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  • Research

    Research

    The Nursery allows space for large scale experiments conducted by our scientific staff to support their work. At present these include, Geum rivale (water avens)and Geum urbanum (wood avens), investigating plant reproductive strategies. Euphrasia…

  • Conifer Ex-situ Conservation

    Conifer Ex-situ Conservation

    Ex-situ conservation programmes are usually additional to in-situ measures and may also be undertaken as a precautionary measure before species go extinct in the wild.  Ex-situ conservation of plants may involve a range a methods, including seed…

  • Conservation Genetics

    Conservation Genetics

    Our conservation genetics research focuses on rare, threatened and important plant species. We use a combination of genetic and ecological methods to help answer key ecological questions and inform conservation and management decisions. The aim of…

  • Plant Health & Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Plant Biosecurity

    There has been an increased incidence of introduced plant pests and pathogens into Scotland over the last 30 years, leading to significant impacts on businesses, organisations and the wider environment. RBGE’s work aims to provide evidence for the…

  • Protocol Development

    Protocol Development

    From the very basic problems of how to break up different kinds of tissue in order to extract DNA, to working with the "pre-fragmented" DNA that is found in historic specimens, working in a Botanical Garden laboratory is full of…

  • General Lab Facilities

    General Lab Facilities

    Biosecurity Plant health and host/pathogen interactions: our laboratory facilities are licensed for work with quarantine listed plant pathogens, either on host plant material, soil or as pure cultures. We also have facilities to support research on…

  • Visiting RBGE Library

    Visiting the Library

    Access is by appointment only - please see the Opening Hours page to find out more.  Books and other items from the collections will be retrieved for you by Library staff and made available for consultation in the Reading Room where visitors also…

  • Apply to Join the Workshop

    Apply to Join the Workshop

    The workshop will use the RBGE's extensive collection of botanical artworks, prints and photographic materials, as a starting point for an exploration of the challenges and opportunities relating to the creation and curation of botanical art and…

  • Criteria for Applicants

    Criteria for Applicants

    1. Expertise / Knowledge Demonstrable involvement in the creation and / or curation of botanical art or art involving plants; we use a broad definition that includes any artistic output inspired by or featuring plants, fungi, and…

  • Franz West: Mostly West

    2013 - West

    Mostly West encapsulates West's belief in the juxtaposition of various artistic viewpoints through collaboration and in art as a participatory activity. His hugely influential Adaptives, early sculptural works begun in 1974, were made to be held…

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