Contemporary Illustrations Collection

Nature Printed Illustrations

Digitisation

Our specimen data and images can be downloaded for free from the online catalogue, including full resolution TIFFs of specimens. All specimen images and data have a CC-0 licence. We have now completed the digitisation of all type specimens, plus…

The Botanic Cottage

A brief history of The Botanic Cottage The Botanic Cottage originally stood at the entrance to a long lost incarnation of the Botanics, across the city on Leith Walk. It was built in 1764-5, and designed by the renowned architects John Adam and…

The Glasshouses

The Glasshouses you are about to explore cover two levels, 10 zones, and range from the iconic Victorian Palm Houses of 1834 & 1858, through the 6 zones of the initiative 1967 Front Range, to the two utilitarian clear-span glasshouses from 1978.

Artists in the Florilegium

Plant Species in the Florilegium

CALL FOR ENTRIES 2020

The creation of the Florilegium is a wonderful opportunity for artists around the world to create works featuring or inspired by plants from their country that are also associated with RBGE, one of the world’s leading Botanic Gardens. There is also…