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Her Majesty The Queen
Her Majesty The Queen
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) extends its deepest sympathies to the Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Simon Milne MBE, Regius Keeper of RBGE reflected: “We mourn the loss of her Majesty and remember 70 years of…
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Epic 356-mile run around Scotland’s botanic gardens to save the world’s habitats
Epic 356-mile run around Scotland’s botanic gardens to save the world’s habitats
Challenging conditions, unpredictable weather and clouds of midges are all in a day’s work next month for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Acquisitions Librarian George Sherriffs, as he prepares for his new, ultra-marathon challenge - running…
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Rare sapphire tower plant blooms again at Logan
Rare sapphire tower plant blooms again at Logan
Visitors to Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries & Galloway will be treated to the magnificent flowering of the rare Puya alpestris ssp. zoellneri – but they’ll need to hurry as the incredible blooms usually fade within a week. The plant, native to…
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Royal Botanic Gardens delivers very special gift
Royal Botanic Gardens delivers very special gift
Christmas has come early for students and staff at Heriot-Watt University - in the form of a conservation gift including Scotland’s rarest tree.The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has donated 21 trees of eight species including the rare…
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Conifer conservation boost: from Chile to Britain and back again
Conifer conservation boost: from Chile to Britain and back again
[Hi-res images available on request] The government of Chile’s decision to create a network of national parks over a massive 10 million acres has been hailed as a significant boost for leading conservation experts pioneering international ex-situ…
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Graham Charles George Argent - Edinburgh’s Indiana Jones of Botany.
Graham Charles George Argent - Edinburgh’s Indiana Jones of Botany.
Born: Hertfordshire, 15 May, 1941 Died: Ullapool, 24 April 2019, aged 78 Graham Charles George Argent, known as George to the botanical community, was appointed as Tropical Botanist on the staff of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) in…
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Feeding and learning unite community in crisis
Feeding and learning unite community in crisis
Bereft of visitors, community groups and schools visits during lockdown, teams at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have turned their attention to giving new kinds of support to residents in the capital in spring and summer 2020. And,…
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Floral clock blooms in honour for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s 350th anniversary
Floral clock blooms in honour for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s 350th anniversary
Work has finished to complete this year’s design on the world’s oldest Floral Clock in Edinburgh’s West Princes Street Gardens. For 2021, the hugely popular landmark will celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE),…
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Epic 356-mile run around Scotland’s botanic gardens to save the world’s habitats
Epic 356-mile run around Scotland’s botanic gardens to save the world’s habitats
Challenging conditions, unpredictable weather and clouds of midges are all in a day’s work next month for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Acquisitions Librarian George Sherriffs, as he prepares for his new, ultra-marathon challenge - running…
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WilliamMcKeown (1962 - 2011)
2012 - McKeown
We all look at it as we wake up, and again as we leave our homes in the morning, throughout the day and before we go to sleep; our eyes have evolved to sense it acutely and green plants harness its energy, mostly in the blue and red regions of the…