers, old maps and the register of deeds can combine with the published writings of travellers and forestry experts to build up a picture of the past, and how the knowledge of archaeologists and ecologists can help to make sense of it.